Who recommends it
- John SellarsInterview
I didn’t read a huge amount as a child. I only really became an avid reader of books in my late teens, after I had left school. But as a young child I do remember reading Asterix books by Rene Goscinny from the library and having a few of my own at home. I think I pretty much read all of them. That was my introduction…
- Daniele BolelliInterview
The Call of the Wild by Jack London, The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge by Joe Starita, Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt, Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by Richard Erdoes and John (Fire) Lame Deer and anything by Robert…
- John KaagInterview
Walden by Henry David Thoreau. This would mean becoming Thoreau which is something I would like to experience (for a little while). In terms of fiction, I guess I would like to walk next to Harry Haller in Hesse’s Steppenwolf. I don’t want to be him, but rather accompany him.
- Jeff KreislerInterview
Everything by Kurt Vonnegut (I know, cliché, but the man got it right and knew how to tell it), Walden by Henry David Thoreau (take comfort being alone with your thoughts, simplify and the great mysteries will reveal themselves), and the Calvin and Hobbes collection by Bill Watterson (because they’re great).
- Roman KrznaricInterview
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