Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers
10 best books like Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers (Nancy Pearl): Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books, Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books, 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up, Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction, 500 Great Books By Women, 1001 Books for Every Mood, Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You'll Ever Read, At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries, The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read, Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside—to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants—and forty bookstores. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding...
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books
The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations
Before Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all...
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
| Author | Julia Eccleshare |
| ISBN | 0789318768 |
This is the best and most authoritative guide to classic and contemporary children’s literature today. It is the latest in the best-selling 1001 series, and its informative reviews are the key to differentiating the "must-read" books from all the rest in the realm of children’s books. Whether...
| Author | Tom Raabe |
| ISBN | 1555912400 |
A hilarious guide for book lovers that brings book addiction out of the closet.
Have you ever...
awakened, the morning after a book-buying spree, unable to remember how many you bought or how much you spent?
been reprimanded or fired for reading on the job?
purchased or rented...
| Author | Erica Bauermeister |
| ISBN | 0140175903 |
Here is an articulate guide to more than 500 books written by women, a unique resource that allows readers the joy of discovering new authors as well as revisiting familiar favorites. Organized by such themes as Art, Choices, Families, Growing Old, Growing Up, Places and Homes, Power, and Work, this...
1001 Books for Every Mood
| Author | Hallie Ephron |
| ISBN | 1598695851 |
What are you in the mood for?A little romance? Get swept away with Scarlett and Rhett, become enriched in Love in the Time of Cholera, or understand the pangs of want with Jane Eyre.A grand escape? Hit the high seas aboard Gulliver's several ships, slide down the rabbit hole alongside Alice, or shoot into...
| Author | Howard Mittelmark |
| ISBN | 0061856037 |
Read This Next is a guide to more than 500 great books, many of which you have not yet read. (On average, 481.) After you have read even one of these books, you will be amazed you survived without it this long. Multiply that by 481, and you get a lifetime of value for just $14.99 or even more value if you don’t...
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
| Author | Estelle Ellis |
| ISBN | 0517595001 |
From an elegant, curved modern library with sunny picture windows to a bedroom library with dark wood paneling; from a simple apartment with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves to the grand Rothschild library, At Home with Books shows how book lovers live with their books in every room of the house.
Includes...
| Author | Stuart Kelly |
| ISBN | 1400062977 |
In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it’s sobering to realize that some of the world’s greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty, wry, and unique new book rectifies that wrong. Part detective story, part history lesson, part exposé, The Book of Lost Books...
Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
| Author | Nicholas A. Basbanes |
| ISBN | 0060514469 |
In his national bestseller, A Gentle Madness, Nicholas Basbanes explored the sweet obsession people feel to possess books. Now, Basbanes continues his adventures among the “gently mad” on an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past—from Alexandria to Glastonbury—and to...
| Author | Shannon McKenna Schmidt |
| ISBN | 1426217803 |
Follow in the footsteps of much-loved authors, including Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac, Jane Austen, and many more. For vacationers who crave meaningful trips and unusual locales, cue National Geographic's Novel Destinations a guide for bibliophiles...
| Author | Daniel Hahn |
| ISBN | 0802797318 |
Stuck for something to read? Whether you're searching for a book to blow your mind and change your life, or just a light read for the beach, The Ultimate Teen Book Guide is the perfect place to start.
The book includes recommendations from teen reviewers and your favorite authors—over 700...
| Author | Steven Gilbar |
| ISBN | 1567920950 |
What do Emerson, Proust, Nabokov, and Calvino all have in common beyond the fact they were all great authors? They all wrote fascinating essays on the art of reading books. Steven Gilbar, a lawyer who is foremost a reader, selected and edited a delightful compilation of essays on books and reading for...
Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures
| Author | Margo Hammond |
| ISBN | 0738212296 |
With wit and wisdom, the bibliophile’s Ebert & Roeper recommend more than 600 books based on what women care about most. Between the Covers is organized around their wide-ranging curiosity—about themselves, friends and family, the larger world—and their concerns, from health to sex...
| Author | Alan Powers |
| ISBN | 1579590241 |
Some people never have more than a shelf or two of books. Others are more committed: they hoard books, rearrange them, and seldom get rid of any. Living with Books, aimed at the latter group, addresses the challenges and joys of a home masquerading as a library, from storage to display to the use of books...
| Author | Emma Beare |
| ISBN | 0753714159 |
While I often agreed with the authors chosen, I did not always agree with the specific books of these chosen as their "best" works.
I also personally would have re-arranged the genre sections to have a proper non-fiction section.
..and how come we are doing SF and thrillers, but no horror...
| Author | Sandra Newman |
| ISBN | 1592406947 |
A side-splitting tour that makes it a blast to read the Western literary canon, from the ancient Greeks to the Modernists.
To many, the Great Books evoke angst: the complicated Renaissance dramas we bluffed our way through in college, the dusty Everyman's Library editions that look classy on the...
| Author | Michael Dirda |
| ISBN | 0151012512 |
This is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books.
Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror...
| Author | Esmé Raji Codell |
| ISBN | 1565123085 |
Are children reading enough? Not according to most parents and teachers, who know that reading aloud with children fosters a lifelong love of books, ensures better standardized test scores, promotes greater success in school, and helps instill the values we most want to pass on.
Esmé Raji...
Book Smart: Your Essential Reading List for Becoming a Literary Genius in 365 Days
| Author | Jane Mallison |
| ISBN | 0071482717 |
This is nothing more than a bound copy of any 1001/BBC Book List you can find on the internet, free. If you're still interested, definitely pick this up from your library.
'...each book comes alive with historical notes, highlights on key themes and characters, and advice on how to approach...
The Book Lovers' Companion: What to Read Next
| Author | Lionel Shriver |
| ISBN | 1843179601 |
More than 200 truly rewarding reads are covered, with a non-spoiler synopsis, background information, discussion points, and suggested companion volumes
With so many fantastic books out there, book clubs and avid readers can have difficulty choosing what to read next—thankfully,...
