Betsy Carter's list

Betsy Carter, the founding editor of New York Woman magazine, is the author of the memoir Nothing to Fall Back On. Her second novel, Swim to Me, has just been published by Algonquin. She contributed "The List" to The Week magazine this week.

One title on her list:

A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean

Even before Robert Redford and Brad Pitt got their beautiful hands on it, this story was as dazzling in its setting as it was in its storytelling.

Read more about Carter's list.

--Marshal Zeringue