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
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Classic children’s story about imagination that has never been out of print. More
Pallavi Aiyyar
I read to travel within and to range wide beyond my limited firsthand experiences. More
Mere Christianity
Considered one of the most popular introductions to Christianity ever written. More
Harry the Dirty Dog
Classic dog story; childhood favorite that has charmed readers for more than fifty years. More
Papillon
A bestselling phenomenon and classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure. More
Jesus Calling
The number one selling devotional, Jesus Calling is one of Thomas Nelson’s bestselling books of all time. More
What Do People Do All Day?
Over 100 million Scarry books have sold worldwide; a favorite in his classic Busytown series. More
The Once and Future King
White’s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend. More
Middlemarch
Ranked number one in a 2015 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British novels. More
The Ipcress File
Deighton’s classic first novel broke the mold of the thriller genre. More
Bernard Cornwell
The most magical phrase I knew as a child was “Once upon a time” because those four words meant a story was coming. More
The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World
With more than one million copies sold worldwide, it’s the world’s largest commercially available world atlas in print. More
The Odyssey of Homer
Hailed as “the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet” (New York Times Book Review). More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
Angela’s Ashes
The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More
Collected Poems 1947–1997
Poetry from a chief figure of the Beats that helped catalyze a revolution in contemporary culture. More
The Other Side of Midnight
This suspenseful, glamorous thriller was a genre-busting bestseller from Sheldon, an acclaimed master storyteller. More
And Then There Were None
The bestselling crime novel of all time. More
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More
Emily Post’s Etiquette
This “bible of etiquette” has been published by HarperCollins for more than three decades. More
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Award-winning first book in the If You Give series, which has sold more than 15 million copies. More
Kitchen Confidential
New York Times bestseller that helped launch a wave of interest in chefs and the culinary arts. More
Moby-Dick
Often called the greatest American novel of all time. More
A Woman of Substance
With her unforgettable heroine Emma Harte, Bradford popularized the rags-to-riches family saga. More
I, Robot
Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More
Wolf Hall
Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. More