Recommendations

A very partial list of things I find excellent.

Novels:

• Désorientale - Négar Djavadi
• Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
• The Cosmopolitans - Sarah Schulman
• Mémoires d'Hadrien - Marguerite Yourcenar
• The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
• Graceland - Chris Abani
• Formas de volver a casa - Alejandro Zambra

Poetry:

• Geography III - Elizabeth Bishop

Short Story Collections:

• Les vertus du lait de poule - Paule Noyart

LPs (this could obviously continue forever):

• Julen y la Gente Sola (2014) - Julen y la Gente Sola
• Otra Era (2014) - Javiera Mena
• La Voce Del Padrone (1981) - Franco Battiato
• Encore un dernier baiser (1986) - Niagara
• The Lion and the Cobra (1987) - Sinéad O'Connor
• Innamoramento (1999) - Mylène Farmer
• Sensational (2021) - Erika de Casier
• Graceland (1986) - Paul Simon
• Corazones (1990) - Los Priosioneros
• Arular (2005) - M.I.A.
• What's Your Pleasure (2020) - Jessie Ware
• Chelsea Girl (1967) - Nico
• Mother Earth's Paradise (1976) - Mort Garson
• El Mal Querer (2018) - Rosalia
• Exagerado (1985) - Cazuza
• Deseo Carnal (1984) - Alaska y Dinarama
• The Suburbs (2010) - Arcade Fire
• Tragic Kingdom (1995) - No Doubt
• Entre el cielo y el suelo (1986) - Mecano
• Back to Black (2006) - Amy Winehouse
• Re (1994) - Café Tacvba
• Rimmel (1975) - Francesco De Gregori
• Hounds of Love (1985) - Kate Bush
• Acabou Chorare (1972) - Novos Baianos