From Michael Connelly to Heather Rose, the world’s best writers reveal the books that shaped them

Perusing a bookshelf can feel a tad voyeuristic; what’s made the cut and how books are arranged can tell you about a person’s tastes, values and even their psyche.

What about the bookshelves of great writers? What can they tell us about acclaimed authors and their works?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh — co-hosts of RN’s The Bookshelf — are obsessed with knowing what’s on the bookshelves of the best novelists.

They’ve been asking writers about the books that have shaped them since their show began in 2018.

“What we found was the surprise, delight and sheer eclecticism of reading lives,” says Evans.

“The…