Questions and Isles: Favorite Book

Newyorkislanders.com asked the players what their favorite books are. Read up on the responses from the group:

Josh Bailey
"Grumpy Monkey. I read that to [my daughter] Blakey all the time."
Mathew Barzal
"My favorite book is Lone Survivor. I loved the movie, then I read the book. I was just in awe of what he went through over the course of I think it was a week or so being in Afghanistan. Just hearing his story up close and personal of Marcus Luttrell, that was my favorite book."
Anthony Beauvillier
"I'm not a big reader, but [my favorite] is probably a French book called The NHL Possible Dream. It was telling stories about a bunch of guys, Simon Gagne and a couple of other guys, who I can't remember. I read it when I was younger. It was just fun to read when I was about 12 or 14."
Zdeno Chara
"I've got a few; An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield, Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder, or The Girl with No Name by Marina Chapman."
Casey Cizikas
"My favorite book ever was probably The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It's not very long, but as soon as I started it I couldn't put it down. I went right through it. That doesn't happen very often. Just the way that the story just grabbed me, that's the best easy I could put it. It just grabbed me. I couldn't stop reading.
Cal Clutterbuck
"My favorite book is probably Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.Angels and Demons followed by Da Vinci Code. Da Vinci Codecame first, and I really enjoyed that, but I think I liked Angels and Demons a little better. I just like puzzles. I like things that are twisty, turny, a lot of old-school history mixed in [with] a little bit of fiction, but also a little bit of fact. I just like the way that he can weave them both together."
Noah Dobson
"My favorite book is the Tiger Woods one, I don't read a lot, but I did get through that one. I'm a big Tiger Woods guy so that was a good read for me. It was just interesting to me; I enjoy following his story. I'm a big golfer myself and it was a cool read."
Andy Greene
"Good To Great. There's a lot of things that I've read over the years and there's a lot of things that I can apply to what we do here. Not even just in hockey, but life lessons. I think it's got a great meaning behind it."
Anders Lee
"Recently, I read the book Fearless [The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown]. It's the story of Adam Brown, an incredible Navy SEAL who faced a ton of adversity throughout his life. He overcame a lot with addiction and just became a person that a lot of people looked up to."
Matt Martin
"Favorite book...I like the Great Gatsby."
Scott Mayfield
"The Goldfinch. I read it last year right when we went to the bubble. It's just cool. It's an art and history book and at the same time, there's some theft going on. It's cool. It's long."
Brock Nelson
"I'm midway through a Game of Thrones book, which is pretty good. But my favorite book of all time, maybe Andre Agassi's book Open. It's a good book. He's got a crazy story. I've gotten into tennis more the last few years and love playing. I read [Rafael] Nadal's book too, that was a good one. He's probably one of the greatest athletes of all time. Probably those two books. Now, I'm a doubles champion. I'm undefeated in doubles."
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
"Danny Briere's book [Mister Playoffs]."
Kyle Palmieri
"One of my favorite books and most read books Can't Hurt Me [Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds] by David Goggins. Obviously, the military connection I love to read stuff like that. That was a pretty incredible book."
Adam Pelech
"Openby Andre Agassi."
Zach Parise
"My favorite book, I've got a lot. I like Sacred Hoops [Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior] by Phil Jackson. It's a really good book. All the books that he's done have been good books. I like a lot of the Vince Flynn books, American Assassin, things like that. I'm all over the map with books, but those stick out. I'm a big reader, I like to read, I do."
Ryan Pulock
"The last year I was in high school, I had to read a book for class."
Semyon Varlamov
"Favorite book, Outliers is a really good book. I just read that one a couple of months ago. It was a really good book."