Up there with losing weight, traveling more frequently and electing a new president, trying to read more often was one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions people made for 2018.
The question is — what to read?
Duncan Jones, David Bowie’s son, has a suggestion: his famous father’s favorite books.
Drawing from the top 100 titles on Ziggy Stardust’s list of all-time favorite reads, the informal David Bowie Book Club challenges members to read one of Bowie’s faves each month.
As Jones announced on Twitter, the first selection is Peter Ackroyd’s 1985 novel
My dad was a beast of a reader. One of his true loves was Peter Ackroyd’s sojourns into the history of Britain & its cities. I’ve been feeling a building sense of duty to go on the same literary marathon in tribute to dad. Time allowing…#Read-ItBig’nsTheBrain
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) December 27, 2017
If you want to keep up with the club — which will also theoretically tackle titles like Don DeLillo’s White Noise, John Rechy’s City of Night and Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon — you’re under pressure to finish the first book by February 1st.
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