Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan, writer for The New Republic, The New York Times, and www.andrewsullivan.com, selects seven timeless literary favorites.
Montaigne’s Essays translated by Donald Frame (Bedford/St. Martin’s, $26.30). Still the best essays ever written: funny, smart, timeless, learned. The prose is earthy and deep.
My Dog Tulip by J. R. Ackerley (New York Review of Books, $10.36). The ultimate dog book-by a British literary editor in the mid-20th century. One of the few books that brought tears of laughter to my eyes.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Collected Poems by Philip Larkin (Noonday Press, $13.60). In my book, the best poet of the last century. Some of these verses are almost painfully beautiful. He writes about sadness better than anyone I know.
On Human Conduct by Michael Oakeshott (Clarendon Press, $39.95, out of print). Not for the beach, but the most underrated work of political theory in a century-written in elegant, elegiac prose. No stronger defense of modern liberalism has been written.
Animal Farm by George Orwell (Signet Classic, $6.25). No apologies for this one. No one can understand the contemporary American left or p.c. authoritarianism without reading this book.
Collected Poems by Emily Dickinson (Courage Books, $8.98). If I had to take one book anywhere, this would be it. So intelligent, so beautiful, so pithy, so American. It never fails to restore the soul.
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Winston Churchill: Finest Hour, 1939-1941 by Martin Gilbert (out of print). Instead of explaining Churchill’s genius and courage, Gilbert simply walks us through it, minute by minute. Heroes still count for something. Churchill is still mine.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
The biggest climate records in the last year
In Depth The number of records set in the past year is a stark reminder of the destructiveness of climate change
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
-
'The future of abortion access in many states may come down to who has the final say'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
Supreme Court rejects challenge to CFPB
Speed Read The court rejected a conservative-backed challenge to the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is funded
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Cynthia Carr's 6 favorite books that explore social issues
Feature The former culture writer recommends works by Ling Ma, Olga Tokarczuk, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Tom Crewe's 6 favorite works that challenge societal norms
Feature The novelist recommends works by Margaret Oliphant, Patrick White, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Daniel Wallace's 5 favorite books that should not be forgotten
Feature The author recommends works by Italo Calvino, Evan S. Connell, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Sarah Langan recommends 6 women-centric horror books
Feature The horror novelist recommends works by Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Amanda Montell's 6 favorite books that will expand your knowledge
Feature The linguist recommends works by Mary Roach, Alice Carrière, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Rowan Beaird recommends 6 compelling books from the 1950s
Feature The author recommends works by Patricia Highsmith, Shirley Jackson, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Stephen Graham Jones' 6 scary books with deeper meanings
Feature The best-selling author recommends works by Stephen King, Sara Gran, and more
By The Week US Published
-
Keith O'Brien's 6 must-read books about significant moments in sports history
Feature The best-selling author recommends works by Laura Hillenbrand, Jonathan Eig and more
By The Week US Published