Marlon James

4 books on BookJumpr.

Books by Marlon James

• A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014): mentions 12 books
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019)
• Moon Witch, Spider King (2022)
• The Disappearers (2026): mentions 47 books

Quotes from Marlon James's books, and about them

• A Brief History of Seven Killings on The Autobiography of Malcolm X: “Autobiography of Malcolm X I expected, and even I have checked out Eldridge Cleaver.”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on Soul on Ice: ““You read Soul On Ice?” / “even I have checked out Eldridge Cleaver””
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on Soledad Brother: “How much I can bet that you never read Soledad Brother?”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: “…never read Soledad Brother? How Europe Underdeveloped Africa?”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on The Problems of Philosophy: “there the title be: Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy.”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on The Middle Passage: “The Company suggested I read a book from V. S. Naipaul before coming here, The Middle Passage.”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on Howl: “yes I read Howl, fucking facety white boy”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on Gulliver's Travels: ““So I take it you’ve read Swift.” “Jamaican schoolers read Gulliver’s Travels by the time they’re twelve.””
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on Crime and Punishment: “Like that man in Crime and Punishment where Dostoyevsky says he was beyond thought”
• A Brief History of Seven Killings on The Lorax: “Nodding off between two pages of The Lorax.”

Authors Marlon James's books mention

• André Gide (3): The Disappearers mentions Corydon, If It Die, The Counterfeiters
• Charles Dickens (2): The Disappearers mentions Bleak House, Oliver Twist
• Eldridge Cleaver (2): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions Soul on Ice; The Disappearers mentions Soul on Ice
• James Clavell (2): The Disappearers mentions Noble House, Tai-Pan
• Toni Morrison (2): The Disappearers mentions Beloved, Song of Solomon
• V. S. Naipaul (2): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions The Middle Passage; The Disappearers mentions A House for Mr Biswas
• William Shakespeare (2): The Disappearers mentions Twelfth Night, Hamlet
• Alex Comfort (1): The Disappearers mentions The Joy of Sex
• Alexandre Dumas (1): The Disappearers mentions The Count of Monte Cristo
• Allen Ginsberg (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions Howl
• Andrew Holleran (1): The Disappearers mentions Dancer from the Dance
• Anthony Trollope (1): The Disappearers mentions The Way We Live Now
• Bertrand Russell (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions The Problems of Philosophy
• Bret Easton Ellis (1): The Disappearers mentions Less Than Zero
• David Rees (1): The Disappearers mentions The Milkman's on His Way
• E. M. Forster (1): The Disappearers mentions Maurice
• Earl Lovelace (1): The Disappearers mentions The Dragon Can't Dance
• Edmund White (1): The Disappearers mentions A Boy's Own Story
• Frank Miller (1): The Disappearers mentions The Dark Knight Returns
• Fyodor Dostoevsky (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions Crime and Punishment
• Gabriel García Márquez (1): The Disappearers mentions Love in the Time of Cholera
• George Jackson (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions Soledad Brother
• George Whitmore (1): The Disappearers mentions Nebraska
• Gore Vidal (1): The Disappearers mentions The City and the Pillar
• James Baldwin (1): The Disappearers mentions Giovanni's Room
• Jean Genet (1): The Disappearers mentions The Blacks
• Joe McGinniss (1): The Disappearers mentions Fatal Vision
• John Herbert (1): The Disappearers mentions Fortune and Men's Eyes
• John Rechy (1): The Disappearers mentions The Sexual Outlaw
• Jonathan Swift (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions Gulliver's Travels
• Jules Verne (1): The Disappearers mentions The Mysterious Island
• Lucan (1): The Disappearers mentions Pharsalia
• Malcolm X (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions The Autobiography of Malcolm X
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1): The Disappearers mentions Memoirs of Hadrian
• Mary Gaitskill (1): The Disappearers mentions Two Girls, Fat and Thin
• Michael Anthony (1): The Disappearers mentions The Year in San Fernando
• Michael Cunningham (1): The Disappearers mentions Flesh and Blood
• Norman Mailer (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions Miami and the Siege of Chicago
• Olive Senior (1): The Disappearers mentions Summer Lightning
• Oscar Wilde (1): The Disappearers mentions De Profundis
• Salman Rushdie (1): The Disappearers mentions Shame
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1): The Disappearers mentions The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Seuss (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions The Lorax
• Sophocles (1): The Disappearers mentions The Theban Plays
• Stephen King (1): The Disappearers mentions The Tommyknockers
• Terry Pratchett (1): The Disappearers mentions Wyrd Sisters
• Vladimir Nabokov (1): The Disappearers mentions Lolita
• Walt Whitman (1): The Disappearers mentions Leaves of Grass
• Walter Rodney (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
• William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1): The Disappearers mentions Lyrical Ballads
• Xaviera Hollander (1): A Brief History of Seven Killings mentions The Happy Hooker