Kathy Hourigan's Reading List

"Dazzling and surprising and capacious and riveting; I didn't want it to end."

"You know the power of Ondaatje's language; here he's reached new heights in conveying the mystery of being alive."

"In "Avid Reader" Bob captures the joy and excitement of a life in the world of books, the exhaustion and exhilaration and creativity of the actual work."

"Hard to beat Robert Caro's "Working" — in which he shares not only his experiences getting the story, the depth and quality of his research, but also the time and effort he takes in the actual writing."

"I still remember, for example, how I felt reading there the manuscripts of Katharine Graham's "Personal History" and Maggie O'Farrell's "Hamnet.""

"I still remember … how I felt reading there the manuscripts of Katharine Graham's "Personal History""

"Just after rereading "Jane Eyre," I was in England and visited the extraordinary Brontë parsonage"