Susanna Hoffs's Reading List

"And always on my night stand, "The Book of Questions," by Pablo Neruda."

"I just reread "The Great Gatsby," which I do every few years. There is something voluptuous, intoxicating in Fitzgerald's prose which never fails to seduce me."

"I also recently reread Zadie Smith's "White Teeth," John Fowles's "Daniel Martin," Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." As with a favorite song or film, great novels demand repeat play."

"I also recently reread Zadie Smith's "White Teeth," John Fowles's "Daniel Martin," Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." As with a favorite song or film, great novels demand repeat play."

""Lady Chatterley's Lover." I found the … explicit … use of the word "crisis" interesting. Who doesn't enjoy a good crisis?"

"Yoko Ono's "Grapefruit" … This small square of a book was instrumental in inspiring me to be an artist."

"I loved "Just Kids," and in "M Train" I discovered we share a love of detective and crime shows."

"in "M Train" I discovered we share a love of detective and crime shows, as well as black coffee."

"Keith Richards's exuberant "Life.""

"Carly Simon's memoir, "Boys in the Trees," is beautiful and lyric."

""High Fidelity," by Nick Hornby … [one of the best books about music]."

""Norwegian Wood," by Haruki Murakami … [one of the best books about music]."

""A Visit From the Goon Squad," by Jennifer Egan … [one of the best books about music]."

"Recently I've loved "Modern Lovers," by Emma Straub, "Daisy Jones & the Six," by Taylor Jenkins Reid."

"I came across the hardback of "Sophie's Choice," by William Styron, and saw that I'd inscribed the book to my future husband … I wanted to share a book I was passionate about."

"From Maggie O'Farrell's gorgeously written "Hamnet," I learned of the unlikely journey of plague-carrying fleas."

"Perhaps "Jane Eyre." Something in the fierceness of the character's convictions; despite being small, female, without resources, she perseveres."

"Curtis Sittenfeld's new book, "Romantic Comedy." I loved "Prep.""