Istanbul
by Orhan Pamuk | 
Other Colors
by Orhan Pamuk | 
Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand | 
How Not to Die
by Michael Greger | 
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel A. van der Kolk | 
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls | 
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank | 
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi | 
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson | 
Mere Christianity
by C. S. Lewis |
Marley & Me
by John Grogan | 
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande | 
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom | 
What If?
by Randall Munroe | 
Girl, Wash Your Face
by Rachel Hollis | 
Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer | 
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote | 
The Total Money Makeover
by Dave Ramsey | 
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah | 
Godel, Escher, Bach
by Douglas R. Hofstadter |
What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? Anyone who has known the pleasure of becoming immersed in a novel will enjoy, and learn from, this perceptive essay by one of the modern masters of the art. In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal essay, from his Charles Eliot Norton lecture series collected as The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections.