Books About A Book (15 books)

Listopia > Books About A Book

These are the books about a specific book or books, not books about books in general. Also, looking for the books to have a subjective voice, not just straight criticism. Any additions would be appreciated!

flag

All Votes Add Books To This List

1		The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables by David Bellos 4.05 avg rating — 514 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman 3.71 avg rating — 6,177 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 4,584 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson 3.82 avg rating — 49,927 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Searching for the Secret River by Kate Grenville 3.96 avg rating — 623 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac 3.97 avg rating — 13,099 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 18,856 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham 4.33 avg rating — 1,333 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary by Henry Hitchings 3.87 avg rating — 286 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures by Maureen Corrigan 4.05 avg rating — 3,216 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Ulysses and Us by Declan Kiberd 3.82 avg rating — 299 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 744,052 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 4,257 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Notes on Prosody; From the Commentary to the Author's Translation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin (Bollingen Series, 72) by Vladimir Nabokov 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling With D.H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 2,481 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

15 books · 11 voters · list created March 2nd, 2012 by H (votes) .

Tags: books-about-books

10 likes · Like

Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.

People Who Voted On This List (11)

H 879 books
58 friends

Renee 3190 books
115 friends

Diane 1579 books
478 friends

Shira 1157 books
105 friends

Zak 1714 books
80 friends

Inna 5342 books
32 friends

D 33 books
0 friends

Ryan 1521 books
29 friends

More voters…

Post a comment »
Comments

No comments have been added yet.

post a comment »

Related News

Time for Some Shelf Reflection with 144 Recent Books about Books

If you’re in the mood for a little lateral thinking, consider the popular informal genre known as “books about books.” This particular...

Anyone can add books to this list.

Saving
My Votes

vote now

Friends Votes

get your friends to vote