Moby-Dick
Often called the greatest American novel of all time. More
T. C. Boyle
I read in the way that I breathe, as a necessity of life. More
Hilary Mantel
I read out of hope and avid curiosity, and in an attempt to live in other times, and inhabit bodies that are not my own. More
The Once and Future King
White’s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend. More
Wolf Hall
Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. More
Nostromo
A sweeping masterpiece considered by many to be Conrad’s greatest novel. More
Michael Chabon
The first writer that I really fell in love with was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in particular his Sherlock Holmes stories, and the first story that I ever wrote was a Sherlock Holmes story. More
Tracy Chevalier
I read because I want to know what it’s like to look at the world through someone else’s eyes, and reading is a remarkably efficient and vigorous way of doing that. More
A Game of Thrones
First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. 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
Bring Up the Bodies
Winner of the Man Booker Prize and the first to win as a sequel. More