Haruki Murakami's Recommended Reads
In Haruki Murakami‘s afterword to his Japanese translation of The Great Gatsby, he writes of the three novels that impacted…
Chuck Palahniuk's 5 Favorite Reads
In an interview with Three Monkeys, novelist Chuck Palahniuk discussed the contemplative, confrontational act of reading books: Books are the only…
Neil Gaiman’s Favorite Works of Fiction
In 2013, fantasy writer Neil Gaiman gave an impassioned lecture for The Reading Agency on the future of reading and libraries. In…
Zadie Smith's Bookshelf
Reflecting on her life as a “pathological reader” in 2014, award-winning author Zadie Smith wrote: “I don’t really get the appeal of…
R.L. Stine's Favorite Scary Stories
In a 2015 New York Times interview on his personal reading habits, author R.L. Stine states, “Don’t ask me about nonfiction.…
Paulo Coelho’s 6 Best-Loved Books
Paulo Coelho, the Brazilian lyricist and author best known for penning 1988’s international bestseller The Alchemist, lived a storied life…
Angela Davis' Revolutionary Reading List
Author, academic and counterculture activist Angela Davis has been an outspoken advocate for the rights of the disenfranchised since the ’60s.…
Leonard Cohen’s Reading List
From a young age, rock poet and troubadour Leonard Cohen knew he wanted to be a writer. In fact, it wasn’t…
Tom Wolfe’s Favorite Books
Tom Wolfe, the trailblazer of New Journalism who passed away in May of this year, was never one to shy…
Stephen King's 10 All-Time Favorite Novels
For his 2007 book The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books, J. Peder Zane asked 125 authors to name their…