Mere Christianity Considered one of the most popular introductions to Christianity ever written. More
Katherine Paterson I read because I want more than one life, and books give me a limitless number of lives—lives that are different from the one I was born into. More Katherine Paterson
Richard Fidler Books have always excited me, and helped me place my tiny life in the great stream of events and ideas. More Richard Fidler
The Golden Notebook A feminist landmark and the best-known work by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. More
Seven Years in Tibet A landmark in travel writing, it has been translated into fifty-three languages. More
Page from the original manuscript of “The Man from Snowy River” A handwritten page from the original manuscript of “The Man from Snowy River” by Banjo Paterson. More
The Dispossessed The classic utopian science fiction; winner of the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards. More
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith This 1972 Booker Prize–nominated novel was also made into a 1978 Australian film. More
At the Mountains of Madness Lovecraft’s work has influenced the whole spectrum of those working in the horror genre. More
All the Light We Cannot See The multimillion-copy bestseller and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. More
Divergent First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. More
The Graveyard Book Winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. More
A Soldier’s Tale Enduring novel that has met with critical acclaim and been reprinted many times since its first release. More
Lawrence Hill Writing is the one pursuit I have always pursued, and always known I was compelled to pursue. More Lawrence Hill
A Christmas Carol Dickens’s beloved classic of the meaning of Christmas that has inspired countless adaptations. More
Magician Bestselling epic fantasy masterpiece that launched Feist’s career and influenced a generation of modern fantasy authors. More
Howl’s Moving Castle This popular novel stars one of the most beloved and charismatic characters in children’s literature. More
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More
Emma Freedman Why I read: To escape the everyday in worlds that wildly creative people invite us into, and to expand the mind. More Emma Freedman
Fermat’s Last Theorem International number one bestseller about solving a puzzle that had confounded mathematicians since the seventeenth century. More