Good Reading Guide: What to Read and What to Read Next - Softcover

Rennison, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747559333 ISBN 13: 9780747559337

Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2002

Synopsis

Any avid reader will understand the joy of finding an 'unputdownable' book, and will have asked themselves the question, what next? With 100,000 new books published each year - in addition to the enormous wealth of literature already in print - this can be difficult. "The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide" features more than 350 major authors, from Margaret Atwood to Emile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, to Aldous Huxley, and Neville Shute. At the end of each entry, a 'Read On' section directs readers to similar works by other authors. For instance, Iain Banks' science fiction works are cross-referred to The Unlimited Dream Company by J G Ballard and "The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton" by Robert Sheckley, while from his literary novels, readers are signposted to Martin Amis' "The Information" (dark, obsessive behaviour) and to Alasdair Gray's "Lanark" (Scottish contemporary fiction). For twelve influential works of literature, 'Pathways' lead readers to more books with similar themes. For those new to English literature, the Guide also provides 'Startpoints' for reading around each of nine main genres, including Biography, Crime, Letters and Diaries, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Travel.

About this title

About the Author

NICK RENNISON has worked as a bookseller, editor, and freelance writer. His books include The Blue Plaque Guide to London and Poets on Poets. He is a regular contributor to the bloomsburymagazine.com literary website. EDITOR: Kathy Rooney

Review

'Wonderful' Sunday Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747559333
• ISBN 13: 9780747559337
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 352