Ellie Kemper's Reading List

The actress and author of the essay collection "My Squirrel Days" never finished "The Woman in White," by Wilkie Collins: "Why did the woman wear so much white? I couldn't sit with it long enough to find any answers."

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By the Book: Ellie Kemper (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-11-29).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Easter Parade

Richard Yates · Buy on Amazon

"I love Richard Yates because his prose is brilliantly unpretentious. It's literary but doesn't feel fancy. And I cannot get enough of those depressing Grimes sisters."

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · Buy on Amazon

"My go-to classic is "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen. Is there a funnier portrait of anyone in literature than that of Lady Catherine de Bourgh?"

Fashion Is Spinach

Elizabeth Hawes · Buy on Amazon

"This is a memoir of a fashion designer in the 1930s and Hawes's critique of the fashion industry is blunt, sharp and wittily observed."

Will Not Attend

Adam Resnick · Buy on Amazon

"This book has me shaking on the subway and convulsing in the doctor's waiting room. From laughing, I mean."

Blue Nights

Joan Didion · Buy on Amazon

"A memoir about losing her daughter. Stunning and absolutely heartbreaking."

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989 · Buy on Amazon

"The clarity that Ishiguro achieves is absolutely crystalline. It is quiet and calm and spellbinding."

Beloved

Toni Morrison · 1987 · Buy on Amazon

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