Who recommends it
- Nir EyalInterview
Right now I’m reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. It has won so many awards and I kept hearing about the book, so I decided I finally needed to check it out.
- Karen RinaldiInterview
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante; The Unknown Craftsmen by Soetsu Yanagi; A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara; Anything (literally) by Pema Chödrön; Breath by Tim Winton; On a Wave by Thad Ziolkowski; The Road by Cormac McCarthy; Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister; Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit; Red…
- Andrea GibsonInterview
In the past few years, I’ve recommended A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara the most, but I recommend it carefully and with disclaimers as I don’t think it’s a book that everyone can read at any time. Because it’s so heavy I’ve watched a few friends sink into a depression after reading it. That said, it’s an…
- Dani RodrikInterview
Non-fiction: The Space Between Us by Ryan Enos, an eye-opening book about how geography shapes inter-group bias. Fiction: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, about a group of friends in New York City.
- Louise O. FrescoInterview
As I read in several languages, and simultaneously, there are continuously many books heaped upon tables, my desks and next to my bed, as well as in my suitcase. My rule while traveling is to include always a book by an author from the region I am visiting, so Mo Yan when I am off to China, Borges when in Latin…
- Christina LaurenInterview
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma Graceling by Kristin Cashore A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Plainsong by Kent Haruf Sula by Toni Morrison Life of Pi by Yann Martel Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- Shavonne WongInterview
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