Alice Hoffman's Reading List

The author of “The Museum of Extraordinary Things” found a copy of “The Catcher in the Rye” on her mother’s bookshelf. “I hadn’t known that a book could speak so directly to a reader.”

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By the Book: Alice Hoffman (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-02-20).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Time and Again

Jack Finney · Buy on Amazon

""Time and Again," by Jack Finney, which I missed in the '70s and just discovered — I am a huge fan of all time travel."

The Death of Bees

Lisa O’Donnell · Buy on Amazon

""The Death of Bees," by Lisa O'Donnell, a dark, fierce first novel that is a page-turner and a fairy tale turned inside out. I can't wait to read what she writes next."

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë · Buy on Amazon

"All time — Emily Brontë, author of the greatest psychological novel ever written, with the most complex character ever conceived. Read "Wuthering Heights" when you're 18 and you think Heathcliff is a romantic hero; when you're 30, he's a monster; at 50 you see he's just human."

Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively · Buy on Amazon

""Moon Tiger," the first of her novels I read, is a favorite, along with some of her recent books, "How It All Began" and "The Photograph," luminous, intelligent fictional worlds."

How It All Began

Penelope Lively · Buy on Amazon

""Moon Tiger," the first of her novels I read, is a favorite, along with some of her recent books, "How It All Began" and "The Photograph," luminous, intelligent fictional worlds."

The Photograph

Penelope Lively · Buy on Amazon

""Moon Tiger," the first of her novels I read, is a favorite, along with some of her recent books, "How It All Began" and "The Photograph," luminous, intelligent fictional worlds."

I Remember Nothing

Nora Ephron · Buy on Amazon

"Nora Ephron's "I Remember Nothing.""

Half Magic

Edward Eager · Buy on Amazon

"Anything written by Edward Eager, especially "Half Magic"; the Borrowers series; "Mary Poppins.""

Mary Poppins

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"Anything written by Edward Eager, especially "Half Magic"; the Borrowers series; "Mary Poppins.""

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury · 1953 · Buy on Amazon

""Fahrenheit 451" is an American classic and a work of genius, and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is my favorite of his books, small-town magic."

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury · Buy on Amazon

""Something Wicked This Way Comes" is my favorite of his books, small-town magic. I loved them all and still do."

The Catcher in the Rye

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"I found it on my mother's bookshelf. I knew nothing about it or its author, but my mind was blown after the very first page. I hadn't known that a book could speak so directly to a reader. After that, I knew what I wanted to do with my life."

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