Madeleine Albright's Reading List

"Truly great? At the risk of being boring — "War and Peace" (the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky), as an e-book."

""Pride and Prejudice" (I even played Mr. Bennet, complete with mustache, in my high school play); and "Sister Carrie," by Theodore Dreiser."

""Pride and Prejudice" (I even played Mr. Bennet, complete with mustache, in my high school play); and "Sister Carrie," by Theodore Dreiser."

""The Art of the Impossible," Vaclav Havel at his deepest, wittiest and most eloquent."

""The Little Prince," "Fireflies" (a Czech fable), and Frantisek Langer's "Legends of Prague.""

""The Little Prince," "Fireflies" (a Czech fable), and Frantisek Langer's "Legends of Prague.""

""The Little Prince," "Fireflies" (a Czech fable), and Frantisek Langer's "Legends of Prague.""

"Karel Capek, a favorite of my parents, first to write about robots, and author of "War With the Newts." Little known now, but a profoundly intelligent and humane writer at a time and place, 1930s Europe, when beasts were at the door."

"Also Katharine Graham's "Personal History" is, for my generation, the model memoir."

"Yes, favorites include Gabriel García Márquez (especially "Love in the Time of Cholera") and Orhan Pamuk ("Snow," "My Name Is Red")."

"Yes, favorites include Gabriel García Márquez (especially "Love in the Time of Cholera") and Orhan Pamuk ("Snow," "My Name Is Red")."

"Yes, favorites include Gabriel García Márquez (especially "Love in the Time of Cholera") and Orhan Pamuk ("Snow," "My Name Is Red")."

"On this one, I am all the way with L.B.J.: "A Political Education: A Washington Memoir," by Harry McPherson, an adviser to President Johnson; or Robert Caro's magnificent multipart biography of L.B.J."

"Robert Caro's magnificent multipart biography of L.B.J."