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I've always been curious to discover what kind of books authors
themselves enjoy reading. Here is a very short list of books that
M M Kaye is known to have read.
"I read an awful lot. I don't know what to do with
myself if I haven't got a book. I really don't." M M Kaye
Books by Rumer Godden (A friend of Mollie's) - Specifically mentioned:
A Kindle of Kittens
An Episode of Sparrows
Autobiography - Volume 1: A Time to Dance, No Time To Weep
Autobiography - Volume 2: A House with Four Rooms
A Candle For St Jude
Gulbadan
The Lady and the Unicorn
The works of Rudyard Kipling (Mollie's favourite author) - Specifically mentioned:
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Barrack Room Ballads
Complete Verse
Day's Work
Debits and Credits
Departmental Ditties
From Many Inventions
Gods of the Copybook Headings, the [verse]
Just So Stories
Jungle Book
Kim
Letters of Marque
Life's Handicap
Many Inventions
Phantom Rickshaw
Plain Tales From The Hills
Puck of Pook's Hill
Return of Imray
Rewards and Fairies
Schoolboy Lyrics
Second Jungle Book
Soldiers Three
Something of Myself
Stalky & Co
Traffics and Discoveries
Under the Deodars
Wee Willie Winkie
Books by Paul Scott
(Mollie's one-time editor and friend!) - Specifically mentioned:
The Alien Sky
Birds of Paradise
Chinese Love Pavilion
Corrida at San Feliu
Raj Quartet 1: Jewel in the Crown
Raj Quartet 2: Day of the Scorpion
Raj Quartet 3: Towers of Silence
Raj Quartet 4: A Division of the Spoils
Staying On
Other Authors M M Kaye has read:
By Agatha Christie
By Jim Corbett
By Fenimore Cooper
By Daphne Du Maurier
By Mignon G Eberhart
By Joel Chandler Harris
By Mary Johnston
By John Masters
By Somerset Maugham
By Nancy Mitford
By Mary Roberts Rinehart
By A J P Taylor
By Ernest Thompson Seton - animal stories
By Edgar Wallace
By P G Wodehouse
Books specifically mentioned by M M Kaye:
1857 by Sen
A Bronte Companion by Pinion
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
A Goddess in the Stones by Lewis
A History of Venice by Norwich
A John Company General by Edwards-Stuart
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
A Passage to India by E M Forster
A Princess Remembers by Gayatri Devi
A Singular Hostage by Thalassa Ali
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Adventure in Britain by De Toth
Age of Napoleon by Herold
Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
An American Cookbook for India by Louise Rankin
An Enchanted Journey by Alan Jones
An Experiment with Time by J W Dunne
An Indian Day by Edward Thompson
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Painting and Anatomy by Calderon
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan by Lieut.-Col James Todd
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