J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling is a British author best known for creating the Harry Potter series, and she is also a film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist dedicated to various charitable causes.
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Grimble
One of funniest books I've ever read. - J.K. Rowling
Clement Freud
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The Song of Achilles
“I loved it.” - J.K. Rowling
Madeline Miller
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Manxmouse
[The author] manages the fine line between magic and reality so skilfully, to the point where the most fantastic events feel plausible. - J.K. Rowling
Paul Gallico
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The Woman Who Walked into Doors
My favorite living writer is [this author]. - J.K. Rowling
Roddy Doyle
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The Collected Works of P. G. Wodehouse
One of J.K. Rowling's answers to "If you could bring only three books to a desert island, which would you pack?"
PG Wodehouse
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Poverty Safari
Incredible achievement. Stunning book. - J.K. Rowling
Darren McGarvey
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The Oxford Shakespeare
One of J.K. Rowling's answers to "If you could bring only three books to a desert island, which would you pack?"
William Shakespeare
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Black Beauty
One of J.K. Rowling's favorite books as a child.
Anna Sewell
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The Collected Stories of Colette
One of J.K. Rowling's answers to "If you could bring only three books to a desert island, which would you pack?"
Colette
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Chéri
The final scene is incredibly moving; it makes me cry. - J.K. Rowling
Colette
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Emma
Jane Austen is J.K. Rowling's favorite author of all time, and 'Emma' is her favorite of her books. - Business Insider
Jane Austen
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Team of Rivals
I lived in it the way that you do with truly great books; putting it down with glazed eyes and feeling disconcerted to find yourself in the 21st century. - J.K. Rowling
Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Little Women
My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. - J.K. Rowling
Louisa May Alcott
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Hons and Rebels
My most influential writer, without a doubt, is [this author]. - J.K. Rowling
Jessica Mitford
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Lolita
There are two books whose final lines make me cry without fail, irrespective of how many times I read them, and one is [this book]. - J.K. Rowling
Vladimir Nabokov
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Justice
I’d give our prime minister [this book]. - J.K. Rowling
Michael J. Sandel
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The Iliad
I was thinking of [this book] when Harry saved Cedric’s body. - J.K. Rowling
Homer
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A Tale of Two Cities
A literary discovery that may have influenced [J.K. Rowling's] alleged intention to kill off Harry Potter at the end of book seven.
Charles Dickens
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Secrets of the Flesh
One of my all-time favorites. - J.K. Rowling
Judith Thurman
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The Diaries of Auberon Waugh
It’s in my bathroom, and it’s always good for a giggle. - J.K. Rowling
Auberon Waugh
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Macbeth
Possibly my favorite Shakespeare play - J.K. Rowling
William Shakespeare
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
[J.K. Rowling] ranks [this book] as her favorite of Nesbit's books. - Business Insider
E. Nesbit
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I Capture the Castle
This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met. - J.K. Rowling
Dodie Smith
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The Little White Horse
Perhaps more than any other book, it has a direct influence on the Harry Potter books. - J.K. Rowling
Elizabeth Goudge
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
I literally just finished reading it! - J.K. Rowling
Hannah Arendt
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The Wind in the Willows
My most vivid memory of being read to is my father reading [this book] when I was around 4 and suffering from the measles. - J.K. Rowling
Kenneth Grahame
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Ballet Shoes
I still reread [this book]. - J.K. Rowling
Noel Streatfeild
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