Celeste Ng's Reading List

The author of, most recently, “Little Fires Everywhere,” often returns to “The Count of Monte Cristo”: “Right now, I see it as an exploration of the complexities of good and evil and how easily one shifts into the other.”

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By the Book: Celeste Ng (2017)

NYT By the Book column (2017-09-21).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Tsar of Love and Techno

Anthony Marra · Buy on Amazon

"They're interconnected stories about the Chechen-Russian wars, but really they're about all the ways we try to reclaim the things and people we love after they're gone. I got a galley of it ages ago, and only read it recently, and was blown away."

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton · 1920 · Buy on Amazon

"It's a masterpiece. Despite being almost a hundred years old, it still speaks powerfully on the assumptions we make about each other, and our human failures to communicate our needs and desires."

The BFG

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"with the state of the world, it's a relief to turn to children's literature. We've been enjoying some classics like "The BFG""

Journey

Aaron Becker · Buy on Amazon

"picture books — especially really thoughtful, beautiful ones like Aaron Becker's "Journey" trilogy — are a balm for the soul."

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E. L. Konigsburg · Buy on Amazon

"A short sampling of those that influenced me most: the "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder; "The Great Brain" series; "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler," by E. L. Konigsburg; "Howl's Moving Castle," by Diana Wynne Jones"