Night-table Reading

Anne Rosenzweig

(restaurateur): The Thief and the Dogs, by Naguib Mahfouz (American University in Cairo Press). "I first read this novel years ago when I lived in East Africa; to rediscover this spellbinding story is a special treat. "

Pierce Brosnan (actor): The Blooding, by Joseph Wambaugh (William Morrow). "It's terribly dark and gripping. ''

Victor Costa (fashion designer): Storming Intrepid, by Payne Harrison (Crown). "It's a wonderful stretch from what I'm doing—it's a book about the hijacking of a space shuttle. "

Penelope Spheens

(director): Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin, by Myra Friedman (William Morrow). "The movie version of this book will be a profound and moving study of a woman's fight against rejection. "