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- Monique RoffeyInterview
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, another adventure story. I read it in my early 30s. I loved it so much when I finished it, I decided I would write too. I wanted to write exciting books like that.
- Richard JohnsonInterview
The summer months were my favourite time as a teenager to get lost in reading for the sake of pure pleasure, which just wasn’t possible during the school year. A luscious summer read for a teenager, I think, has to be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was my favourite book – so beautifully written and with a…
- Andrew YangInterview
I always loved East of Eden by John Steinbeck as a snapshot of a time and place in American history.
- Alastair HumphreysInterview
Living Dangerously by Ranulph Fiennes made me start to think it might be possible to make a career from what I loved, adventure. Tribes by Seth Godin helped me turn that vague daydream into a reality. East of Eden by John Steinbeck and For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway set my personal high water mark on…
- Benjamin MurphyInterview
East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I would do it a disservice if I was to attempt to describe how brilliant it is.
- Laura McKowenInterview
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (although I do this less often, because it is my favorite fiction book, and so I don’t recommend it without knowing the person a little bit.), When Things…
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