1000 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU DIE

Books expert James Mustich gives us a lofty reading list, complete with photos, illustrations, and short essays on why these titles are great works, demanding to be read. 14 years in the making, this eclectic and extraordinary book about books is as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus volumes it recommends. James Mustich has been selling books all his life and his writing is lively, informed and erudite with an undisguised enthusiasm - revealing why the particular title you're reading about is vital and giving you the urgent feeling that you need to drop everything and read that book right now!