Norman Mailer's 10 Favorite Novels
American author, filmmaker, actor and political activist Norman Mailer burst onto the scene with 1948’s The Naked and the Dead,…
6 Books Recommended By Bill Maher
The political commentator, humorist and host of Real Time with Bill Maher has spent the past four decades honing a comedic…
Laurie Anderson's Top 10 Books
In a 2016 interview with LitHub, American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson spoke on the audio-visual nature of stories: “Some books need…
Gabriel García Márquez’s Favorite Books
When asked about his writing process in Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez, the late, great Colombian author replied: I don’t…
Ray Bradbury's Reading List
Upon his passing in 2012 at the age of 91, The New York Times declared Ray Bradbury “the writer most…
Bruce Springsteen's Favorite Books
On the release of his picture book Outlaw Pete in 2014, iconoclast singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen spoke with The New York Times…
Patti Smith's Lifelong Reading List
In her acceptance speech for the National Book Award for 2010’s Just Kids, punk poet Patti Smith had a special message for publishers:…
44 Books Bob Dylan Digs
When awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, Bob Dylan responded in his traditional, nontraditional way: he gave no…
20 Books That Shaped Steve Jobs
While Steve Jobs famously once said that people don’t read anymore, he’s wasn’t one of them. The innovator, salesman and…
Tilda Swinton's Favorite Books
Tilda Swinton has always carried a certain otherworldy quality, radiating an ethereal intelligence and beauty of spirit that isn’t quite…