Product Description

Someone once said that books furnish a room. They also change our lives. We go to books for consolation and companionship, to be transported, moved and entertained, sometimes even to be terrified. The books furnishing our rooms tell the story of our lives and also help us to make sense of them. This is not a work of reference; it doesn't prescribe a canon or tell you how to read. Instead, "1000 Books to Change Your Life" celebrates the transforming power of literature. 50 leading novelists, writers and critics draw the arc of a life lived in books, from birth to death - with Kate Clanchy on motherhood, Ali Smith on reading as a child, and Jonathan Franzen, Jonathan Coe, Nigella Lawson and Sarah Waters on the volumes that changed their lives. This book is a reminder of the difference that books make. Organised around themes inspired by Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man", the book ranges from birth to death, taking in topics at all points in between, and covering both fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels as well as literary classics. Commentaries by Ali Smith, Nigella Lawson, Jonathan Franzen, Sarah Waters, Jonathan Coe, Barney Hoskyns, Amanda Craig and Nicholas Royle, to name a few, are complemented by Top Ten lists chosen by "Time Out's" unrivalled team of critics. Part of the 1,000 series launched with the bestselling 1,000 films to change your life, "1,000 Books" is a similarly inspirational book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #224859 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Review
"£10 well spent...informative, interesting and fun...an energetic and well thought-out celebration of the transforming power of books" --Daily Mail

Review
"Another triumph from Time Out...contemporary and cultured, this is one not to miss"

Customer Reviews

Good overview book
This isn't a patch on 1001 books you must read before you die. In saying that it isn't trying to be. It gives an excellent list of books to read including childrens and unlike the above mentioned it is easy to hold containing 280 pages! For a beginner wishing to improve their reading this is perfect has nice pics and interesting reviews from well known personalites. What more could a bookworm want!