books recommended by Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is an Academy Award winning actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship. Portman has also earned a degree in psychology from Harvard University and is an animal activist.

Natalie Portman is an Academy Award winning actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship. Portman has also earned a degree in psychology from Harvard University and is an animal activist.

books recommended by Natalie Portman

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

We Are the Weather

We Are the Weather

Jonathan Safran Foer

Just Kids

Just Kids

Patti Smith

Eating Animals

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

Normal People

Normal People

Sally Rooney

Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

She Said

She Said

Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey

Trick Mirror

Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

George Eliot

Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Lost Children Archive

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose

Wallace Stegner

Gathering Moss

Gathering Moss

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Hope in the Dark

Hope in the Dark

Rebecca Solnit

Freedom

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

When They Call You A Terrorist

When They Call You A Terrorist

Patrisse Cullors

American Pastoral

American Pastoral

Philip Roth

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Sun Under Wood

Sun Under Wood

Robert Hass

The Waves

The Waves

Virginia Woolf

Judas

Judas

Amos Oz

Becoming Ms. Burton

Becoming Ms. Burton

Susan Burton & Cari Lynn

A Tale of Love and Darkness

A Tale of Love and Darkness

Amos Oz

Great House

Great House

Nicole Krauss

Royals

Royals

Emma Forrest

Summer Snow

Summer Snow

Robert Hass

Weather

Weather

Jenny Offill

The Gastronomical Me

The Gastronomical Me

M.F.K. Fisher

What Can I Do?

What Can I Do?

Jane Fonda

Something That May Shock and Discredit You

Something That May Shock and Discredit You

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

A Widow for One Year

A Widow for One Year

John Irving

Annihilation

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!

The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!

Gloria Steinem

The Ministry of Special Cases

The Ministry of Special Cases

Nathan Englander

Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

The Lying Life of Adults

The Lying Life of Adults

Elena Ferrante

What Is the What

What Is the What

Dave Eggers

Life Isn’t Everything

Life Isn’t Everything

Ash Carter & Sam Kashner

kaddish.com

kaddish.com

Nathan Englander

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We Are the Weather

Just Kids

Eating Animals

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