- Published: 2 June 2014
- ISBN: 9781847946409
- Imprint: Random House Books
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $45.00
How to be Well Read
A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities
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- Published: 2 June 2014
- ISBN: 9781847946409
- Imprint: Random House Books
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $45.00
A glorious selection of books to tempt you - all considered in witty and elegant prose. Highly recommended.
Sue Magee, The Bookbag
500 expertly potted plots and personal comments on a wide range of pop and proper prose fiction.
The Times
Generous, enjoyable and well informed.
Observer
Anyone hooked on fiction should be warned: this book will feed your addiction.
Mail on Sunday
A dazzling array of genres, periods, styles and tastes. chatty, insightful, unprejudiced (but not uncritical) and wise.
Times Literary Supplement