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Chris Colfer's Reading List

The “Glee” star and author of “Struck by Lightning” is a fan of Carrie Fisher’s “Wishful Drinking”: “I love painfully honest authors who aren’t afraid to say, ‘I was a mess!’ ”

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By the Book: Chris Colfer (2012)

NYT By the Book column (2012-12-13).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · Buy on Amazon
"I love painfully honest authors who aren’t afraid to say, “I was a mess!”"
Cover of Bad Cat
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I’m not ashamed to admit it was the best book I’ve read in a long time and I would recommend it to anyone. It kept my attention; I laughed out loud."
Cover of The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli · 1532 · Buy on Amazon
"I think anyone in an authoritative position should read it. Even if you don’t agree with its principles, it’s amazing how relevant something written 600 years ago is to today’s society."
Cover of Marley & Me
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"It was probably something like “Marley & Me.” However, if something happens to the family pet in a novel I cry like a baby."
Cover of Harry Potter series
J. K. Rowling · Buy on Amazon
"I do recall crying at the end of the last Harry Potter book too, as it marked the end of an era for me. Like four billion other children, I loved the Harry Potter series. I’ll go to my grave praising J. K. Rowling for giving my generation a childhood and teaching the world to believe in magic again."
Cover of The Chronicles of Narnia
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I also loved the “Chronicles of Narnia,” anything by Eva Ibbotson, Bruce Coville, or Roald Dahl, and all the classics like “Peter Pan,” the Oz books and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”"
Cover of Peter Pan
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I also loved the “Chronicles of Narnia,” anything by Eva Ibbotson, Bruce Coville, or Roald Dahl, and all the classics like “Peter Pan,” the Oz books and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”"
Cover of The Oz books
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I also loved the “Chronicles of Narnia,” anything by Eva Ibbotson, Bruce Coville, or Roald Dahl, and all the classics like “Peter Pan,” the Oz books and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”"
Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I also loved the “Chronicles of Narnia,” anything by Eva Ibbotson, Bruce Coville, or Roald Dahl, and all the classics like “Peter Pan,” the Oz books and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”"

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