Reading List
I've written about the following books on this site. All of them are worth reading, in whatever edition, publication, or translation you can get your hands on.
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Translated by Wilfred H. Schoff, 1912
A Time of Gifts, Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1977
The Tale of a Town, Pandelis Prevelakis, 1937
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, Henry Miller, 1945
Listening List
Sweeping the Spotlight Away, Murray McLauchlan, 1974