Penguin Classics: A Complete Annotated Listing

I learned about the iPhone App for this little gem on Twitter, but I don't have an iPhone. But I do have a good friend who works for Penguin Publishing, so when I couldn't locate this book at my local library, I asked my friend to send me a copy.

What a find! Penguin has published an annotated catalog of all their books that any bookworm is bound to absolutely love.

Over 1,300 titles are arranged alphabetically by author--many with the cover art (in B&W), names of contributors such as translators, introduction authors and editors; the annotation (synopsis), page numbers, ISBN, and price. The Listing itself is 328 pages and also includes a title index, an author index broken out by geographic region, Nobel Prize in Literature winners, and show more subject categories.

And guess what? The Listing is FREE. That's right, FREE. Now, Amazon.com is asking $7 and it's definitely worth it, but if you can get this baby for free, why not? Or if you have an iPhone, you can download the app and have it at your fingertips. Personally, I'm a brick-and-mortar bookstore, paper book kind of a gal, so I'm thrilled with the one I now have.

This book will give any booklover hours of browsing enjoyment. Don't know what to read next? Go through the Listing. Have to research works by a specific author? Check out the Listing. Want to read the Penguin Classics of a certain region, for example Africa? See the Listing. I guarantee this little book can go toe-to-toe with any bestseller for keeping you up past your bedtime. There is so much to discover inside these pages.

Hallelujah, I have hit the browsing jackpot! show less

A book review of a catalog? Why not. It is indeed a very niice catalog. Some of the classics offered by Penguin are fairly obscure. This made this compendium (of couple-sentence-long summaries) that much more enjoyable.

I just love books about books.

a book of book lists for those of us who keep making book lists--back when i was in the trades--it's actually just penguin's catalagog from the time--don't know why i keep hanging on to it--maybe because its thin?