It’s no secret that I’m a bookworm – and I’m not just talking about those coffee table tomes stacked in my living room. I love to read, and I love to know what other people are reading. (Speaking of… any good book suggestions?) With illustrations by Jane Mount, My Ideal Bookshelf satisfies my curiosity in 240 pages. The website-turned-book offers a peek into the “ideal bookshelves” of 100-plus cultural figures (Malcom Gladwell, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, and Thomas Keller, to name just a few). I feel like my ideal bookshelf would look something like Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s: filled to the brim with all of the classics. I would definitely have to throw in Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, and Little Women…the list could go on. What would be on yours? Classics? Biographies? Fiction? Non-fiction?
(P.S. If you’ve got a bookworm in the family, this would make a charming a Christmas gift!)
(Images via Anthology Mag and Vogue)
I’ve always loved her illustrations, so exciting to see she’s come out with a book!
P.S I just finished Room and Dark Places. Both were haunting, but page turners!
xo
I was eyeing this weekend at anthro! love it….I’m a bookworm too so this caught my eye.
I recently read The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch! It was a truly inspiring book and a true story about a man giving his very last lecture, because he was dying of cancer. It is more upbeat then sad. Highly recommend!
i loved where’d you go, bernadette, the darlings, and am about to start the new diana vreeland book!
This is a great and unique holiday gift suggestion that I’ve not seen elsewhere!
LOVE this post! If you like page-turners, I recommend Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, a great murder mystery/thriller that is almost impossible to put down!
-Lauren
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I recently wrote a blog post on books I’ve loved/plan to read: http://www.itslikethisblog.com/2012/12/i-like-big-books.html.
I also ordered the NY themed bookshelf for my soon to be sister-in-law (who lives in and is getting married in Manhattan) as a shower gift. It just came back from the framers, and it looks beautiful! I would love to commission one for myself!
Happy holidays.
Meredith
Love this! Funny how one can instantly recognize favorites by their spine.
Just finished The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson (Men Who Stare at Goats) and loved it! Currently enjoying “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?”