Celebrities Who Love This Book

Emma Thompson

Listen to this fanclub: Salma Hayek, Catherine Zeta-Jones, former President Bill Clinton, Ricky Martin and Toni Morrison all have said they consider author Gabriel García Márquez to be one of their favorites.

In the November issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, actress Emma Thompson said of One Hundred Years of Solitude, "After my father died, the book that sort of saved my life was Gabriel García Márquez's novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. I think books are like people: they turn up in your life exactly when you most need them."

Read more about Emma's thoughts on this novel and all her favorite reads.