Reviews
"Terrific." --Salon "Hysterically funny." --National Public Radio "Wonderful." --The Guardian "Very entertaining." --Boston Globe "Brilliant." --Austin Chronicle "A joy." --Philadelphia Weekly Additional Praise for "Stuff I've Been Reading": "[His columns are] as rich and varied as the world of literature itself, with Hornby perfectly cast as both tour guide and host... insatiable bibliophiles will devour [them] with delight." --San Francisco Chronicle (For More Baths Less Talking ): "Hornby is a champion of the book, of reading, of the pleasure of a smart literary experience. He has a quality desperately needed in these times: intelligent enthusiasm." --The New Republic "A wonderfully eclectic to-read list, Hornby reminds everyone how important it is to revel in the written word." --Publisher's Weekly Hornby is an entertainingly unpretentious critic; any reader would come away with a handful of book recommendations they'd be eager to check out." --Kirkus "A witty and illuminating blueprint to the habits and how-to's of reading good books well." --Brain Pickings "...this book is much more than funny. He understands writers and what they are trying to do. This book crackles with insight." --Star Tribune "I don't want to overstate things too greatly, but I would probably steal a car with people in it for an afternoon with one of Nick Hornby's inimitably laugh-out-loud collections of 'Stuff [He's] Been Reading,'..." --Common Good Books "Hornby reminds everyone how important it is to revel in the written word." --Englewood Review of Books, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." — Booklist (Starred review) [ Ten Years in the Tub ] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." — DailyCandy Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor." — USA Today Praise for Hornby's Stuff I've Been Reading" column: "Terrific." — Salon "Hysterically funny." —National Public Radio "Wonderful." — The Guardian "Very entertaining." — Boston Globe "Brilliant." — Austin Chronicle "A joy." — Philadelphia Weekly, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." — Booklist (Starred review) "Reading these columns one after another adds depth and complexity. Not since Somerset Maugham's Books and You (1940) has there been a more eloquent and richly presented meditation on the value of books and reading. Verdict A must for bibliophiles." —Meagan Lacy, Library Journal [ Ten Years in the Tub ] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." — DailyCandy Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor." — USA Today Praise for Hornby's Stuff I've Been Reading" column: "Terrific." — Salon "Hysterically funny." —National Public Radio "Wonderful." — The Guardian "Very entertaining." — Boston Globe "Brilliant." — Austin Chronicle "A joy." — Philadelphia Weekly, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." — Booklist (Starred review) "Reading these columns one after another adds depth and complexity. Not since Somerset Maugham's Books and You (1940) has there been a more eloquent and richly presented meditation on the value of books and reading. Verdict A must for bibliophiles." —Meagan Lacy, Library Journal [ Ten Years in the Tub ] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." — DailyCandy Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor." — USA Today, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." — Booklist (Starred review) "Reading these columns one after another adds depth and complexity. Not since Somerset Maugham's Books and You (1940) has there been a more eloquent and richly presented meditation on the value of books and reading. Verdict A must for bibliophiles." —Meagan Lacy, Library Journal [ Ten Years in the Tub ] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." — DailyCandy Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor." — USA Today Honest, funny, garrulous and nimble-witted, Hornby makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page." — New York Times Book Review, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." — Booklist (Starred review) "Reading these columns one after another adds depth and complexity. Not since Somerset Maugham's Books and You (1940) has there been a more eloquent and richly presented meditation on the value of books and reading. Verdict A must for bibliophiles." —Meagan Lacy, Library Journal [ Ten Years in the Tub ] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." — DailyCandy Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor." — USA Today Honest, funny, garrulous and nimble-witted, Hornby makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page." — New York Times Book Review "There's a boatload of bonhomie in Nick Hornby's 'Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books'" — The Boston Globe, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." — Booklist (Starred review) Praise for Hornby's Stuff I've Been Reading" column: "Terrific." — Salon "Hysterically funny." —National Public Radio "Wonderful." — The Guardian "Very entertaining." — Boston Globe "Brilliant." — Austin Chronicle "A joy." — Philadelphia Weekly, "Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read." -- Booklist (Starred review) "Reading these columns one after another adds depth and complexity. Not since Somerset Maugham's Books and You (1940) has there been a more eloquent and richly presented meditation on the value of books and reading. Verdict A must for bibliophiles." --Meagan Lacy, Library Journal "[ Ten Years in the Tub ] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." -- DailyCandy " Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor." -- USA Today "Honest, funny, garrulous and nimble-witted, Hornby makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page." -- New York Times Book Review "There's a boatload of bonhomie in Nick Hornby's 'Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books'" -- The Boston Globe