Leonard Cohen’s Reading List
From a young age, rock poet and troubadour Leonard Cohen knew he wanted to be a writer. In fact, it wasn’t…
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…
Carl Sagan's Reading List
In his excellent 1980s TV series Cosmos, astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan extols on the magic of reading and…
Neil deGrasse Tyson's Recommended Reads
When celebrated astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson participated in Reddit’s Ask Me Anything series in 2011, one commenter posed the question: “Which…
Jane Goodall's Recommended Reads
Celebrated primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall has long loved reading, and credits the books she read as a child with…
20 Books That Inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As one of the most prominent and eloquent leaders of America’s civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s, Martin…