Sally Mann comes to Books at Noon next Wednesday, May 13 to discuss her latest work, Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs. We asked her six questions about what she likes to read.

When and where do you like to read?

I love to imagine reading by the woodstove on snowy afternoons but usually I get to read only after work, in bed, and during my insomniac nights.

What were your favorite books as a child?

The Jack Tales, Charlotte’s Web, The Moonstone, all the Walter Farley, A.A. Milne, and Oz books, The Little Prince.

What books had the greatest impact on you?

As a child you mean? As a child, You Have Seen Their Faces (photo book), The Family of Man (ditto), Black Beauty, Tom Sawyer /Huckleberry Finn—as an adult, probably too many to list.

Would you like to name a few writers out there you think deserve greater readership?

These may be more well-read than I know, but: Shirley Hazzard (Transit of Venus), Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose), John Williams (Stoner), Anne Tyler maybe? I think she’s brilliant and maybe not as well read as she should be. Peter Taylor (Summons to Memphis and his short stories,) William Styron. Does anyone read Nat Turner anymore? I just did and think it’s pretty great. Kazuo Ishiguro—I guess he’s pretty well known, but I’ll keep him on anyway Tony Horwitz.

What was the last book you recommended?

Shadow Country by Peter Matthieson.

What do you plan to read next?

I’m just finishing up a re-re-re-read of Speak Memory, then I have 2 books by my bed: A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra and Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Oh, wait! 3 books? Also, a friend sent Something Rich and Strange.