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Read This Next: 500 Of The Best Books You'll Ever Read (2010)

by Howard Mittelmark(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061856037 (ISBN13: 9780061856037)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Harper Paperbacks

review 1: As a lifelong bibliophile and veteran of several book groups, I've read a lot of these "what to read" books, and this is by far the best, for a few reasons. First of all, most of these types of books recommend the same titles over and over again. In contrast, the vast majority of titles featured in this book I've never seen recommended elsewhere, and in many cases, I hadn't even heard of them--very rare for a lifelong bibliophile and veteran of several book groups like myself! This book is also completely hilarious. Once you start to skim it, you'll probably find you want to read the whole thing cover-to-cover--again, unusual for a book of this type. Finally, the discussion questions are fantastic and make you realize how staid and stuffy most reading-group-guide questions... more are. They're generally extremely irreverent, but in a thought-provoking and humorous way; just what you want if you're trying to have a good discussion. Highly recommended for book groups and book lovers who have a sense of humor.
review 2: A book ... about books! I couldn't put it down. but seriously I added something like 30 books to my to-read list while reading this book. Will I read all of them? hard to say at this point, but the scope of books suggested is excellent and the quirkiness of some of the suggestions has me excited about the possibilities. Probably the biggest strength of this book is its excellent reading guides (way, way better than most reading guides you come across that seem to ask a lot of yes/no questions.... or questions where clearly they want you to give one specific answer). less

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