Good Fiction Guide
by Jane Rogers (Editor) 
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Let this guide help you choose a book that you really want to read from over 4,200 titles. Featuring both subject essays and over 1,100 alphabetically arranged entries on writers ranging from Maeve Binchy to Emile Zola, this is an invaluable guide for anyone trying to find their way around the mass of fiction in bookshops. 34 well-recognised authors and critics introduce literary genres. John Sutherland on Classics, Val McDermid on Thrillers, and Michele Roberts on France are just a few of show more the experts who recommend their personal top twelve favourite reads within their subject areas. Covering a wide range of fiction; classical and contemporary, literary and popular, British and foreign; each entry also suggests other authors who deal with similar subject matters or write in the same genre. The entries aim to provide a flavour of each writer's work and give recommendations of which of their books to read. A snapshot of English literature at the beginning of the twenty-first century. show lessTags
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One of my favorite books about books. The first half lists the best books in essential categories. The second half contains short biographies on tons of authors (including "this author is similar to this author").
I found this book extremely interesting. The genre essays that comprise the first section of the book were fascinating. Experts in the genres recommend a dozen or so books that exemplify the genre. I was pleasantly surprised by how many I had already read. I did make a list of 24 to read in the future- especially in genres that I am not necessarily drawn to. I may have to buy this volume in the near future.
Some 34 essays discussing fiction genres and various national literatures are followed by A-Z entries on more than 1,000 writers. The aim is "to encourage us to experiment in our reading habits." This book's value as a readers' advisory tool is enhanced by the lists of top titles in each category that is covered by the essays and the read-alikes indicated for each author.
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Jane Rogers has written five novels & the script for the BBC adaptation of "Mr. Wroe's Virgins," directed by Danny Boyle & starring Minnie Driver & Jonathan Pryce. Her "Living Image" won the Somerset Maugham Award, & "Promised Lands" won the Writers Guild Award for best novel. She lives in Lancashire, England. (Bowker Author Biography)
Jane Rogers is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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- Original publication date
- 2001
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- Genres
- Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 809.304 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures Fiction
- LCC
- PN3503 .G66 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Prose. Prose fiction History
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- 155
- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.78)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
