Johnny Depp's Essential Reading List
In addition to playing a litany of literature-inspired roles over a truly eclectic movie career, American actor and musician Johnny…
Michael Stipe's Top 10 Books
As lead singer and lyricist for iconic alt-rock band R.E.M., Michael Stipe brought a distinctly emotive tenor, poetic lyricism, and…
Kurt Cobain’s Literary Influences
For one of grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain‘s final interviews before his tragic death by suicide in 1994, he was…
Jim Morrison's Literary Influences
“Nietzsche killed Jim Morrison,” John Densmore, drummer of the Doors, wrote in his 1990 autobiography Riders on the Storm. Before…
Tom Waits' Favorite Reads
The son of two schoolteachers, junkyard poet and piano man Tom Waits has been a voracious reader all his life. In the 2009 biography Lowside…
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:…
John Lennon's Library
As a young lad in Liverpool, musician and peace activist John Lennon often struggled to connect with his peers and would…
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…
David Bowie's Top 100 Books
David Bowie’s a hard one to pin down: bold, beautiful, and an all-around bookish badass. Rumored to have read at…