Seabiscuit
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. More
Freakonomics
Multimillion-copy bestseller that helped launch a wave of interest in behavioral economics and statistics. More
Longitude
Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More
Cathy Glass
I have always been a writer. More
Charlotte Gray
A book that influenced me and why: Middlemarch by George Eliot. More
Rosemary Sullivan
I write out of compulsion. “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner,” as Alan Sillitoe remarked—the exhilaration and discipline of the run; the finish line unknown until you get there. More
Life on Earth
Established Sir David as a foremost naturalist and an iconic and beloved figure in British cultural life. More
Fermat’s Last Theorem
International number one bestseller about solving a puzzle that had confounded mathematicians since the seventeenth century. More
The Kon-Tiki Expedition
This classic, inspiring tale of daring and courage has been translated into sixty-five languages. More
Born Free
Its remarkable interaction between the author and a lion cub named Elsa enchanted generations. More
Thanhha Lai
I read because I dream of having a super power. More
Coming of Age in Samoa
A classic that brought science and literature together for both scholars and the general public. More
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pulitzer Prize winner; considered one of the classic works of creative nonfiction of the late twentieth century. More