Here Are The Books Your Favorite Celebrities Swear By
Reading is a way to escape and pass the time. It is good for the brain and for building up vocabulary. It is calming, it is educational, and it can be more productive than staring at a screen. With all these benefits, reported by Healthline, it makes sense that turning to books is a common pastime for many people out there, including celebrities.
What types of books do the stars like to read, though? Well, Ranker rounded up some well-known titles from some well-known celebs.
Anna Kendrick's picks include "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Slaughterhouse-Five," and "The Things They Carried," and she said, "They're classics because they're f**king great". Donald Glover admits to having an obsession with books about children with Asperger's syndrome. "I like the way they think — It suits me." Some specific titles he mentioned are "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and "Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close." Emma Watson, who favors "Le Petit Prince," said "I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time."
With all the benefits that come from reading, it makes sense that stars would have their faves, too
Jamie Chung, when talking about "The Orphan Master's Son," said, "It gives you a look into the adversities and fear people are living through in North Korea. It's humbling to learn about another culture," via Ranker.
Zoe Saldana is a Stephen King fan, saying that he "writes about human psychology and digs into the darkness of it. ... Shawshank Redemption is my favorite. One character, Andy, never lost hope. Despair was all his fellow inmate, Red, had known. In the end, Red became infected by Andy's hope. This story has one of the most amazing endings. I cried for three days after I read it."
And on the topic of reading, Woody Allen said, "The Catcher in the Rye has always had special meaning for me because I read it when I was young — 18 or so. It resonated with my fantasies about Manhattan, the Upper East Side, and New York City in general. It was such a relief from all the other books I was reading at the time, which all had a quality of homework about them. For me, reading Middlemarch or Sentimental Education is work, whereas The Catcher in the Rye is pure pleasure."