Hugh Laurie's Taste in Books

Posted on January 31, 2006

British actor Hugh Laurie, who plays the brilliant yet acerbic Dr. Gregory House on NBC's medical drama House, chatted with O Magazine about the books that made a difference to him over the years. His list includes:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre
Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

It's a good list. And for those who didn't catch Hugh Laurie as P.G. Wodehouse's famous gadabout Bertie Wooster in the fabulous British series that ran on PBS, you can always get it on DVD. It's quite brilliant, as is Stephen Frey as Jeeves.