Celebrities' Favorite Books

Gloria Steinem, a leading voice of the American feminist movement from the 1960s well into today, has spent her life…

In 2004, on the eve of his Oscar-winning turn in Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman gave a thoughtful interview with the Believer, detailing his…

Marina Abramović has been provoking audiences for over four decades – producing performance art that breaks down all barriers between artist…

When Malcolm X went to prison for larceny at the age of 20, he quickly became frustrated at not being…

As one of the most prominent and eloquent leaders of America’s civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s, Martin…

American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou once said, “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of…

While Steve Jobs famously once said that people don’t read anymore, he’s wasn’t one of them. The innovator, salesman and…

Author, poet, feminist, activist, and Pulitzer Prize winner, Alice Walker is one of our most storied and prolific living writers.…

Tilda Swinton has always carried a certain otherworldy quality, radiating an ethereal intelligence and beauty of spirit that isn’t quite…

Yoko Ono’s had a long and storied career as an avant-garde multimedia artist, author and peace activist. And at the…