Marilyn loved to read. Even though she was often casted as a dumb blonde, Marilyn had a IQ of 168. She owned 200 books (including Tolstoy, Whitman, Milton) and listened to Beethoven records.
Here are the top 10 books she read:
- Flaubert by Madam Bovary
- The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
- The Unnameable by Samuel Beckett
- Paris Blues by Harold Flender
- Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
- Sister Carrie by Theodore Drester
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Tortilla Flat by John Steinback
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- On The Road by Jack Kerovac
Marilyn in the Media 