Type Eighteen Books posts Tracy Wise reading list

Type Eighteen Books on Thursday highlighted an author reading list from Tracy Wise, using an X post to point readers to a longer interview in which Wise named books tied to her childhood, family and writing life. The publisher’s post surfaced a set of titles Wise said shaped her habits as a reader and, in some cases, her historical interests. The linked interview was published by The Reading Lists and presents the selections in a question-and-answer format. Wise is a Type Eighteen author whose work includes the novella *Madame Sorel’s Lodger* and the 2026 novel *Manufacturing a Duchess*. ### Which books did Tracy Wise single out? Joan Aiken’s *The Wolves of Willoughby Chase* was the book Wise named when asked what title comes to mind from childhood. In the same interview, Wise said Josephine Tey’s *The Daughter of Time* opened up “Medieval England” and the Wars of the Roses for her, adding that it turned her into “a Ricardian” in her mid-twenties. (thereadinglists.com) Sarah Winman’s *Still Life* was the book Wise said she had most recently recommended to friends and family. Gerald Howard’s *The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature* was the best book she said she had read in the last six months. ### How did Wise connect books to people in her life? Wise said her mother’s copies of Georgette Heyer’s novels “opened up the world of Regency England” to her. (thereadinglists.com) She linked *The Chronicles of Narnia* and *The Lord of the Rings* to her brother, and associated Rudyard Kipling’s *Just So Stories* and Robert Jordan’s *Wheel of Time* series with her father. Alexandre Dumas’s *The Count of Monte Cristo* also appeared in the family section of the interview. (thereadinglists.com) Wise said she read the novel because her maternal grandfather had loved Dumas when he was growing up, and that she thinks of him when she thinks of that book. ### What does the interview show about her reading habits now? Wise said two of her current books are Angela Tomaski’s *The Infamous Gilberts* and Richard Holmes’s *The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief*. (thereadinglists.com) She also said her “in progress” list is at least half as high as her to-be-read pile. Physical books remain her preferred format, according to the interview. (thereadinglists.com) Wise said that while fiction dominated when she was younger, “these days” she leans more toward nonfiction and poetry. ### How does this fit with Wise’s broader author profile? Type Eighteen Books said in a July 8, 2024 author profile that Wise spent her childhood in Asia because of her father’s aid work and now writes university presidential speeches, campus communications and news stories in California’s Inland Empire. (thereadinglists.com) The publisher also said she is a “life-long passionate reader” who designs social media for the Friends of her local Redlands, California, public library. The publisher said in September 2025 that Wise’s *Manufacturing a Duchess* was due in 2026, after the release of her Van Gogh-inspired novella *Madame Sorel’s Lodger*. Type Eighteen’s books page now lists *Manufacturing a Duchess* for sale at $20.99. ### Where can readers find the full list? Type Eighteen Books used its September 3 social post to direct readers to the full Q&A on The Reading Lists. (typeeighteenbooks.com) The interview includes Wise’s answers on childhood books, family associations, current reading and preferred formats, and Type Eighteen’s site continues to carry her author page and book listings. (thereadinglists.com) (typeeighteenbooks.com)