Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide: What to Read and What to Read Next

by NickRennison (Editor)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.25

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  More than 350 major authors, from Margaret Atwood to Emile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley, and Graham Swift, are arranged in alphabetical order, each with a short article on style, influences, settings, theme, along with a list of their salient works. At the end of each entry, a 'Read On' section directs readers to similar works by other authors. For the most influential works of literature, 'Pathways' lead readers to books with similar themes. For those new to English literature, there are 'Startpoints' for reading around nine main genres, including Biography, Crime, Letters and Diaries, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Travel.