1,000 books to read before you die : a life-changing list / James Mustich ; with Margot Greenbaum Mustich, Thomas Meagher, and Karen Templer.
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TextSeries: 1,000-- before you die bookPublisher: New York : Workman Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xii, 948 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781523504459
- 1523504455
- One thousand books to read before you die : a life-changing list
- 1,000 books to read : a life-changing list before you die
- One thousand books to read : a life-changing list before you die
- Life-changing list
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"The ultimate literary bucket list." -- The Washington Post
"If there's a heaven just for readers, this is it." -- O, The Oprah Magazine
Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends.
Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die ranges across cultures and through time to offer an eclectic collection of works that each deserve to come with the recommendation, You have to read this. But it's not a proscriptive list of the "great works"--rather, it's a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage.
Flip it open to any page and be transfixed by a fresh take on a very favorite book. Or come across a title you always meant to read and never got around to. Or, like browsing in the best kind of bookshop, stumble on a completely unknown author and work, and feel that tingle of discovery. There are classics, of course, and unexpected treasures, too. Lists to help pick and choose, like Offbeat Escapes, or A Long Climb, but What a View. And its alphabetical arrangement by author assures that surprises await on almost every turn of the page, with Cormac McCarthy and The Road next to Robert McCloskey and Make Way for Ducklings, Alice Walker next to Izaac Walton.
There are nuts and bolts, too--best editions to read, other books by the author, "if you like this, you'll like that" recommendations , and an interesting endnote of adaptations where appropriate. Add it all up, and in fact there are more than six thousand titles by nearly four thousand authors mentioned--a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading.
"948 pages later, you still want more!" --THE WASHINGTON POST
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the company of books -- How the book is organized -- A-Z -- Acknowledgments -- A miscellany of special lists -- General index -- 1,000 books checklists -- Permissions -- Photo credits.