Pallavi Aiyyar
I read to travel within and to range wide beyond my limited firsthand experiences. More
Caroline Overington
I read to observe the world as it is seen by others; to walk the planet as strangers do; to breathe a story that is not my own. More
The Making of the President 1960
This groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner revolutionized the way presidential campaigns are reported. More
Dan Harris
I used to read to lead a lot of fiction, mostly for the escape—to be transported to other places and times. More
Coming of Age in Samoa
A classic that brought science and literature together for both scholars and the general public. More
Cathy Marie Buchanan
I write because I’m compelled to create and writing is the act that best satisfies the itch. More
Charlotte Gray
A book that influenced me and why: Middlemarch by George Eliot. More
Fermat’s Last Theorem
International number one bestseller about solving a puzzle that had confounded mathematicians since the seventeenth century. More
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pulitzer Prize winner; considered one of the classic works of creative nonfiction of the late twentieth century. More
Longitude
Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More
Seabiscuit
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. More