6 Books Beloved by Brit Bennett
Celebrated for her bestselling novels and powerful personal essays, American writer Brit Bennett has become a reckoning force in contemporary…
Kim Cattrall's 5 Favorite Books by Women
Best known for her iconic portrayal of Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City franchise, Anglo-Canadian actress Kim Cattrall…
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…
16 Books That Inspire Yaa Gyasi
Born in Ghana and raised in Alabama, award-winning novelist Yaa Gyasi took the literary world by storm with her 2016…
25 Books Recommended by Emily Ratajkowski
Though Emily Ratajkowski initially declined the offer to appear topless in Robin Thicke’s infamous “Blurred Lines” music video, the starring…
12 Books That Inspire Amanda Gorman
On January 20th, 2021, a 22-year-old Amanda Gorman captivated the world when she read her poem “The Hill We Climb”…
10 Books That Shaped Ocean Vuong
Born in Saigon in 1988, poet and novelist Ocean Vuong‘s work is weighted with suffering: his family spent more than…
15 Books Recommended by Tarana Burke
For over thirty years, Bronx native Tarana Burke has been organizing at the intersection of racial inequality and sexual violence.…
Marlon James' Top 10 Books
“Literature should be sensual and endlessly sensory,” says Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James. “I like books that make me…
6 Coming-of-Age Novels Recommended by John Green
A titan of American YA fiction, John Green burst onto the teen lit scene with his bestselling debut Looking for…