Books to Bury Me With: Manuel Marrero

The book I’d want to take with me to the grave: 

The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version, St. Joseph Personal Size Edition

The first book that hit me like a ton of bricks: 

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

The book that’s seen more of my tears, coffee stains, and cigarette burns:

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

The book that shook my world like a goddamn hurricane: 

Scars by Juan Jose Saer

The book I’d shove into everyone’s hands if I were king of the world: 

New American Bible

The book that nearly drove me to madness: 

The Gnostic Religion by Hans Jonas

The book I can’t keep my hands off of, no matter how many times I’ve read it: 

Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar

The author who made me think, "Now that’s a soul in torment": 

Kinski Uncut by Klaus Kinski

The book that made me question everything I thought I knew: 

The Secret Revelation of John by Karen L. King

The book that’s so damn good I’d never loan it out: 

Rising Up and Rising Down by William T. Vollman

The book that’s been my companion through the darkest nights: 

In the School of the Holy Spirit by Jacques Philippe

The book I’d throw in someone’s face during a heated argument: 

Murder by Injection: The Story of the Medical Conspiracy Against America by Eustace Clarence Mullins

The book that reminds me of a lost love or regret: 

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The book I wish I could have written, but know I never could: 

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

The book that’s been my refuge from the world’s cruelty: 

The Holy Ghost Our Greatest Friend He Who Loves Us Best by Fr. Paul O' Sullivan