The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
Recommended in 6 interviews and reading lists
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- David GoldsteinInterview
As I child I liked The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, and Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes. These were part of the common culture and all my friends seemed to be reading the same books.
- Robert J. SternbergInterview
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. I wrote a book review of it for My Weekly Reader, and that is probably still my most widely distributed publication!
- Allan TopolInterview
When I think of my childhood, I think of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
- David PapineauInterview
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, I suppose. I read everything. Much of my childhood was in South Africa, which had no television then, and my parents had a good library. But Arthur Ransome was my favourite among children’s authors. The sailing made the children seem properly independent. I remember The…
- Ian TollInterview
If I must name one, I’ll say The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. I still measure every writer against Mark Twain, and haven’t found a better one. But George Orwell was in the same league, so I’d name 1984 as a runner-up. I should also mention Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels, which are among the very…
- Taisu ZhangInterview
Although I’m fully bilingual (Chinese and English), I could read independently in English before I could do so in Chinese. The first book I remember reading alone was therefore The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, at age 6.
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