Those are not necessarily Emma's favourites but books, artists or musics she mentioned. I just couldn't find a better name for the page. The "favourites" are followed by the source where they were mentioned and either an explanation or Emma's quote about it.
If you think of something I haven't mentioned, please, leave a comment and give your source. If there's something else apart from literature, music, and others you would like to be part of the list, please, leave a comment. And if you're using this list, please, give the blog as your source.
If you think of something I haven't mentioned, please, leave a comment and give your source. If there's something else apart from literature, music, and others you would like to be part of the list, please, leave a comment. And if you're using this list, please, give the blog as your source.
2012
- Literature
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand - Marie Claire magazine ("I know, it's a cult. I'm not going to take it too far, but I did enjoy it.")
- Dubliners by James Joyce (Emma was photographed with it - PICTURE)
- Dubliners by James Joyce (Emma was photographed with it - PICTURE)
- Music
- Blood Pressures by The Kills - Marie Claire magazine ("I've been listening to the new Kills album, Blood Pressures.")
- Nigel Kennedy (Several people saw her at his show)
New! - Radiohead (Seen at their concert at Coachella)
New! - Florence and The Machine (Seen at their concert at Coachella)
New! - The Shins (Seen at their concert at Coachella)
New! - Bon Iver - Vogue.co.uk- Nigel Kennedy (Several people saw her at his show)
New! - Radiohead (Seen at their concert at Coachella)
New! - Florence and The Machine (Seen at their concert at Coachella)
New! - The Shins (Seen at their concert at Coachella)
New! - Feist - Vogue.co.uk
2011
- Literature
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (She plays in the movie so it's fair to think she also read the book)
- William Blake, T.S. Eliot, Keats, Shelley, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen - Madame Figaro (Her answer when asked what her favourite authors are)
- William Blake, T.S. Eliot, Keats, Shelley, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen - Madame Figaro (Her answer when asked what her favourite authors are)
- Just Kids by Patti Smith - Vogue US ("I want to live like Patti. I want to write like Patti. The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and i felt more hopeful.")
- A 3rd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen (Emma was photographed with it - PICTURE)
- A 3rd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen (Emma was photographed with it - PICTURE)
- Music
- Puggy - Style.com (She chose the band to play for Trésor Midnight Rose's launch in Paris)
- Talking Heads, Rihanna, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC - Elle France (These are part of what she was listening on the set of her photoshoot, they were in her iPad)
- Cinema/TV/Theatre
- Giant, Amélie, Notting Hill - Harper's Bazaar (When asked her favourite movies)
- Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard - Women's Wear Daily (Emma used it as an inspiration for the Trésor Midnight Rose video)
- How to Success in Business Without Really Trying (She saw it when Daniel Radcliffe had the main part)
- Bridesmaid (Several people saw her in the cinema)
- Book of Mormon (Several people saw her in the theatre)
- How to Success in Business Without Really Trying (She saw it when Daniel Radcliffe had the main part)
- Bridesmaid (Several people saw her in the cinema)
- Book of Mormon (Several people saw her in the theatre)
- Painting
- Mark Demsteader - Vogue UK ("I grew up in Oxford and used to walk past a gallery on my way home from school that sold his work. I would stop and look at his pieces, and try and figure out how he did them for hours. I've always followed his work.")
- Joan Miro - Vogue US (Emma's favourite is The Farm. She admires the fact that Miro was both a draftsman and a painter, unafraid to combine these talents to create something that was simultaneously surreal and hyperreal.)
- Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Francis Bacon, Jenny Saville - Elle UK (She loves all artists who focus on the body).
