We asked some prominent people to tell us about the books that have meant the most to them in their lives. Among those we hear from are opera singer Plácido Domingo, writer Pico Iyer, astronaut Bill Anders and others.
- Placido Domingo recommends: Cervantes's "Don Quixote"
- Pico Iyer recommends: Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"
- Padma Viswanathan recommends: Karen Connelly's "The Lizard Cage"
- Astronaut Bill Anders recommends: John McPhee's "Assembling California"
- Harkey Shaiken recommends: John Womack's biography "Zapata and the Mexican Revolution"
- Iain Douglas-Hamilton recommends: Romain Gary's "The Roots of Heaven"
