What Shall I Read Next?
A Personal Selection of Twentieth Century English Books

Originally published in 1953, What Shall I Read Next? lists nearly 2000 works published after 1900, with the compiler's own appreciatory comments on selected items.

F. Seymour Smith (Author)

9780521155458, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 January 2012

242 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.27 kg

Originally published in 1953, What Shall I Read Next? lists nearly 2000 works published after 1900, with the compiler's own appreciatory comments on selected items. It was a companion volume to Mr Seymour Smith's English Library. Both books are published on behalf of the National Book League. In his introduction, explaining the scope and purpose of the book, Mr Seymour Smith wrote: 'Some will find it useful merely as a shopping list, reminding them of books they know something about already, and serving as a remembrancer. To others, and particularly to younger readers, it may introduce books which have so far escaped their notice. It is hoped, too, that for booksellers and librarians it will have a practical use as a desk-book, for answering enquiries, for serving as a check list for stock, and for use as a reference book when memory fails'.

1. Autobiography
2. Biography (individual)
3. Biography (collective)
4. Essays, belles lettres (and literary criticism)
5. Prose anthologies
6. Fiction in short stories
7. Fiction (novels)
8. History (social and political)
9. Philosophy and religion
10. Poetry and poetic drama
11. Poetry (anthologies)
12. Prose drama
13. Prose drama (collections)
14. Travel and exploration
List of publishers
Index of authors and editors
Index of titles.

Subject Areas: Bibliographies, catalogues [GBCR]