Books Recommended by Famous Writers

Meg Wolitzer takes issue with the term “women’s fiction.” In a 2013 interview with Chatelaine, she spoke on the paradox…

Few writers bring as much care and close attention to the inner lives of ordinary people as Elizabeth Strout. Born…

Born in 1949 in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), A.C. Grayling fell into philosophy early: at twelve, he picked up Plato’s…

Michael C. Hall has spent much of his career inhabiting complicated men on the edge of things, from the quietly…

Slavoj Žižek has built a career out of asking uncomfortable questions. The Slovenian philosopher, cultural critic, and public intellectual is…

Before Patricia Cornwell became one of the world’s most successful crime novelists, she was a journalist covering crime stories and…

When Paul Auster passed away in 2024, the literary world lost one of its most idiosyncratic voices — a novelist…

Born in London in 1985, Emerald Fennell burst onto the pop-cinema scene with her 2021 directorial debut, Promising Young Woman.…

Celebrated for her bestselling novels and powerful personal essays, American writer Brit Bennett has become a reckoning force in contemporary…

Celebrated for her suspenseful and atmospheric approach to storytelling, British author Lucy Foley has become a prominent figure in contemporary…