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- Melanie Backe-HansenInterview
I might say, Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson. It is a wonderful book published in 1934 (but republished in a lovely version by Persephone Books). It tells the story of life in an English village where, due to straightened circumstances, Miss Buncle writes a book (under the pseudonym John Smith) in the hope of…
- Alan BradleyInterview
- J.M. DeMatteisInterview
I don’t have a big master plan, but the next couple of books in the queue are The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman and Bleak House by Charles Dickens. (I’ve been on a Dickens binge lately, having recently read Nicholas Nickleby for the first time and David Copperfield for the third.)
- Ashley StorrieInterview
Bleak House by Charles Dickens, this work is as relevant now in 2018 as it was in 1852. It paints a brilliant picture of how flawed humanity can be but at the same time redeemable, how connected we all are despite our differences and the value of compassion.
- Jeff WheelerInterview
Not really. I read throughout the day at different times. I also have several books on my nightstand, my kindle is nearby and fully loaded with books I may never get to, and my car has a CD holder crammed full. I’m currently listening to Bleak House by Charles Dickens, narrated by Simon Vance.
- Philip ReeveInterview
Bleak House and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce, Collected Short Stories by Ray Bradbury, The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (or practically any of his Jeeves or Blandings books), The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, Grendel by John Gardner, Watership Down by…
- Andrew KlavanInterview
Plenty. The Iliad by Homer, Metamorphoses by Ovid, Dickens – probably David Copperfield but also Bleak House. The Ambassadors by Henry James. I could go on forever.
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