Taylor Swift's Bookshelf: Gothic Novels and YA Favorites

E.B. White

An all-time favourite, she told a Scholastic event. The oldest kind of reading on the shelf.

John Green · 2012

It has inspired lyrics of hers, and one summary calls John Green her favourite author. Expect to find it in her songwriting.

Jerry Spinelli · 2000

Swift was drawn to a heroine who keeps being herself through the teasing until others follow her lead.

Elizabeth Gilbert · 2000

A memoir of self-discovery, and the one nonfiction title here. She said she loved it at a Scholastic event.

Suzanne Collins · 2008

She reportedly finished the first book in about two days before writing Safe & Sound for the film.

Lois Lowry · 1993

She read it in fifth grade and said it blew her mind. Years later she took a role in the film.

Harper Lee · 1960

Swift says it changed how she saw the world. That's a large claim, and she made it.

Delia Owens · 2018

She read it, then wrote Carolina for the film adaptation. The song is the direct link.

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920

She admires how Fitzgerald ties vivid scenes to emotional revelation. Read it with that in mind.