Product Description

This guide features more than 350 major authors and 4000 books. For each author there is a short article on style, influences, settings, theme and salient works. This is then followed by a "Read On" section directing readers to similar books by other authors. For 12 of the most influential works of literature, "Pathways" lead readers to books with similar themes. "Startpoints" provide a brief history of writing within each of the 12 main genres and lists the most popular books in each.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1258687 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-19
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent way to find new fiction
I am always at a lost as what book to read next. Often a friend will suggest something that they have just finished, but the chances that I will like it are small. With this guide however, you find authors you like, and from there other books are suggested to you. There is a great deal of information in this book, and even after a quick flick through you will find several books that you will be tempted to try.
I now use this book whenever I want to find a new book to read. It contains contemporary as well as the classics too.

And what do I read next?
How often has it happened that you are reading a book that you love and you would like to read a similar one but do not know how to find it?
This reading guide is the best ever around. You can look at different topic areas or authors and even books that you would like to read about. A brief synopsis of books and a short paragraph about the authors give an excellent insight into the next possible read.