Books About A Book (15 books)

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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!

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1		The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables by David Bellos 4.05 avg rating — 509 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 — 6,089 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 — 4,493 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 — 49,213 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 3.97 avg rating — 617 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 — 12,878 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 — 18,671 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 — 1,309 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 — 283 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 — 3,183 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 — 297 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 — 726,556 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 — 4,209 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) 4.02 avg rating — 2,428 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) .

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