Taylor Swift Book Recommendations

Normal People

A Novel

by Sally Rooney

Taylor Swift told a fan she loved this book. (Source)

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"It’s something [the author] did so well, to describe a scene so gorgeously interwoven with rich emotional revelations, that you yourself have escaped from your own life for a moment." - Taylor Swift (Source)

Conversations with Friends

A Novel

by Sally Rooney

"I really like her book. [...] I like the tone she takes when she's writing. I think it's like being inside somebody's mind." - Taylor Swift (Source)

Harry Potter (8 books)

"So good!" - Taylor Swift (Source)

Wonderful Tonight

George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

by Pattie Boyd

"I devoured this intriguing woman’s memoir." - Taylor Swift (Source)

Committed

A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

by Elizabeth Gilbert

[Taylor Swift] said during the reception that she was enjoying [this book]. (Source)

Stargirl

by Jerry Spinelli

"Some people call [the main character] weird, but no matter how much they make fun of her, she continues to be herself." - Taylor Swift (Source)

The Hunger Games (4 books)

"I thought it would be an action-adventure type of thing, but it’s so much more emotional than that." - Taylor Swift (Source)

Eat Pray Love

One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

by Elizabeth Gilbert

One of Taylor Swift's favorite books picks for "You are What You Read." (Source)

The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green

"My. Favorite. Author." - Taylor Swift (Source)

Furious Love

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century

by Sam Kashner

"I read a book about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor recently, and how there was this crazy frenzy surrounding them." - Taylor Swift (Source)

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird, Book 1

by Harper Lee

"[The storytelling] makes your mind wander." - Taylor Swift (Source)

The Kennedy Women

The Saga of an American Family

by Laurence Leamer

"I’m just so obsessed with the whole history of J.F.K. and R.F.K." - Taylor Swift (Source)

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Taylor Swift's 'Delicate' video is full of parallels to [this book]." - Korey Lane (Source)

Charlotte's Web

by E. B White

One of Taylor Swift's favorite books picks for "You are What You Read." (Source)

Rebecca

by Daphne du Maurier

"When I was reading [this book] there was a part of me that was relating to that because at some point in my life I felt that way, and so I ended up writing the song 'Tolerate.'" - Taylor Swift (Source)