2010
- Literature
- I Capture the Castle by Dodi Smith, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (also mentioned in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar in 2011), The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger - EmmaWatson.com (Her favourites)
- Metamorphoses by Ovid - Vanity Fair (After "shopping" classes, she settled on European women's history, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and acting)
- All Shook Up: How Rock n' Roll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler (Emma was photographed with it - PICTURE)
- Roald Dahl - Dolly Magazine (When asked her favourite author)
- Jane Eyre - Vogue (It was not a huge leap to picture her on the HP set curled up with a copy of the book)
- Strangeland by Tracey Emin, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Women's Weekly ("I had a list of 10 books I was going to read this summer and I've read just one, Tracey Emin's Strangeland." The others were part of the list)
- Emily Dickinson, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare - The Sunday Times (Emma would like to play either Ophelia or Juliet so it's fair to think she read the plays)
- Zachary Lockman - Stylist Magazine ("In my first year I did the history of the modern Middle East, so was reading an author called Lockman.")
- Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (She had a role in the play at Brown University so it's fair to think she read it first)
- The Prince, The Showgirl, and Me by Colin Clark (Emma played in the adaptation My Week With Marilyn so it's fair to think she read the book.)
- The Prince, The Showgirl, and Me by Colin Clark (Emma played in the adaptation My Week With Marilyn so it's fair to think she read the book.)
- Music
- Merril Bainbridge, Michael Jackson, Hot Chip, Van Morrison, Counting Crows, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Pretenders, Jet, Laura Marling, Citizen Cope - EmmaWatson.com (Her favourites)
- Dogs Day are Over by Florence and the Machine, Never Forget You by Noisettes, Wild World by Cat Stevens, The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson, Everything by Michael Buble - EmmaWatson.com (Her Christmas list)
- Frank Sinatra's Christmas album, Bing Crosby - Inquirer (Talking about how she spends Christmas "I always play Sinatra and Bing Crosby's Christmas album which is great.")
- Seasick Steve, Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, Lady Gaga - The Buzz (When asked what music she listens to, she says that's what she loves)
- Cinema/TV/Theatre
- Love Actually, Bridget Jones, Notting Hill, Pride and Prejudice - Inquirer (Talking how she spends Christmas "We always watch really good Christmas-y films by Richard Curtis like Love Actually, Bridget Jones, and Notting Hill, or old BBC dramas like Pride and Prejudice.")
- Gossip Girl, Mad Men - The Buzz (When asked what TV shows she enjoys)
- War Horse (She saw the play with George Craig)
- War Horse (She saw the play with George Craig)
- Painting
- Francis Bacon (also mentioned in Vogue), Leonardo Da Vinci, Lucien Freud, Freida Kahlo, Egon Schiele - EmmaWatsonOfficial (Her favourites)
2009
- Literature
- The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - Times Magazine (She was in the middle of the book at the moment of the interview.)
- Twilight series - Elle UK ("My other guilty pleasure is Twilight. I love those books. This is so sad, but I literaly felt depressed when I finished reading them because I thought, "Oh my God, what am I going to do now?")
- Cinema/TV/Theatre
- Gossip Girl, America's Next Top Model - Elle UK ("I'm obsessed with Gossip Girl. I love watching America's Next Top Model too.")
- Painting
- Jenny Saville, Francis Bacon, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt - Interview Magazine (When asked what artists have influenced her she answers Saville "Most of her work is quite gruesome, but I love her painting technique. I like anything to do with the body... I love Schiele, Klimt and Bacon.")
2008
- Literature
- Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild - Movie Magic ("The book is amazing. I fell in love with it the first time I read it.")
- Cinema/TV/Theatre
2007
- Literature
- A Room With a View by E.M. Foster - Teen Vogue (She was reading it on the HP set, during the make-up)
- Music
- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Missy Elliott, Brandy, Ciara. - You (Music you can find in her iPod)
- Painting
- Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Masaccio - Tatler (She talks fluency about them and her favourite is Masaccio)
2005
- Music
- Roxanne from Moulin Rouge, Messy or Ironic by Alanis Morisette - Elle Girl (those were her answer to the question "If you could listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?")
2004
- Literature
- Noughts and Crosses ("Best book in the world"), Knife Edge and Eye for an Eye ("they're so good") - Girl's Life
As a kid
- Literature
- The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory - Harper's Bazaar ("I thought "I've got to be just like her." She was the first wife of Henry VIII and she survived, having been cruelly divorced. I remember being really inspired by that.")
