Judy Blume's Reading List

"I just finished Still Pictures, by Janet Malcolm."

"Yesterday afternoon I read a graphic memoir, Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe, the most banned book in the country right now. I found it moving and enlightening."

"My husband read it first and told me it was brilliant and that I'd enjoy it. It was and I did."

"Beasts of No Nation, a sliver of a book by Uzodinma Iweala. The kind of book you never forget."

"The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank."

"Nine Stories, by J.D. Salinger, to understand what makes a good short story."

"My sixth-grade civics teacher read Animal Farm aloud to our class. I still think of that and how I looked forward to her readings."

"Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep."

"Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds. When I finished that book I read it again."

"When he laughs while reading, I'm curious. The Netanyahus is a recent example."

"Ms. Demeanor, by Elinor Lipman, because I never miss one of her funny, delightful novels."