Why We Read What We Read

Lisa Adams

Original title: Why we read what we read

earliest edition we have, 2007 Sourcebooks, Incorporated, 2007

What do weight loss, evil emperors and tales of redemption have in common? We readers have many dirty little secrets—and our bestselling books are spilling them all. We can’t resist conspiratorial crooks or the number 7. We have bought millions of books about cheese. And over a million of us read more than 50 nearly identical books every single year. In Why We Read What We Read, Lisa Adams and John Heath take an insi...

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Why We Read What We Read ebook · 2008 · Sourcebooks, Inc. · 9781402224706
Why We Read What We Read paperback · 2007 · Sourcebooks Trade · 352 pages · 9781402210549
Why We Read What We Read edition · 2007 · Sourcebooks, Incorporated · 9781402236761

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