Read This Next: And Discover Your 500 New Favourite Books
A book for anyone who has ever struggled to choose what to read next. It covers 600 books ranging from 'The Shock Doctrine' to 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.
A book for anyone who has ever struggled to choose what to read next. It covers 600 books ranging from 'The Shock Doctrine' to 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781846143724 (1846143721)
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
I love lists. Actually, I should probably specify that I love reading lists written by other people – writing my own lists and following them? ha. haha. No. So, when I had a chance to grab a copy of Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You’ll Ever Read by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman? I thou...
If you've seen a few of my sillier book reviews, you'll understand why I loved this book. I'm giving it a slightly higher rating than I've given other books of this type. These people are juvenile, playful, heinously un-PC, and utterly hilarious. This book provided me with numerous late-night cackle...
With the number of books in my "to-read" pile this is the last book I need to read but it does look interesting...
No doubt about it, this book may not have the best list of best books to read, but it definitely has the cleverest presentation. Newman and Mittelmark name their favorite reads and offer a list of questions for discussion. Here's an example: What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg is a suggested re...
What's in a list?Outside of the things in the actual list itself, in a list of book recommendations, a list can - and does - say a great deal. It tells tales of its own on about the personality, the affiliations and where the truth in the lister lies. In this case, we have two listers at work in...
12 years ago
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