Words That Soak Up Life : A Reading Compilation Zine naturally contained a number of suggested readings. In order to make some sence of them all, I created a tiny bibliographic database (yes I am that dorky). Here are the most recommended books, each being listed by more than one contributer to this zine.

Their Eyes Were Watching God /by Zora Neale Hurston

Ex Libris /by Anne Fadiman

A People's History of the United States /by Howard Zinn

The Golden Compass /by Phillip Poullman

Catch-22 /by Joseph Heller

One Hundered Years of Solitude /by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Book of Questions /by Pablo Neurda

In the Time of Butterflies /by Julia Alvarez

The Passion /by Jeanette Winterson

You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train /by Howard Zinn