WHEN AUTHORS READ OTHER AUTHORS
If You Liked My Book, You’ll Love These Six writers on their favorite reading, genre by genre.
Beach reads don’t have to be new best sellers or formulaic romances. In fact, summer is the perfect time to dig deep into books, classics and otherwise, you’ve missed. We asked exemplary authors in particular fields to recommend the books that matter most to them—the ones they keep going back to and, in many cases, that made them want to write. Their literary mix tapes, of a sort. 
Suggestions from Booker Prize–winner Peter Carey.
Picks from the genre's visionary, William Gibson.
Kathryn Harrison shares her favorites.
SNL writer Simon Rich tells us what makes him laugh.
Favorites from the owner of the Mysterious Bookshop. 
Best-selling author Rebecca Skloot gives us some ideas. (much more)http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/66294/
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About Dale
I owe my life to Hitler, though I never met the man. My father was paid to stop Hitler, so there is no conflict of interest. I was given a thunk on the back o' the head by God when I was fifteen, and within a week began to write. I haven't stopped. My first...
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