Emma Watson's Reading List: Fantasy, Dystopia and Feminist Fiction

Naomi Alderman · 2016

The premise is simple: women gain physical power. The novel follows how society changes as a result, and the club chose it.

Daphne du Maurier · 1938

Du Maurier's gothic romance classic was among the club's selections. It's the one to reach for if you like your older fiction atmospheric.

Carmen Maria Machado · 2017

Machado's short stories lean speculative and horror-tinged. The collection will suit readers who prefer feminist fiction strange and unsettling rather than tidy.

Isabel Allende · 1982

Allende's magical-realist family saga was one of the club's fiction picks. It's the list's big multi-generational read.

Philip Pullman · 2000

Watson recommended Pullman's fantasy trilogy on Twitter. She didn't say more than that.

Stephenie Meyer · 2005

Watson called it a guilty pleasure and said she felt sad finishing the series. It stands out from the list's more overtly literary and feminist selections.

John Green · 2012

Watson stayed up into the early hours to finish this YA romance. That says more than a review would.

Ava Dellaira · 2014

Watson tweeted that she loved this YA novel, which is told entirely in letters. Readers drawn to that format have a place to start.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 195

Watson's favourite book, because books can carry memories and return you to another time. Its appeal lies in that link between reading and nostalgia.