BOOKS
BY LAURA BRADING
by Charlotte Brontë
"I still have the illustrated hardcover copy my mother gave me when I was about 10. I reread the love confession scene in the garden all the time."
by Sally Rooney
"I zoomed through it in a Mexico City hotel room one evening, taking it with me even to the bath."
by Donna Tartt
"I read it for the first time right after it came out in 1992 and read it every other year at least. Usually in the fall because it’s so autumnal!"
by Ann M. Martin
"Are they good? Sort of? They’re definitely for 11-year-olds, but I gobbled them up as a kid and can still have hours long conversations about the characters."
"Five. One or two novels I am really excited about. One that’s a classic I’ve been meaning to read. A spare novel in case I give up on any others. And then at least one, maybe two, works of nonfiction."