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Below is fashion designer Isaac Mizrahis list.

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All those plot twists and intrigue.

I could read and reread it on the desert island and never be bored.

Dawn Powells diarieswould place me in NYC no matter how remote this desert island is.

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Maybe the most rewarding gay love story of all time.

Id go to any desert island as long as there were dogs.

And this book of poems.

The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965

A necessary glimpse into a more elegant time.

The Rings of Saturn, (or any of Sebalds books).

One of the few books in which added pictures actually matter.

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

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