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

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

Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

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

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

The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More

The psychology classic that explored creativity and happiness. More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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