94 Emma Watson Recommended Books
Emma Watson is a world renowned actress and activist. She rose to fame in her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. Watson has since gone on to star in numerous films, including The Bling Ring, Beauty and the Beast, and Little Women.
94 Books recommended by Emma Watson
What I Know For Sure
Author :Oprah Winfrey
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Norwegian Wood
Author :Haruki Murakami
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson mentioned this book in a Marie Claire interview. [Source]
Moranifesto
Author :Caitlin Moran
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Natural Beauty
Author :James Houston
- Emma Watson"My friend is supporting GlobalGreenUSA with [this book]." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Sleep Revolution
Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
Author :Arianna Huffington
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Prime Time
Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit; Making the Most of all of Your Life
Author :Jane Fonda
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World
Author :Peter Wohlleben
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Modern Romance
Author :Aziz Ansari
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Author :Amy Schumer
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
In the Body of the World
A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
Author :Eve Ensler
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Sex and World Peace
Author :Valerie Hudson
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Author :Susan Cain
- Emma Watson"Discusses how extroverts in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an extrovert you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life." - Emma Watson [Source]
Man's Search for Meaning
Author :Viktor E. Frankl
- Emma Watson"Loved it. Really loved it." - Emma Watson [Source]
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The Complete Persepolis
Author :Marjane Satrapi
- Emma Watson"About a bold and brave young woman and her experiences in 1980s Iran." - Emma Watson [Source]
A Path Appears
Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Author :Nicholas D. Kristof
- Emma Watson"Movements like the one [the author] continued with [this book] are so important as they encourage solidarity in the values we share." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Opposite of Loneliness
Essays and Stories
Author :Marina Keegan
- Emma Watson"I had to tell you about this book. If you've already read it tell me what your favourite bits were." - Emma Watson [Source]
Way of the Actor
A Path to Knowledge and Power
Author :Brian Bates
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir
Author :Kai Cheng Thom
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Rookie Yearbook Four
Author :Tavi Gevinson
- Emma Watson"Ladies buy it now now now." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Author :Stephen Chbosky
- Emma Watson"I read the script first and then I read [this book]." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Bloody Chamber
And Other Stories
Author :Angela Carter
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Annie John
A Novel
Author :Jamaica Kincaid
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Metamorphoses
Author :Ovid
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson mentioned this book in a Vanity Fair interview. [Source]
Catching the Big Fish
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
Author :David Lynch
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
Author :Norah Vincent
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Author :Nicholas D. Kristof
- Emma Watson"Depicts, in eye-opening detail, the various cultures and customs that suppress women and gives a voice to those individuals who need to be heard the most." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Constant Princess
Author :Philippa Gregory
- Emma Watson"I read when I was very young." - Emma Watson [Source]
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Author :David Foster Wallace
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
How to Be a Woman
Author :Caitlin Moran
- Emma Watson"It deserves to be read more than once." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Shadow of the Wind
Cemetery Of Forgotten, Book 1
Author :Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Emma Watson"Back in 2007, [Emma Watson] cited [this book] as one of her favorite books in an interview with Scholastic." - Bustle.com [Source]
All About Love
New Visions
Author :bell hooks
- Emma Watson"It’s been on my list for a while." - Emma Watson [Source]
Ain't I a Woman
Black Women and Feminism
Author :bell hooks
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author :Khaled Hosseini
- Emma Watson"A wonderful book." - Emma Watson [Source]
Love Letters to the Dead
Author :Ava Dellaira
- Emma Watson"I loved [this book]." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Handmaid's Tale
Author :Margaret Atwood
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
My Life on the Road
Author :Gloria Steinem
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson recommended this book on Instagram. [Source]
Nights at the Circus
Author :Angela Carter
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
Author :bell hooks
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
The Richard Burton Diaries
Author :Richard Burton
- Emma Watson"[The author] obviously wrote his diaries with the idea that people would read them, that they would be public." - Emma Watson [Source]
Mom & Me & Mom
Author :Maya Angelou
- Emma Watson"About the special connection between mother and child." - Emma Watson [Source]
Tiny Beautiful Things
Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Author :Cheryl Strayed
- Emma Watson"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Circle
Author :Dave Eggers
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
The Vagina Monologues
Author :Eve Ensler
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson recommended this book on Instagram. [Source]
Siddhartha
Author :Hermann Hesse
- Emma Watson"Was recommended to me by a friend." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Fountainhead
Author :Ayn Rand
- Emma Watson"I know, it's a cult. I'm not going to take it too far, but I did enjoy it." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Argonauts
Author :Maggie Nelson
- Emma Watson"About the author’s relationship with artist Harry Dodge, who is fluidly gendered." - Emma Watson [Source]
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Author :Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Emma Watson"[The author]'s ideas are both ancient and completely new." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Remains of the Day
Author :Kazuo Ishiguro
- Emma Watson"Emma Watson cites [this book] as one of her favourite books for its expression of the consequences of discretion." - Harper Bazaar [Source]
Brave Enough
Author :Cheryl Strayed
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Feminist Theory
From Margin to Center
Author :bell hooks
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Heart Berries
A Memoir
Author :Terese Marie Mailhot
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
The Fault in Our Stars
Author :John Green
- Emma Watson"I stayed up til 4 finishing [this book]." - Emma Watson [Source]
Beyond Words
What Animals Think and Feel
Author :Carl Safina
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
The Little Prince
Author :Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson recommended this book on Time Magazine. [Source]
The Color Purple
Author :Alice Walker
- Emma Watson"I've heard amazing things about this book from a person that I trust." - Emma Watson [Source]
East of Eden
Author :John Steinbeck
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Bad Feminist
Essays
Author :Roxane Gay
- Emma Watson"We put such high expectations on ourselves as feminists, on other feminists, and the movement as a whole." - Emma Watson [Source]
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
A Memoir
Author :Carrie Brownstein
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson recommended this book on GoodReads. [Source]
The Queen of the Tearling
A Novel
Author :Erika Johansen
- Emma Watson"I didn't sleep for about a week because I couldn't put the bloody thing down." - Emma Watson [Source]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
A Memoir of Life in Death
Author :Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson recommended this book on Twitter. [Source]
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
Author :E. F. Schumacher
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Author :Jeanette Winterson
- Emma WatsonOn the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. [Source]
FAQs
Q1: How has Emma's role as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador influenced her book choices?
Emma's role as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador has significantly influenced her book choices. Her recommendations often resonate with themes of empowerment, gender equality, and social justice, reflecting her advocacy and passion for these subjects.
Q2: How often does Emma Watson recommend books?
Emma Watson frequently shares her book recommendations, particularly through her 'Our Shared Shelf' feminist book club and her social media platforms.
Q3: Has Emma Watson ever collaborated with the authors she recommends?
Yes, Emma has often engaged with authors, conducting interviews and discussions, especially for the books featured in 'Our Shared Shelf'. It's a part of her initiative to dive deeper into the themes and messages of the books.
Q4: Why did Emma Watson start the 'Our Shared Shelf' book club?
Emma Watson started 'Our Shared Shelf' as a way to promote feminist literature, engage in meaningful discussions, and spread awareness about women's rights and gender equality.
Q5: Are Emma's book recommendations focused solely on feminist topics?
While many of her recommendations, especially from 'Our Shared Shelf,' lean towards feminist themes, Emma Watson has also recommended diverse genres and topics reflecting her wide range of interests.
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