Emma Watson's Book Recommendations

"Most importantly, the book spotlights how these women were able to stand up and transform their lives and, through their inspiring examples, we learn that the key to enabling change and economic growth is in unleashing women’s potential. Kristof and WuDunn dare us, as readers, to join the cause and Half the Sky shows us how, by doing even a very small amount, we each have the power to change other women’s lives."

"I am also re-reading essays from Gay’s ‘Bad Feminist’. We put such high expectations on ourselves as feminists, on other feminists, and the movement as a whole. It feels like such a relief to take ownership of words like “nasty woman” and “bad feminist”. They don’t have so much power this way and maybe they remind us not to hold ourselves and others to unreasonably high standards - we are all human after all and at different moments of our learning journeys. We need to feel free to be on those journeys and make mistakes. I hope if you get time you’ll enjoy what she has to say about this too."

"@oursharedshelf's Nov & Dec book is #Mom&Me&Mom by Maya Angelou"

"About the special connection between mother and child."

"There's another book that I read when I was very young – The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory, about Catherine of Aragon – and I know it sounds silly, but I thought, "I've got to be just like her." She was the first wife of Henry VIII and she survived, having been cruelly divorced. I remember being really inspired by that."

"Estes' ideas are both ancient and completely new. She points to storytelling, our ancient narratives, as a way for women to reconnect to the Wild Woman all women have within themselves, but have lost"

"[The author]'s ideas are both ancient and completely new."

"I read it on a plane from London to New York and I laughed out loud and cried so much I think the whole of my cabin, airline staff included, thought I was losing my mind."

"It deserves to be read more than once."

"Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid’s Tale over 30 years ago now, but it is a book that has never stopped fascinating readers because it articulates so vividly what it feels like for a woman to lose power over her own body."

"On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile."

"I have had Just Kids on my bedside forever."

"Emma Watson recommended this book on Twitter."

"I know, it's a cult. I'm not going to take it too far, but I did enjoy it."

"I have devoured Torch."

"I stayed up til 4 finishing The Fault in Our Stars."

"I didn't sleep for about a week because I couldn't put the bloody thing down."

"I loved Love Letters to the Dead."

"What struck me the most about the book is [the auhtor]’s searing honesty."

"A wonderful book."

"Ladies buy it now now now."

"Discusses how extroverts in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an extrovert you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life."

"Russell Crowe, who I am working with on a film, gave me The Magus."

"Was recommended to me by a friend."

"I have devoured Wild."

"I have devoured Tiny Beautiful Things."

"Back in 2007, [Emma Watson] cited The Shadow of the Wind as one of her favorite books in an interview with Scholastic."

"Loved it. Really loved it."

"About a bold and brave young woman and her experiences in 1980s Iran."

"On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile."

"Emma Watson recommended this book on Time Magazine."

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"About the author’s relationship with artist Harry Dodge, who is fluidly gendered."

"I've heard amazing things about this book from a person that I trust."

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"My dad read me The BFG when I was younger. I'm really fond of The BFG."

"Emma Watson recommended this book on Instagram."

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"My friend is supporting GlobalGreenUSA with Natural Beauty."

"Movements like the one [the author] continued with A Path Appears are so important as they encourage solidarity in the values we share."

"[The author] obviously wrote his diaries with the idea that people would read them, that they would be public."

"Emma Watson mentioned this book in a Vanity Fair interview."

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"This book isn't strictly just a book - it's a play that became a political movement that became a world-wide phenomenon. Just say the title The Vagina Monologues and, even now, twenty years after Eve Ensler first performed her ground-breaking show, the words feel radical. I'm very excited about spending the months of January and February reading and discussing a book/play that has literally changed lives."

"Emma Watson mentioned this book in a Marie Claire interview."

"Satrapi's deceptively simple, almost whimsical drawings belie the seriousness and rich complexity of her story--but it’s also very funny too."

"I've read each one of [these books] 3 or 4 times each."

"It’s been on my list for a while."

"Emma Watson recommended this series on Twitter."

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"I literally felt depressed when I finished reading them because I thought, 'Oh my God, what am I going to do now?'"

"Emma Watson cites The Remains of the Day as one of her favourite books for its expression of the consequences of discretion."

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"I read the script first and then I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower."

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