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Kelsey Grammer is a classics man.
“I am someone that reads a little bit every day,” Grammer, who’s new book “Karen: A Brother Remembers” is on sale now, tells Page Six, adding, “I will grab a random book or one that I know and have read before and run through it a bit.”
The “Frasier” star adds, “I also read the Bible every day.”
See below for Grammer’s six must-read books.
“A Passage to India” by E. M. Forster
“A remarkable clash of cultures and loving — the Marabar Caves being my favorite part of the book. The reflection of a flame that touches itself and expires.”
The Bible
“The Bible has been a reference book for me about life and the things we face. The history of man’s search for where he belongs in the universe.”
“The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling” by Henry Fielding
“The greatest experience of my life. I admire Henry Fielding so much. Frivolous, fulsome, mischievous, praise for life and being a human being. The book is life, laughter and hardship.”
“Karen: A Brother Remembers” by Kelsey Grammer
“Writing ‘Karen’ was a mission, something I had to finish. As I look at the book now, I can say it’s a work that I am very proud of.”
“Moby Dick” by Herman Melville
“A look into a piece of history that is so specific you feel like you are out in the water with him and fighting the whale with him and fighting the whale within ourselves.”
“Where Angels Fear to Tread” by E. M. Forster
“Another E. M. Forster book [that] I also mention in my own book, ‘Karen.’ How an English tenor will never soar like an Italian tenor. The English tenor just the slightest bit pinched, and he expressed that as a metaphor for the English culture.”