Sarah Jessica Parker about librarians fighting back against the rising tide of book bans.
For Vogue Hickson tagged ten "books that have indelibly shaped her life," including:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrRead about another entry on the list.
As a librarian, I’m often asked, “What’s your favorite book?” For years I struggled to answer. There were just too many. Then came Anthony Doerr’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize–winning historical fiction about a French girl and a German boy caught in the violence of World War II Europe. As the novel unfolds, their separate stories converge in a dramatic struggle for survival. Compelling characters drive an intricate plot across war-torn settings to deliver a powerful message: “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.” All the Light We Cannot See reminds us that, in a world where information is controlled, accessing ideas becomes an act of courage. I envy everyone who gets to read this book for the first time.
All the Light We Cannot See is among Leah Rachel von Essen's ten top modern classics of historical fiction, Melanie Maure's five top novels about women discovering unimaginable strength through tragedy, Audrey Gale's five top novels about war, Jyoti Patel's top ten books about family secrets, Kimi Cunningham Grant's top six books featuring father-daughter relationships, Liz Boulter's top ten novels about France, Emily Temple's fifty best contemporary novels over 500 pages, Jason Allen's seven top books with family secrets, Whitney Scharer's top ten books about Paris, David Baldacci's six favorite books with an element of mystery, Jason Flemyng's six best books, Sandra Howard's six best books, Caitlin Kleinschmidt's twelve moving novels of the Second World War and Maureen Corrigan's 12 favorite books of 2014.
--Marshal Zeringue
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