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The early life story of a man who would become one of Britain’s best-loved literary adventurers. More

A landmark in travel writing, it has been translated into fifty-three languages. More

Patchett’s critically acclaimed novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. More

Pulitzer Prize–winning drama; hailed by Edward Albee as “The finest play ever written by an American.” More

Highly acclaimed international bestseller; winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. More

Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More

A feminist landmark and the best-known work by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. More

The philosophical classic that inspired millions struggling to find meaning in the modern world. More

The psychology classic that explored creativity and happiness. More

A book that influenced me and why: A Season in the Life of Emmanuel by Marie-Claire Blais More

Heather O’Neill

I read to save my life, to take communion, to enter a community of fellow sufferers and rejoicers. More

The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More

Winner of the 1997 Man Booker Prize, making Roy the first Indian woman to receive the award. More

This landmark of magical realism sparked a wave of interest in Central and South American literature. More

When I say I have the need to write, I do mean need. More

Why do I read? Seriously? I’m supposed to provide an intelligent answer? More

I read to share the world, to treasure words, to learn and intuit and recognise experiences to which I have no direct access. More

Winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. More

Kundera’s postmodern masterwork; named one of the best books of 1984 (New York Times Book Review). More

Pulitzer Prize winner; considered one of the classic works of creative nonfiction of the late twentieth century. More

Winner of the 1993 Governor General’s Award (Canada) and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. More