beautiful book!
such a book lovers dream book!
so many recommendations, such fantastic reviews for the books and basically every genre in covered with at least one book in here!

Lets start with the "negative":
- Of course not every book in here is for every reader!
And not every recommendation/review is what every reader thinks about the books mentioned. For example at least 20 books in here are books i read and didn't like and so i actually don't think the same as the author of this book says. But when isn't it that way if you look at reviews or recommendations?

- i am a bit disappointed to not have found Joyce Carol Oates as one of the recommended authors in here. She is mentioned as one of the people where a book should be tried from. But not as an individual recommendation which i find quiet sad. She is one of those authors that has so many books and so many different genres she writes. So i was a bit surprised to find her not included.
There are of course other authors as well that i personally would have included in my own list - for example Astrid Lindgren (Her children's stories are so wide ranging and wonderful that i believe that every child should read at least a few of her books) -but it is not my personal list! So i won't complain about that too much!


Now lets talk about the positive!

- There are a lot of books in here -way, way more than 1000!

- I love how the author talks about each of the book.
He doesn't try to share is personal option and push it on the reader. Which is lovely. I have read quiet a few books of this kind and a lot of them are written in the way of "you HAVE to read this or you are not a real reader!" kind of way.
Not my personal favourite way of getting recommendations.
I rather hear what makes the book special, or why i should read it -what makes the book worth reading? Why is it worth my time? What does it give me that others book don't have? Why is this book on that topic the book i should read?

And this book does exactly that.
It tells you why it is special and why it should be read.

I love it that way!

- I also really love that this book shares the genre of each book talked about, suggestions of further readings. Sometimes "just" similar books, a lot of the times books that are actual further reading in a way especially with classics!

- I am also a fan of the way that with some authors there is not just one book listed. Some authors there is not just that ONE book everyone should give a try. Dickens for example one of the authors in here that has basically his entire novels listed as books to read. Which i think is wonderful since not every Dickens book is for everyone. For example i prefer his "family" stories over the "law" stories - at least so far. So if i would have only ever been told to read one of his "law" based books i am sure i wouldn't have learned to appreciate his writings!
So i think that if you want to actually get someone else to appreciate an author especially for classics? You need to give them a bit more options than just one specific book!

- I also love the "checklists" at the end of the book.
There is one where all the books reviewed/recommend in this book.
There is also a list that puts the books into specific sub-categories so that if you want to read a specific genre or avoid a specific one, it is all right there.

- its also lovely that all the authors mentioned in this books are listed at the end. The ones which books are specifically talked about as well as those that are "Just" mentioned as books that should be tried as well.


Overall?
Highly recommend this book!
If you are in search of a wonderful book that shares other books? Give this one a look and see if it is too your liking!


*Thanks to Netgalley.com for providing me with a free e-copy of this book in exchange for a free and honest review!*