1,000 books to read before you die : a life-changing list

Mustich, James, (author.). Mustich, Margot Greenbaum, (author.). Meagher, Thomas, (author.). Templer, Karen, (author.).

Summary:

Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across cultures and through time to present an eclectic collection of titles, each described with the special enthusiasm readers summon when recommending a book to a friend.

Mustich provides brief (usually one page) introductions to works of fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more. Ranging across cultures and through time, this eclectic collection of works is not a proscriptive list of the 'great works' but a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage. Arranged alphabetically by author, the list is a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading. -- Adapted from jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781523504459
ISBN: 1523504455
Physical Description: xii, 948 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Workman Publishing, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

In the company of books -- A: Edward Abbey to Jane Austen -- B: Natalie Babbitt to A.S. Byatt -- C: Roberto Calasso to Will Cuppy -- D: Lorenzo Da Ponte to George Dyson -- E: Umberto Eco to Frederick Exley -- F: Anne Fadiman to R. Buckminster Fuller -- G: William Gaddis to Giovanni Guareschi -- H, I: Michihiko Hachiya to Kazuo Ishiguro -- J: Shirly Jackson to Norton Juster -- K: Franz Kafka to Tony Kushner -- L: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos to George Lyttleton -- M: Amin Maalouf to Robert Musil -- N: Vladimir Nabokov to Kathleen Norris -- O: Barack Obama to Ovid -- P, Q: George Packer to the Qur'an -- R: Jonathan Raban to Witold Rybczynski -- S: Rafael Sabatini to Wislawa Szymborska -- T: Tacitus to Anne Tyler -- U, V: Ellen Ullman to Susan Vreeland -- W: D.J. Waldie to Tim Wynne-Jones -- X, Y, Z: Malcolm X to Carl Zuckmayer -- A miscellany of special lists -- 1,000 books checklists.