| Name |
Children's Book |
Teenage/Adult Book |
| Troy Aikman, football player |
Dr. Seuss books |
*** |
| Laila Ali, boxer |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum |
The Color Purple by Alice Walker |
| Tim Allen, actor |
Curious George by Margret and H.A. Rey |
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig |
| Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) |
*** |
Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| Margaret Atwood, author |
Grimm's Fairy tales |
*** |
| Alec Baldwin, actor |
*** |
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| Tyra Banks, model |
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume |
| Dave Barry, author |
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne |
Robert Benchley books |
| Halle Berry, actress |
The Three Bears (The Brothers Grimm) |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume |
| Leslie Bibb, actress |
*** |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells |
| Bigg Tigger, TV personality |
Durango Street by Frank Bonham |
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison |
| Drew Bledsoe, football player |
*** |
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe |
| Judy Blume, author |
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelman |
*** |
| Jim Brady, former press secretary to Ronald Reagan |
Rhythm of Redmen (author unkown) |
*** |
| Sarah Brady, activist |
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene |
| Justice Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court |
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad |
| LeVar Burton, actor |
*** |
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling |
| Kate Capshaw, actor |
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers |
The plays of Albert Camus and works of Jean Paul Sarte |
| Jim Carrey, actor |
Dr. Seuss books |
*** |
| Cheryl Chase, actor |
Hansel and Gretel (The Brothers Grimm) |
Florence Nightingale by Basil Miller |
| Chevy Chase, actor |
Doctor Doolittle books by Hugh Lofting |
Moby Dick by Herman Melville |
| Julia Child, chef |
Ralph on the Engine by Allen Chapman |
*** |
| Tom Clancy, author |
*** |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne |
| Former President Bill Clinton |
Dick and Jane Readers (Scott Foresman Publishers) |
The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain, and The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper |
| Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) |
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown |
*** |
| Katie Couric,TV personality |
Light a Single Candle by Beverly Butler |
*** |
| Courtney Cox, actor |
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco |
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiller by E. L. Konigsburg |
| Paula Danziger, author |
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Tomie DePaola, author |
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachael Field |
*** |
| Kirk Douglas, actor |
The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope |
You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe |
| Michael Douglas, actor |
Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Michael Eisner, Disney CEO |
*** |
White Fang by Jack London |
| Hector Elizondo, actor |
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
The Pearl by John Steinbeck |
| Gloria Estefan, musician |
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith |
| Marshall Faulk, football player |
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Jaime Foxx, actor |
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Morgan Freeman, actor, Read Across America Chair |
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp by Mercer Mayer |
*** |
| Eddie George, football player |
*** |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Danny Glover, actor |
Curious George by Margret and H. A. Rey |
*** |
| Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor |
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak |
*** |
| Former Vice President Al Gore |
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater |
*** |
| Katherine Graham, author |
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| Alex Haley, author |
*** |
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
| Darryl Hannah, actor |
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Charlton Heston, actor |
*** |
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Catherine Hicks, actor |
Lassie Come Home by Rosemary Wells |
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| Faith Hill, musician |
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Whitney Houston; musician, actor |
The Bible |
Yes, I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Sammy Davis Jr. et al |
| Kathy Ireland, model |
Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman |
The Bible |
| Molly Ivins, journalist |
*** |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Janet Jackson, musician |
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Bill Joel, musician |
*** |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain |
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson, retired basketball player |
Jack and the Beanstalk (author unknown) |
*** |
| James Earl Jones , actor |
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Dean Jones, actor |
David Goliath (The Bible) |
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Steven Kellogg, author |
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
*** |
| Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) |
Lad, A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune |
*** |
| Larry King, journalist |
Jack and the Beanstalk (author unknown) |
Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero by Frank Graham |
| Stephen King, author |
McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss |
Lord of the Flies by William Golding |
| Lisa Kudrow, actor |
Stuart Little by E. B. White |
*** |
| Ricki Lake, actor |
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Ann Landers, journalist |
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White |
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery |
| Kristine Lilly, soccer player |
Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Lucy Liu, actor |
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein |
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume |
| Keith Lockhardt, conductor |
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster |
*** |
| Patrick McEnroe, tennis player |
The Sloth's Birthday Party by Diane Redfield Massie |
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain |
| Donovan McNabb, football player |
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Bette Midler, actor |
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
| Taylor Momsen, actor |
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak |
*** |
| Mandy Moore, musician |
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith |
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks |
| Paul Newman, actor |
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
The Building of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes |
| *NSync |
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss |
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton |
| Bill Nye, actor |
Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean La Catham |
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein |
| Rosie O'Donnell, actor |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Haley Joel Osment, actor |
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien |
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card |
| Angela Perez, Miss America 2001 |
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak |
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt |
| Annie Potts, actor |
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
*** |
| Secretary of State Colin Powell |
*** |
My Antonia by Willa Cather |
| Rob Reiner; actor, director |
Boys and Girls Together by William Saroyan |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Former Attorney General Janet Reno |
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
*** |
| Former Secretary of Education Richard Riley |
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper |
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| The Rock, professional wrestler |
*** |
The Life and Times of Martin Luther King, Jr. (author unknown) |
| Fred Rogers, actor |
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery |
*** |
| Tim Russert, journalist |
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss |
Black Like Me by Howard Griffin |
| Renee Russo, actor |
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| Winona Ryder, actor |
*** |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Warren Sapp, football player |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle |
*** |
| Former Rep. Patricia Schroeder |
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter |
*** |
| Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf |
*** |
White Fang by Jack London |
| Willard Scott, TV personality |
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper |
*** |
| Maurice Sendak, author |
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald |
The Pirate Twins by Willian Nicholson |
| Jane Seymour, actor |
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield |
| Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala |
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper |
*** |
| Molly Shannon, actor |
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss |
*** |
| (Judge) Judy Sheindlin |
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck |
*** |
| Will Smith, actor |
Dr. Seuss books |
*** |
| Kevin Spacey, actor |
*** |
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, et al |
| Aaron Spelling, actor |
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Steven Spielberg, director |
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper |
| Gloria Steinem; author, activist |
My Book House by Olive Beaupree Miller |
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
| Connie Stevens, actor |
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell |
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
| Barbara Walters, journalist |
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery |
*** |
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