“I'm a sucker for titles like this and this book is well done, with annotations for all of the 1001 books in question. The selections are strong, although rather staid: hardcore readers will find mostly the "usual suspects" here. Genre reading of all kinds is underrepresented, with very few titles included from speculative fiction, mysteries, thrillers, or romance that aren't also considered literary fiction. Nonfiction, however, is well represented. All in all, this is a fine set of reading...”

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