BLOOMSBURY GOOD READING GUIDE (5th ed.)

This guide features more than 350 major authors and 4000 books.

For each author there is a short article on style, influences, settings, theme and salient works.

This is then followed by a "Read On" section directing readers to similar books by other authors.

For 12 of the most influential works of literature, "Pathways" lead readers to books with similar themes. "Startpoints" provide a brief history of writing within each of the 12 main genres and lists the most popular books in each.