The Turkish writer and Nobel laureate says his favorite novel — the 800-plus-page Russian novel bursting with characters living the life of imperial Russian society — is a complex miracle of a book.

—This author recommends—

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143035002?tag=wiscpublradi-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anna Karenina</a>

—More from this author—

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/orhan-pamuk-snow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interview: Orhan Pamul on 'Snow'</a>—<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/orhan-pamuk-arabian-nights" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonic Sidebar: Orhan Pamuk on The Arabian Nights</a>—<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/orhan-pamuk-fundamentalist-islam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interview: Orhan Pamuk on Fundamentalist Islam</a>—<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/why-write-nobel-prize-winner-orhan-pamuk-offers-his-take" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interview: Why Write? Nobel Prize-Winner Orhan Pamuk Offers His Take</a>—<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/istanbul-orhan-pamuk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interview: Istanbul with Orhan Pamuk</a>

Cheryl Strayed on 'Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Torment'

Great writers are great readers. And they have amazing stories to tell. Not just about the books they write, but about the books they read. 

Anne Strainchamps and the producers behind “To the Best of Our Knowledge” have been asking authors for years to tell a story about that one book that left a mark. A book they can’t forget. A book that changed everything.

Now they’re sharing these stories with you, delivered in a weekly micro-podcast. New bite-sized episodes every Friday.

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