A bold and bright reference to the novels and the writers that have excited the worlds imagination. an incisive guide to the books which have had impact whether in the form of critical acclaim or cult classic. an electric selection by an international team of writers. critics, academics, and journalists, a new take on old classics and a guide to whats hot in the huge contemporary fiction market. featuring over 600 full colour images of book covers and frontipes, posters and other contextual images, and detailed with quotes from individual novels, this is the ideal book for anybody who loves to read.