Ever wonder what your favorite celebrities are reading — whether it’s a timeless classic or the buzzy bestseller they can’t put down? Welcome to Page-Turners, where stars reveal the books that keep them hooked, inspired and up all night. Warning: your TBR pile is about to get a lot longer.
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author Jeff Kinney spent years building up his family library with books his children would love.
“When my kids were young, our family didn’t have a lot of money. But my wife and I told our sons that if they ever wanted a book, the answer would be ‘yes,’” the author — whose “Diary of a Wimpy Kid #20: Partypooper” is on sale now — tells Page Six.
The result, according to Kinney, was a big collection of “high-quality” books his two sons could “come back to again and again.”
“These days, my boys are avid readers, which makes me feel like our investment in those early days paid off,” Kinney — who runs an indie bookstore in Massachusetts — tells us.
See below for Kinney’s must-read book recommendations.
“A visual and narrative (but wordless) masterpiece that tells the tale of an immigrant’s experience in a strange world that has to decode, then master. Books are empathy machines, and this graphic novel helps you to step into someone else’s shoes.”
“A compelling, and somehow fresh and surprising, take on the Revolutionary War. A great companion piece for Ken Burns’ documentary, ‘The American Revolution.’”
“Legendary music producer Rick Rubin is known for connecting artists of every time to their creative wellspring, which leads to art in its purest form. In ‘The Creative Act,’ Rubin helps the readers to get in touch with their own potential as artists and as human beings.”
“A simple and arresting book that uses stark, abstract drawings to explain principals of visual perception and the impact images can have. A must-have for designers and illustrators, or for anyone who’s curious about why some pictures are so impactful.”
“The rare book that I’ve read more than once. Epstein examines the lives of some of the world’s most successful athletes, artists, and inventors and discovers that early specialization is not often a part of their journey — which upends conventional wisdom. A great book for someone in their 20s and 30s who’s trying to chart their own path forward.”
“Famed travel writer revisits his childhood growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1950s. A memoir that really is laugh-out-loud funny — and one that I think about often as I craft my own tales of an imagined childhood.”
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