title: The Reader's Catalog: An Annotated Listing of the 40,000 Best Books in Print in Over 300 Categories, Second Edition (READER'S CATALOGUE)
author: Geoffrey O'Brien
description: There is no question that book lovers want books, buy books, and spend vast quantities of time and effort choosing books. The question is which books to get, and on which sources to rely. The updated second edition of <i>The Reader's Catalog</i> is the answer: it's divided into more than 320 categories to peruse, and there are indices by both title and author. With an annotated list of the 40,000 best books in print (as chosen by a distinguished group of writers, editors, academics, and critics), you need never pepper your friends and family for book recommendations again.
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  > > Dear Reader,
  
  > > Over the next two years Dell will be publishing ten of my older, out-of-
  > print books in five two-in-one volumes. Many of you for a number of years
  > have been asking me where you can find these books, and I have been unable
  > to offer very helpful answers. Until now!
  
  > > The problem was choice. How did I pick just ten of the fifty or so books
  > that are just begging to be republished? I listened to you. Those of you who
  > have read those old books have your favorites, and some titles pop up over
  > and over again. Other readers like the books with connected characters,
  > since series are very popular at the moment.
  
  > > We are starting with both categories of readers in mind. Dark Angel and
  > Lord Carew’s Bride are the first two of five connected books—the other three
  > will be out soon. Lord Carew has always been a particular reader favorite.
  > And both books have the same villain, Lionel, whom readers love to hate. But
  > please note that the 