5 Books Recommended by Gabor Maté
With his empathetic insights into human suffering, healing, and recovery, Hungarian-Canadian physician and author Gabor Maté has reshaped the dialogue…
Doris Lessing's Literary Inspirations
A legend of 20th-century literature, prolific author and Nobel laureate Doris Lessing is renowned for her incisive explorations of human…
Michael Pollan's Top 10 Book Recommendations
Renowned for his pioneering contributions to the fields of nutrition, agriculture and sustainability, Michael Pollan has dedicated his career to…
Yara Shahidi's Top 10 Books
Yara Shahidi, the 22-year-old actress and activist, has quickly become a cultural icon in the world of entertainment. Born to…
Kazuo Ishiguro's Best-Loved Books
When novelist Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer…
A Young Jack Kerouac's Reading List
Back in 1940 – two years before penning his first novel whilst in the Marines, and eleven before completing the…
Pete Buttigieg's Favorite Books
Pete Buttigieg made history yesterday as the first out LGBT+ person to be confirmed as a Cabinet secretary by the…
The Literary Influences of Nick Cave
Nick Cave, gothic brooder and murder balladeer extraordinaire, has spent six decades surrounded by words. Growing up in a tiny…
6 Books Jay-Z Lives By
“I’d spend free time reading the dictionary, building my vocabulary for battles…I wasn’t even in high school yet and I’d…
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…