Who Else Writes Like? A Readers’ Guide to Fiction Authors 2nd edition

The first edition of this book appeared in 1993, edited by Roy Huse, and the fact that a second has had to be prepared so soon afterwards is an obvious tribute to its usefulness on the desks of readers’ advisers in public libraries. This time, helped by his wife Jeanne, Roy has expanded the volume considerably, and has drawn on additional helpers from library staffs as far apart as Bromley and Angus. Anyone who has worked in public libraries knows how often readers say: “I’ve read all the novels by so‐and‐so: can you put me on to some authors who...