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
Emma Freedman
Why I read: To escape the everyday in worlds that wildly creative people invite us into, and to expand the mind. More
Pallavi Aiyyar
I read to travel within and to range wide beyond my limited firsthand experiences. More
Tara Moss
Thanks to my parents, I’ve been a passionate reader since childhood. 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
Lis Wiehl
I have a confession to make: I am a mindless reader. More
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
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
