Jay Onrait
I read because as much as I love film and television, and documentaries, and Facebook, and Twitter and Snapchat, and my abacus . . . More
Lis Wiehl
I have a confession to make: I am a mindless reader. 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
Michele A’Court
I read because I want to live more than one life. Books take us out of ourselves into a whole other world. More
Tara Moss
Thanks to my parents, I’ve been a passionate reader since childhood. More
Emma Freedman
Why I read: To escape the everyday in worlds that wildly creative people invite us into, and to expand the mind. More
Bradley Trevor Greive
If not for My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell, I wouldn’t be a writer . . . mind you, I probably wouldn’t have had five treatments for rabies either. More
Seabiscuit
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. More
Charlotte Gray
A book that influenced me and why: Middlemarch by George Eliot. More
Pallavi Aiyyar
I read to travel within and to range wide beyond my limited firsthand experiences. More
