Daniel Radcliffe
Dan Radcliffe shares influential novels with Scholastic
June 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM ET
Jeremy
The Leaky Cauldron (via Scholastic)
Dan Radcliffe, Harry Potter, Scholastic,
In an effort to promote a new campaign
entitled "You Are What You Read," Scholastic talked with Dan Radcliffe about the five most influential books in his life.
The list (which can be read below) includes several classic novels, as well as explanations on the picks from Radcliffe himself - read on!
1. The Old Man and the Sea
"I think the Old Man and Sea was probably the first book by a really classic author that I ever read, and it was then that I realized that things were classics for a reason, and they weren’t all just really, really, really hard work."
2. Germinal
"Germinal by Emile Zola was the first sort of longer and more European novel that I ever read, and I remember reading it in like five days. It’s a long book, and I’m a slow reader, but I just did nothing else."
3. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
"It was given to me on my 15th birthday by a friend, and I just thought it was the funniest thing I ever read and kind of amazing and captured the period of time brilliantly."
4. The Master and Margarita
"The Master and Margarita is my favorite, favorite book in the world ever by Mikhail. To me it’s the greatest exploration of the human imagination, and it’s about forgiveness and life and history, and it’s just the most incredible book that I’ve ever read; I read it once and then I read it almost immediately again."
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
"I think it’s fair to say that if we’re talking about the five books that have most influenced my life, I think it would be pretty churlish of me not to say Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for giving me everything that I have and everything that I will have."
To check out the new campaign, click here.
Thanks to Leaky for the link!