Mary Higgins Clark's Reading List

"After many years, I just reread "Pride and Prejudice" and understand why it is, and always will be, a classic."

"I cut my teeth on suspense, starting with "The Bobbsey Twins and Baby May," in which an infant is left on the doorstep. The baby sitter had been in a daze because a can of tomato soup had fallen on her head, and she keeps trying to steal the baby back."

"After that it was the "Nancy Drew" series, and I was hooked."

""The Good Earth," "A Girl of the Limberlost," "The Secret Garden," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.""

""The Good Earth," "A Girl of the Limberlost," "The Secret Garden," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.""

""The Good Earth," "A Girl of the Limberlost," "The Secret Garden," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.""

""The Good Earth," "A Girl of the Limberlost," "The Secret Garden," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.""

"Favorite character was Jane Eyre after I saw the first movie and before I read the book."

""The Woman in White," by Wilkie Collins. Runner-up, "Rebecca," by Daphne du Maurier."

""The Woman in White," by Wilkie Collins. Runner-up, "Rebecca," by Daphne du Maurier."

"The latest P. D. James. She's a marvelous writer and at age 91 gives me hope for my own future of continuing to be a storyteller."