Constance Wu's Reading List

Notable reader profiled on radicalreads.com. 6 favorite books recommended in their radicalreads feature.

Favorite books (2023)

Favorite books recommended by Constance Wu, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/constance-wu-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

Middlemarch

George Eliot (also rec’d by Bret Easton Ellis , Carrie Fisher , Constance Wu , Emily Ratajkowski , Nigella Lawson & Zadie Smith ) · Buy on Amazon

"I was required to read Middlemarch for a Victorian Lit class, and I groaned about it the whole time. But when I got to the very last page, it suddenly sank in for me, and I started weeping. Throughout that whole book, I’d been judgmental of the characters’ small, mundane worries and that last page made me realize that that was like, the point. The unvisited tombs! Just gorgeous."

Consider the Lobster

David Foster Wallace (also rec’d by AOC & Lin-Manuel Miranda ) · Buy on Amazon

Arrow of God

Chinua Achebe (also rec’d by Chimamanda Adichie ) · Buy on Amazon

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett (also rec’d by Elizabeth Warren ) · Buy on Amazon

"There’s a line that says how feelings are physical, so write them that way. It reminded me of the sense memory exercises you learn in Method Acting and is a good way to write."

Franny and Zooey

J.D. Salinger (also rec’d by Gwyneth Paltrow , John Cusack & Patti Smith ) · Buy on Amazon

"I’ve read this book at least 20 times, if not more. It’s about acting and faith—two subjects that are at the core of my personal values. When I’ve lost my way, re-reading this book brings me back to my center."

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay (also rec’d by Anya Taylor-Joy , Kathy Griffin & Phoebe Robinson ) · Buy on Amazon

"Anyone who likes this book, I like them."

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