Reader's Companion: A Book Lover's Guide to the Most Important Books in Every Field of Knowledge as Chosen by the Experts

By Fred Bratman

Book Overview

Politicians, historians, movie stars, religious figures, and authors offer suggestions for the finest books in a wide range of fields and reveal those titles that have most affected their lives, in an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078686009X
• ISBN13: 9780786860098
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Hyperion
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A worthwhile "meta-read"

I'm not sure what book "a reader from New York" read, but it wasn't this one. Mark Hatfield (R-OR) is hardly an "effete left wing dingbat" and there's exactly one entry (out of dozens) devoted to labor. Certainly, the contributors have their own biases, but they're generally forthright & part of the fun -- and hardly confined to a one-dimensional political axis. The real danger here is that, regardless of your own bias, just selecting the most tantalizing recommendations could easily overwhelm your reading list.

Left Wing drivel

Can we ever get enough effete left wing dingbats warbling about "McCarthyism" and the labor movement? Hell no we can't! Enter this too-long book better filed under the "bowel" movement section of your libary.

Opens the door to many great books in every field.

The authors solicited recommended reading from well-known people in each field. The lists on each topic were themselves enlightening, and the recommended books are bound to be worthwhile. Doesn't just list the books, but often gives brief descriptions or explanations as to why the book was included, why it is important or influential