Five books on Nobel Prize winners

At the Independent Samantha Herbert compiled a brief reading list on Nobel Prize winners, including:

Sorgegondolen by Tomas Transtromer

Sorgegondolen, translated to "The Sorrow Gondola" by Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl was Tomas Transtromer's first book to be published after his stroke in 1990. Selling more than 30,000 editions in his native Sweden, the book holds a collection of poems by the 80-year-old poet.

Read about another book on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue