Book List
Best books … chosen by Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer’s latest novel, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, won the Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. Below, the author of The Missing of the Somme chooses his favorite books of war reportage.
Best books … chosen by Monica Ali
Monica Ali’s new novel, In the Kitchen, is set in a five-star London hotel. Below, the author of Brick Lane and Alentejo Blue names six favorite earlier works that made the most of similar settings.
Best books … chosen by Joe Scarborough
The MSNBC host and former Republican congressman is the author of a new book, The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America’s Promise. It will be published June 9.
Best books … chosen by Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston’s latest best-seller, the thriller Cemetery Dance, is his 13th collaboration with Lincoln Child. Preston’s true-crime hit, The Monster of Florence, will be out in paperback later this month.
Best books … chosen by Lisa See
See is the author of Peony in Love and the best-selling Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Her new novel, Shanghai Girls, has just been published by Random House.
Best books … chosen by Rory Stewart
The author of the best-selling Afghanistan memoir The Places in Between serves as director of Harvard University’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Below, he names his favorite travel books.
Best books … chosen by Michael J. Fox
'Always Looking Up,' the actor’s memoir about how his life was changed by Parkinson’s disease, is now a New York Times best-seller. Fox is guest-starring this season on the FX series 'Rescue Me.'
Best books … chosen by Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards writes about her husband’s infidelity and her second bout with cancer in Resilience, her new book about facing adversity.
Best books … chosen by Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk is the best-selling author of Fight Club, Choke, and Invisible Monsters. His 10th novel, Pygmy, has just been published by Doubleday.
Best books … chosen by Christopher Buckley
Editor and satirical novelist Christopher Buckley is a columnist for Forbes magazine and TheDailyBeast.com. His new book, Losing Mum and Pup, is a memoir about his parents, William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley.
Best books … chosen by Leslie Cockburn
Journalist and author Leslie Cockburn is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Her documentary about the economic crisis, American Casino, debuts this week at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Best books … chosen by James Toback
Toback’s new documentary, Tyson, will be in theaters next week. Here, the award-winning screenwriter and director describes how six favorite literary works have figured into his films.
Best books … chosen by Jay McInerney
McInerney’s How It Ended, a volume of new and collected short stories, has just been published. Here, the Bright Lights, Big City author names his favorite story collections.
Best books … chosen by Tom Werner
Here, the favorite baseball books of the chairman of the Boston Red Sox, an award-winning TV producer whose credits include That ’70s Show, The Cosby Show, and Roseanne.
Best books … chosen by Neil LaBute
The award-winning playwright and film director who made his mark with In the Company of Men brings his play Reasons to Be Pretty to Broadway on April 2.
Best books … chosen by Steven Johnson
Johnson is the best-selling author of The Ghost Map, Mind Wide Open, and, most recently, The Invention of Air. Here, he recommends six other books about scientific breakthroughs.
Best books … chosen by Thomas Cahill
Cahill’s new book is the true-crime tragedy A Saint on Death Row. Here, the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization recommends six great works about justice and injustice.
Best books … chosen by Elizabeth Gilbert
Gilbert is the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Last American Man. Her novel Stern Men has just been reissued by Penguin.
Best books … chosen by James Gray
Gray is the writer-director of the new film Two Lovers, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow. His previous films include Little Odessa and We Own the Night.
Best books … chosen by Lynda Resnick
Philanthropist Lynda Resnick is the marketing guru behind Fiji Water and POM Wonderful. Her new book on branding, Rubies in the Orchard, was co-authored by The Week’s Francis Wilkinson.
