414 books
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387 voters
Listopia > Anna's votes on the list Books which inspired or were suggested by Laura Marling (41 Books)
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East of Eden
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"She read this book during the time she wrote her song "Salinas""
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rated it 5 stars
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Steinbeck: A Life in Letters
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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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"Her song "Sophia" contains the lyrics "when the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime" and "and when the bell tolls for your last day" which are references to Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls""
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The Rebel Angels (The Cornish Trilogy, #1)
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"She has mentioned a few times how much she likes this book and how she used certain lines from it for her songs. One of those is "Sophia"."
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rated it 3 stars
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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"When moving to LA in 2015, she realized how much Philip K. Dick's book resembled the city."
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Meetings With Remarkable Men
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"During her time in LA, she was deeply interested in mysticism and the occult. In an interview its mentioned how she uses one of Gurdfjieff's books as a door stopper. "
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rated it 3 stars
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The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo
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"Her song "Gurdjieff's Daughter" is based on the ninth chapter of this book."
Anna
rated it 4 stars
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The Dance of Reality: A Psychomagical Autobiography
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"In an interview she mentioned having read this book by Alejandro Jodorowsky."
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rated it 4 stars
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Letters to a Young Poet
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"She is very into Rilke's poetry and most likely has read this very popular book by his"
Anna
rated it 4 stars
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Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Correspondence
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"Consdering how much she likes Rilke's poetry and her fascination for and research about Lou Salomé, it's likely she has read this"
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Lou von Salomé: A Biography of the Woman Who Inspired Freud, Nietzsche and Rilke
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Women Who Run With the Wolves
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"Her song "Wild Once" is based on the wild woman archetype this book talks about."
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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"She has mentioned Anaïs Nin as one of her literary influences."
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Delta of Venus
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The Year of Magical Thinking
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"One of her literary influences is Joan Didion."
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Play It As It Lays
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"One of her literary influences is Joan Didion."
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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
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"Her songwriting on her Lump project was inspired by Edwar Lear's poetry."
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Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Volume 2
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"Her songwriting on her Lump project was inspired by Ivor Cutler's poetry."
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Letter to My Daughter
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"She based the concept of her new album "Song for Our Daughter" on this book ."
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The End of the Affair
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"Her song "The End of the Affair" is based on this book."
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Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession
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"She mentioned this book as a good starting point to familiarize yourself with psychoanalysis."
Anna
rated it 4 stars
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Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal
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Convenience Store Woman
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Leaves of Grass
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Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
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One Language
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The Friend
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"Seen in Laura's Instagram Stories"
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rated it 4 stars
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What Are You Going Through
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Second Place
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Medea
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Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History
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In the Freud Archives
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A Feather on the Breath of God
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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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The Odyssey
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Down the Drain
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The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards
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The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism
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