Pendennis, The Newcomes, and Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayRead about the other entries on the list.
In 1906, Roosevelt wrote from the White House to his son Kermit, “I am so glad you like Thackeray. ‘Pendennis’ and ‘The Newcomes’ and ‘Vanity Fair’ I can read over and over again.” Thackeray’s Henry Esmond, on the other hand, he found heavy going.
Vanity Fair also appears on Ian Ogilvy's six best books list, Vikram Chandra's list of five books that changed him, Joanna Trollope's six favorite books list, Maddie Crum's top ten list of fictional characters who just might be psychopaths, Allegra Frazier's list of five of her favorite fictional gold diggers, John Mullan's list of ten of the most memorable governesses in literature, Stella Tillyard's list of favorite historical novels, John Mullan's lists of ten of the best fat men in literature and ten of the best pianos in literature, and Thomas Mallon's list.
--Marshal Zeringue
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