J. Peder Zane
Author of The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
About the Author
J. Peder Zane was the book review editor and books columnist for the News Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, for thirteen years. His writing has won numerous national honors, including the Distinguished Writing Award for Commentary from the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Before joining show more the News Observer, Zane worked, at the New York Times. A former board member of the National Book Critics Circle and current chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Augustine's University in. Raleigh, Zane is the editor of and has contributed to Remarkable Beads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading, and The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books, and he is coauthor of Design in Nature. show less
Works by J. Peder Zane
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- Birthdate
- 1964
- Gender
- male
- Places of residence
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Works
- 3
- Members
- 407
- Popularity
- #59,758
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 15
- ISBNs
- 5
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
MOBY DICK by Herman Melville
TWICE TOLD TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
DEAD SOULS by Nicolai Gogol
CATCHER IN THE RYE by JD Salinger
SHIP OF FOOLS by Katherine Anne Porter
GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
And of course I cheated by putting eleven. Before you judge me, try it yourself.
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