Night-table Reading

Jon Stewart (MTV talk-show host): The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene (Penguin). "He's British, well traveled, literate, and educated. He's my exact opposite. That's why I read him, to learn about the other sides of life. "

Beverly Peele (model): Babyhood, by Penelope Leach (Knopf). "I just had a child, and this is a mother's bible. I wouldn't know as much about what to do or expect if l hadn't read it. "

John Loring (design director, Tiffany & Co.): Jane & Michael Stem's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture (HarperCollins). "Interesting and often quaint observations on everything from Nintendo to oat bran, spandex to Star Trek."