Product Description

Deciding what to read next when you've just finished an unputdownable novel can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles, with navigation features to lead you on a rich journey through some the best literature to grace our shelves. This greatly expanded edition includes the latest contemporary authors and landmark novels, an expanded non-fiction section, a timeline setting historical events against literary milestones, prize-winner and book club lists. An accessible and easy-to-read guide that no serious book lover should be without. "The essential guide to the wild uncharted world of contemporary and 20th century writing." Robert McCrum, The Observer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #146339 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Review
"The essential guide to the wild uncharted world of contemporary and 20th century writing." Robert McCrum, The Observer"

About the Author
Edited by Nick Rennison. Nick Rennison is a bookseller, editor and freelance writer. He reviews new titles for Waterstones Books Quarterly.

Customer Reviews

Could hardly be bettered.
A well-nigh essential guide for anyone wishing to expand his reading horizons. This guide now includes much more than fiction - popular science, history, biography, etc,etc. You'll wonder how you ever managed without it. There is enough information on the chosen authors to make the text an interesting read and it is far more than a series of lists to be skimmed through.

Seriously good cross-referencing for anyone trying to find a new thing to read
Have you ever eyed the classics, modern classics and bestseller shelves at your local bookshop with a feeling of dread and foreboding? Have you ever wanted to experiment with a new author, a fresh genre, but the task of digging out something new seemed just too great? Well, fear no more!

With this comprehensive guide by Bloomsbury you can browse in the comfort of your armchair, read about authors, their major works, as well as diverse popular themes, for example; Dark Old Houses, Money, Spies and Double Agents, and Unlooked-for Friendship. The book focuses on fiction as well as biographies and memoirs. At the end of each reference is a handy cross-reference to other authors or related themes one might enjoy. The reviews are both incisive and intriguing, and the guide is frequently updated with new editions.

I can guarantee that, before long, you'll be flicking through the book, hunting down authors, book titles, and themes like an expert bookseller, jotting down notes for your next shopping expedition.
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