A review by saamunds
Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch

3.0

As a pandemic project and a substitute for global travel, David Damrosch uses Verne's Around the World in 80 Days as a template for his 80 books. Damrosch has picked and extensive selection of books, old and new, written by inhabitants of the region or seminal works about the regions to great effect. His selections were well thought out and used books and authors both known to me and unknown and gives great examples and explanations as to why these books were chosen for their respective regions. I really enjoyed this book and it has added to my to be read titles as I'm now curious to see if I get the same notions out of the readings as Damrosch posits. I recommend this book to anyone looking to expand their reading genres, locales and authors but needs a good place to start. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Press for the free ebook!