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Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread

Maybe someday

44

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

8/100

Critics

81/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Michiko Kakutani

Publisher:

Clarkson Potter

Date:

October 20, 2020

Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today.

What The Reviewers Say

Sarah Stiefvater,
PureWow
... a wide-ranging homage to the power of books and reading.

Publishers Weekly
... an ebullient celebration of books and reading.

Kirkus
In the introduction, Kakutani rehearses predictable assertions about the benefits of reading.