Carrie says: I rarely read fiction because once I start a great novel life stops, late nights, no eating. So this summer on holiday I had the luxury of reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I was captivated by the words, the story. I love the character Scout, love this sentence: “As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it.” A Universal Teaching.

Danielle says: Initiation by Elisabeth Haich is apparently her true story of a past life as an Egyptian Priestess in training. But it’s so incredibly fantastical and non-linear that this book is often filed under “fiction”. It is one of the top five most important books that I’ve read in my life.