Wondering what to read next? Why not consult an author? The editors asked 125 leading writers for their top ten lists of literature. The 125 readers include lots of familiar names like Tom Wolfe, Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Norman Mailer, and Alexander McCall Smith. Some of their top ten lists, which cover 544 books, include authors like Tolstoy, Twain, Flaubert, Nabokov, Shakespeare, Proust, Chekov, and of course, Austen. The first part of the book gives a brief description of the writer's identity and their list of books, sometimes with a few paragraphs afterwards. Then over half the book is a list of all the 544 books named, with descriptions that are more interesting book review than book summary. VG. Norton. 2007. Paper. USED. $6.00
