Bret Easton Ellis' Top 10 Books
Ever since publishing his controversial 1985 debut novel Less Than Zero at the age of 21, Bret Easton Ellis has…
Rufus Wainwright's Top 10 Books
Once hailed by Sir Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet,” American-Canadian musician Rufus Wainwright started playing piano…
Brian Eno's Reading List For Rebuilding Civilization
Music pioneer Brian Eno is also a founding member of the Long Now Foundation, a San Francisco non-profit aimed at…
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…
Philip Roth's 15 Favorite Works of Fiction
In 2016, Newark-born novelist Philip Roth pledged to donate his personal book collection to the Newark Public Library on his death. In…
Susan Sontag's Re-reading List
On the inextricable relationship between reading and writing, essayist and activist Susan Sontag once said: “Reading usually precedes writing. And the…
Hayao Miyazaki’s 50 Favorite Children’s Books
As a self-described “physically weak” child, beloved director, writer, animator and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki spent much of his childhood in worlds…
Hemingway's Reading List For A Young Writer
In 1934, a young man called Arnold Samuelson hitchhiked his way to Florida to ask Ernest Hemingway for writing advice.…
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…
The Books That Inspired Nelson Mandela
A book he started writing in secret during his time imprisoned at Robben Island, Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom details just…