31 Noted Authors Pick Their Favorite Books

"When my mother was young, Brooklyn's tree was not a new book, it was still very bright, and the French story had a hard time to reach the sun through the sidewalk cracks in the slums of the apartment building The best book I wrote about all the poverty, parentage relationship, immigration experience, etc. I have read so far, my first daughter was the name Francie Nolan. "

- Jacquelyn Mitchard has authored more than 20 other books including The Deep End of the Ocean and YA novel "What We See at Night" ($ 18, amazon.com).

"I have read it when I am a ten-year-old tramp, a hero, a small Franconian became my best friend, I am still thankful."

The creator of Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle - Leannette Walls published her first novel "Silver Star" ($ 26, amazon.com).

"My favorite personal favorite.I like this book.Plots, characters, dialogue, most of them are advertised word by word by John Houston because he writes a script of the same name movie In the end, Sam Spade told Brigitte O'Shanesee why he had to hand over her to the police. "

"This is a page turning that starts with the premise of magic - a new idea that the body was born at the moment of death.We started from death and retreats in life as seen in the" eyes "of this new heart It is strange, but the storytelling mind understands the world backwards as if it were "rewind" What does this mean? It exists in the hands of Amis and has a magical big influence. "

- Aimee Bender (a special sorrow for lemon cake) will be announced in August in a new story collection, Color Master ($ 26, amazon.com).

The writers we talked to recommend this book over anyone else. It is a favorite of the best-selling writer (and the creator of the world's largest MOOC) Barbara Oakley. Best selling author Ryan Holiday and Jeff Goyes also mentioned the book as Ramoth seems to say on every page we all thought about it. Something. Notable writer Tim Ferris is not a writer or a writer, and recommends Bird by Bird to everyone. It keeps my intelligence and makes some friends who changed from "I want to quit smoking" to the best seller of "New York Times". For those who need to stiffen their shoulders, they are working through the manuscript or complete the poem.

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