A Paris travelogue and a slice of Americana help pass the time.

The comedian’s island cure-all mixes reference and fantasy.

Just the classics, please–the bigger, the better.

True life trumps fiction for the hard-hitting journalist.

A Stephen King recommendation spun into PR gold.

Ken Wheaton’s desert island pick appropriates a Czech classic from a friend.

Nothing but her whole library will do.

A. J. Jacobs’ desert island revenge fantasy takes aim at William F. Buckley.

Adultery, nymphet obsession and nervous breakdowns.

Two memoirs, one Bildungsroman, all truth.