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Have you ever wondered what your favorite celebrities are reading? Whether it’s timeless classics or trendy bestsellers you can’t put down, welcome to Page-Turners. Here are the books from stars that will captivate, inspire, and keep you up all night. Warning: Your TBR pile will get long soon.
Brat Pack member and bestselling author Andrew McCarthy loves to switch back and forth between physical books and audiobooks depending on the genre.
“I tend to read novels and listen to nonfiction,” McCarthy, whose new book, “Who Needs Friends: An Unscientific Study of Male Friendship Across America,” is on sale now, told Page Six.
The “St. Elmo’s Fire” star likes physical copies of novels because they allow her to “picture a picture in my head of what I’m reading,” while explaining that nonfiction audiobooks help her “process the information.”
In her new book, McCarthy sets out on a journey to reunite with an old acquaintance after her son taunts her for having no friends.
“I felt like I was being exposed in a way,” he recently told the Post. “Kids only say what they think is true, so you have to be careful, right?”
Read below for six of McCarthy’s must-read books.
“I love the hard-boiled detective genre, and Hammett is one of the original masters. It’s set in ‘Poisonville.’ Need I say more?”
“It takes a great deal of courage to retell Dickens’s David Copperfield in a modern way.” The book is a great success, thanks to its brilliant narrator, who is truly “the hero of his own story.” ”
“A free-spirited story about surviving the shame of a fateful decision. No one paints with more thought than Conrad. A great book by a master.”
“A sensitive family story set in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Nothing seems to be happening until you realize everything has happened.”
“The Nobel Prize-winning author’s first novel. She took it home with her in a suitcase when she left Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as a young woman. Tragic.”
“This is a story of connection and a positive look at the value of friendship and the place it holds in our lives. It’s set along 10,000 miles of American backroads. Hopefully, you’ll pick up the phone and call that friend. Or, if you can, go see them.”
