Reading Guide

64 books

Reading Guide to the Mirror Series (001–015) cover
Rating 4.2
Reading Guide to the Mirror Series (001–015) Leung Man-tao / Liu Yu / Xiong Peiyun / Xu Zhiyuan / 徐贲 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2015 Reading Guide to the Mirror Series (001–015) is a companion collection of introductory essays for the "Mirror" (Lixiangguo Translation Series), co-wri…
The Lifetime Reading Plan cover
Rating 3.8
The Lifetime Reading Plan 克利夫顿·费迪曼 / John S. Major Yilin Press · 2018 The Lifetime Reading Plan is a classic reading guide co-authored by American writer and editor Clifton Fadiman and Harvard PhD John S. Major. Original…
Don't Read Poetry cover
Rating 3.9
Don't Read Poetry Stephanie Burt Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2020 Don't Read Poetry is a book about how to read poetry, and its title sounds like a contradiction: if someone tells you what poetry is, why to read it, …
Short Story Writers and Short Stories cover
Short Story Writers and Short Stories Harold Bloom Yilin Press · 2016 Bloom is the kind of critic who treats literature as a faith. He offers no moderate, balanced introduction; he tells you plainly which works are worth…
How to Read Literature Like a Professor cover
Rating 4.3
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster Nanhai Publication Company · 2016 This book grew out of a popular public course on literature at the University of Michigan, and is Thomas C. Foster's second guide to reading literatur…
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Preface Editorial Board of Collection of English Original Novels The Preface opens The Great Collection of English Novels, a large serial publication of English literary classics that runs to roughly 1,600 English n…
How to Read Literature Like a Professor cover
Rating 4.3
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster Nanhai Publication Company · 2016 How to Read Literature Like a Professor is a guide to reading literature by Thomas C. Foster, a professor at the University of Michigan. The Chinese e…
The Book Lovers' Companion cover
The Book Lovers' Companion Lionel Shriver China Friendship Publishing Company · 2017 Originally published as The Book Lovers' Companion, this Chinese edition was edited by the American writer and journalist Lionel Shriver, translated b…
200 Books That Influenced Business Leaders cover
Rating 3.8
200 Books That Influenced Business Leaders 堀内勉 / 付思聪 Oriental Press · 2024 Influential Business Leaders' 200 Books is not an ordinary reading guide but a methodology of reading. Against the grand backdrop of the evolution of …
The Art of the Novel cover
Rating 4.3
The Art of the Novel Henry James / 崔洁莹 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 Henry James was not only a great novelist and critic but also an insatiable reader of fiction. In this book he becomes an enthusiastic guide, sharing …
A Catalogue of Books for the Young cover
Rating 2.3
A Catalogue of Books for the Young Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The World's Best Books: A Key to the Treasures of Literature cover
Rating 2.8
The World's Best Books: A Key to the Treasures of Literature Parsons, Frank, 1854-1908 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales cover
Rating 3.4
A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales Nield, Jonathan, 1863- Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Masterpieces of World Literature cover
Rating 3.5
Masterpieces of World Literature 贾娟 / 龚自亮 China Bookstore Press · 2024 The Color Quick-Reference Handbook series combines the strengths of professional dictionaries and encyclopedias, emphasizing humanistic and artistic v…
Around the World in 80 Books cover
Rating 4.5
Around the World in 80 Books 大卫·丹穆若什 / 宋明炜 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2025 Around the World in 80 Books is a set of 80 literature lectures by Harvard professor David Damrosch, using 80 classics of world literature to complete…
Reading Su Shi cover
Rating 4.4
Reading Su Shi Zhu Gang Peking University Press · 2025 The book is divided into four parts. Part One is a concise biography of Su Shi, recounting his independent character, uninhibited personality, vast in…
The Writers' Tavern: How Great Souls Face Life's Confusion cover
Rating 3.8
The Writers' Tavern: How Great Souls Face Life's Confusion 云也退 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2026 Yun Yetui is a keen observer and critic. In this book the author invents a writers' tavern, and within this fictional space, around the theme "No matt…
Ode to the Dragon: A Brief History of World Fantasy Fiction (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.2
Ode to the Dragon: A Brief History of World Fantasy Fiction (Collector's Edition) 屈畅 Chongqing Publishing House · 2024 Imagination has accompanied humanity from antiquity into the future, and our modern fantasy journey aims to illuminate the birth and development of "m…
Melody of the Starry Sky: A Brief History of World Science Fiction (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.0
Melody of the Starry Sky: A Brief History of World Science Fiction (Collector's Edition) 萧星寒 Chongqing Publishing House · 2024 Melody of the Starry Sky: A Brief History of World Science Fiction (Collector's Edition) is not a history of science fiction criticism, still less a d…
The Height of the Novel: Close Readings of Mao Dun Literature Prize-Winning Works cover
Rating 3.6
The Height of the Novel: Close Readings of Mao Dun Literature Prize-Winning Works 王春林 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 In this book, Wang Chunlin, a prominent contemporary literary critic, offers close readings and critical analyses of Mao Dun Literature Prize–winning …