Tori Amos's Reading List

"Jamie Sams was of Indigenous heritage, and I feel like some of it was passed down to her as a gift she has channeled for us all."

"I'd never heard of Baker and I couldn't put the book down. The way he could tell the story of his life made me feel like I knew everybody in it by the time I finished."

"The way this man writes about landscapes, particularly in the U.K., makes the wild tracks and the sea roads come alive."

"People are looking at all of these tutorials online … so I thought let's go to the master."

""Giving Up the Ghost," by Hilary Mantel, broke me. I had to just be in my rocking chair and sob till my shirt was wet, it completely cracked me open."

"It gave me an understanding of how we as a collective — unknowingly sometimes — are utilized to put authoritarians and dictators in power."

""Dark Money" … explained things that I didn't understand, though I knew some of it at a cursory level."

"I reread it now every year around winter solstice. I'm so envious of anyone who gets to experience these books for the first time."