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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

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."
Cover of 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."
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""
Aaron Becker · Buy on Amazon
"picture books — especially really thoughtful, beautiful ones like Aaron Becker's "Journey" trilogy — are a balm for the soul."
Cover of 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"
Cover of Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones · Buy on Amazon
"A short sampling of those that influenced me most: "Howl's Moving Castle," by Diana Wynne Jones"
Louise Fitzhugh · Buy on Amazon
""Harriet the Spy," by Louise Fitzhugh"
Frances Hodgson Burnett · Buy on Amazon
""A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden," by Frances Hodgson Burnett"
Cover of The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett · Buy on Amazon
""A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden," by Frances Hodgson Burnett"

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