Alice Munro, Zadie Smith, Sonia Sotomayor, and more on the authors and books that changed their lives
Photo: Getty Images The dog days of summer are ideal for gulping down books in the park, dipping into nostalgic favorites, or finally cracking open classics that you’ve always planned to read. Below, 25 famous women from Zadie Smith to Ayanna Pressley share the authors and books that changed their lives. Read on for recommendations.
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks $16 now 19% off $13 $13 at Amazon Buy $20 at Biblio Buy Eva Chen “Too many to name but The Age of Innocence is so poetic and has stuck to me years after reading it in school … and Hunger Games and Harry Potter :)” —Reddit AMA, 2015 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout $17 now 29% off $12 $12 at Amazon Buy $12 at Amazon Buy Alice Munro “I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was The Little Mermaid, and I don’t know if you remember The Little Mermaid, but it’s dreadfully sad. The little mermaid falls in love with this prince, but she cannot marry him, because she is a mermaid. And it’s so sad I can’t tell you the details.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker $20 now 30% off $14 $14 at Amazon Buy $14 at Amazon Buy Gillian Flynn “Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song. My other comfort food; I read that one a couple times per year. It deals with every part of why we become fascinated with murder, which is that it deals with the people involved; it deals with the media and how it handles it and how certain personalities captured our interest. And that Garry Gilmore was a murderer for no good reason.
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton $16 $16 at Amazon Buy $16 at Amazon Buy Ayanna Pressley “I often begin my days with a verse from a book called The President’s Devotional by Joshua DuBois, which helps motivate me during more challenging times. One of my favorite affirmations from this book is entitled “A Gentle Battle.” To paraphrase, it says that each morning we awake to a gentle battle. Of all the negotiations and decisions of our day, this gentle battle is the most important.
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