Charlotte Gray
A book that influenced me and why: Middlemarch by George Eliot. More
Papillon
A bestselling phenomenon and classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure. More
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More
Cathy Glass
I have always been a writer. More
Namita Gokhale
I read to share the world, to treasure words, to learn and intuit and recognise experiences to which I have no direct access. More
The Bell Jar
A haunting classic that chronicles the breakdown of a brilliant, talented, successful young woman. More
Just Kids
Legendary artist Patti Smith’s critically acclaimed memoir; winner of the National Book Award. More
People of the Book
Winner of the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year 2008. More
Angela’s Ashes
The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More
Love and War in the Apennines
The early life story of a man who would become one of Britain’s best-loved literary adventurers. More
Empire of the Sun
Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. More
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pulitzer Prize winner; considered one of the classic works of creative nonfiction of the late twentieth century. More
The Hours
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award; made into an Oscar-winning film. More
The Year of Magical Thinking
Winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. More
Mary Karr
I read to save my life, to take communion, to enter a community of fellow sufferers and rejoicers. More
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
An American classic called “one of the books of the century” by the New York Public Library. More
Seven Years in Tibet
A landmark in travel writing, it has been translated into fifty-three languages. More