Books Quote by Anatole Broyard

Barchester Towers has become one of those novels which do not die quite at once, which live and are read for perhaps a quarter…

— Anthony Trollope

“It is possible to read too many novels. Henry Tileny, Northanger Abbey”

— Jane Austen

Research is always the best part. As we dug deeper into the history and mythology behind each of the hallows, we discovered more and…

— Michael Scott

Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I also want…

— Rebecca Miller

Great novels have great characterization no matter what. But multiple points of view let me examine characters from entirely different perspectives, allowing me to…

— Sabaa Tahir

All of the disparate books on my list contain characters, scenes or voices that linger long past the last page of their stories.

— Maureen Corrigan

I did projects on Champlain coming up the St. Lawrence River and on Henry Hudson cast adrift in the bay that now bears his…

— Margaret MacMillan

There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own…

— Max Shulman

“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!”

— William Dean Howells

Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed

— Brian Stableford

“Like his other books, Kershaw has written a rousing tale of little-known heroes . . . The Few marks Kershaw as a master storyteller." — Booklist”

— Alex Kershaw

“Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas Marner, Their…

— Gabrielle Zevin