Customer Reviews
A great read in itself - By: C. Rexworthy, 15 May 2008 
A surprisingly enjoyable read in its own right. It feels like browsing through a gorgeous catalogue of enticing book goodies. The selection is unusual in places, but means it takes the hard work out of searching for worthwhile reads off the beaten track.
Compact yet providing great ideas for reading directions - By: Annabel Gaskell, 07 May 2008 
Covering just over 200 great novels, you can argue til the cows come home about the editor's choices - who was left out, why this novel & not that, etc, etc, etc. List books about books are entirely subjective, but can take you in totallly different directions in reading.
This book is split into 12 genres & has a world-wide breadth to it, & pleasingly for each book in translation (of which there are many), a suggested translator is given. For each novel a suggestion for further reading is given, plus the best film/TV adaptations where appropriate.
Some of the choices are not the obvious ones - for instance we don't have a Maigret book for George Simenon, but 'Dirty snow' about a teenage killer, although Maigret does merit his own sidebar.
Some of the genres used are the normal ones, but often with a twist - so we have 'Crime & punishment'; also 'Rites of passage', & 'Making it'; my favourite was 'A sense of place'.
The test I have of these catalogues is how many books I buy from it - I've already ordered half a dozen.
A great book to dip into & feed your bibliomania!
