Hilary Mantel
I read out of hope and avid curiosity, and in an attempt to live in other times, and inhabit bodies that are not my own. More
Longitude
Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More
Pallavi Aiyyar
I read to travel within and to range wide beyond my limited firsthand experiences. More
Fermat’s Last Theorem
International number one bestseller about solving a puzzle that had confounded mathematicians since the seventeenth century. More
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
One life is not enough. More
Deborah Challinor
I read to escape, whether the genre is crime, historical, dystopian, thriller, or biography. More
Richard Fidler
Books have always excited me, and helped me place my tiny life in the great stream of events and ideas. More
Coming of Age in Samoa
A classic that brought science and literature together for both scholars and the general public. More
Charlotte Gray
A book that influenced me and why: Middlemarch by George Eliot. More
The Making of the President 1960
This groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner revolutionized the way presidential campaigns are reported. More
Caroline Overington
I read to observe the world as it is seen by others; to walk the planet as strangers do; to breathe a story that is not my own. More
Jacqueline Winspear
I read because I love language, the way the joining of words and the rhythm of a story can make me laugh, cry, or take me out of my world or immerse me in the lives of others. More
A People’s History of the United States
Classic national bestseller that made a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history. More