Who recommends it
- Andrew CraigInterview
Most of the output of folks like Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, Michael Lewis, Alain de Botton, Niall Ferguson. Any Stoic philosophy – e.g. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I’d also include Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and Wild Swans by Jung Chang. I’d include lots of fiction too, of course, all the usual…
- Pamela PaulInterview
A Journey of One’s Own: Uncommon Advice for the Independent Woman Traveler by Thalia Zepatos. I bought a one-way ticket to northern Thailand and lived there for nearly a year, inspired by that book. It not only changed my life, it changed my approach to life. And Wild Swans by Jung Chang, which taught me to appreciate…
- Melanie GoldingInterview
Jeanette Winterson was very influential, especially Sexing the Cherry and Written on The Body. I loved The Time Traveler’s Wife, for its form, its prose and its story. Wild Swans by Jung Chang made a big impression. Also, I am a big fan of Lawrence Block.
- Gemma CorrellInterview
There are a few books that I have read more than once but the book that I have revisited the most often is Wild Swans by Jung Chang. I first read it as a teenage sinophile and have reread it several times since because it is so interesting and comprehensive, paradoxically depressing yet uplifting.
- Ching He HuangInterview
As a very young child it was Cinderella – we were quite poor so I just wanted to transform my life. Later in my teens Wild Swans made a big impression, I was curious of my Chinese heritage, culture and identity.
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