Amy Poehler Is on a 'Mission' to Read 50 Books This Year. See Her Reading List, from 'Sexy' to 'Crime and Punishment'

“I want to be an intellectual guest from now on,” the ‘Inside Out 2’ star said on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’

Amy Poehler is a reader and isn’t afraid to share it!

On Aug. 22, the actress and comedian, 52, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she told the host that she’s on a mission to read 50 books this year.

“I want to be an intellectual guest from now on,” Poehler said, referencing Meyers’ tendency to have authors on his show. “I want to talk about smart stuff.”

Poehler, who is the author of the book Yes Please, went on to share some of the books that she’s enjoyed or hopes to read next. Her first pick, the short story collection Tenth of December by George Saunders, was recommended to Poehler by friend Tina Fey.

Poehler also showed off All Fours by Miranda July, which she said was a “great, sexy book.”

The actress also shouted out the novel Vladimir by Julia May Jones, which follows an English professor who begins falling for a married teacher on campus. (Poehler said that book was “hot stuff in a weird way.")

She also chose the classic essay A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, novel Excavations by Kate Myers and nonfiction book Somehow by Anne Lamott.

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“Anne Lamott is to me, is to writing, what Jack Black is to singing — joyful, so talented, every time I hear it or read it, I want more,” Poehler said.

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Poehler continued to pull from a range of genres, and mentioned a 1960s fish cookbook called Catch 'em and Cook 'em by Bunny Day that she found in a bookstore in Nantucket. The actress also admitted that she would have to pick up a few children’s books in order to reach her reading goal, and shared Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Christian Robinson.

“It’s a thrilling tale,” Poehler said, joking that “Marvel has the rights.”

The star also teased what’s next on her to-be-read list: the classic Russian novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dystovesky.

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“The reason why I’m reading this is ‘cause every guy in my life has been like, ‘You haven't read Crime and Punishment?,” Poehler said of the hefty book. “So I’m reading this light fare which I imagine is about one guy trying to decide if it’s okay to kill people.”

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Meyers brought up a contentious point for bookworms, asking if Poehler finished every book she read or moved on to the next one if it wasn't her taste. The actress said that she doesn’t stop reading books, even if she doesn’t like them.

“Maybe I should start [not finishing books], though, because it is my time,” she said. “My time is valuable, but there’s something maybe a little… I don’t know, I have to finish it, even if I’m miserable during it.”

“Something to talk about next time Professor Poehler stops by,” Meyers said.

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