“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” — Dr. Seuss
Browse our bookshelves and build your TBR list with Good Old Reads!
We provide a unique look at vintage literary treasures. We’ll tell you if they’re worth reading and why. And where you might be able to find them.
Peruse our bookshelves sorted by Author, Genre or Publication Date. Then check out some of our favorite bookshops.
New Book Reviews
Whistling Death (1990)
Boone T. Guyton
For those who are avid about aircraft development during the second world war—specifically the F4U Corsair—this book is a required addition for your library. But if you’re not passionate about flying and World War II aircraft, you will want to bypass Whistling Death.
The Killings at Badger’s Drift (1987)
Caroline Graham
Even if it wasn’t the first Inspector Barnaby mystery—and even if it wasn’t the novel that launched the celebrated British television series Midsomer Murders—Caroline Graham’s The Killings at Badger’s Drift would still be among the most pleasing, yet twisted, mysteries you’re likely to encounter.
The Andromeda Strain (1969)
Michael Crichton
When you reach the conclusion of Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain, you may be asking yourself, “Really?” But while you’re getting your head around the story’s resolution, you’ll also be reflecting on what a good time you had getting there.
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Common Nonsense (2002)
Andy Rooney
Greatest Short Stories, Vol. V (1940)
P.F. Collier & Son (editors)
The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
Paul Theroux
Jane Eyre (1847)
Charlotte Bronte
July’s Features
Quote of the Month
“Youth faces forward, impatient of the present, panting to anticipate the future. But we who have crossed a certain sad meridian, we turn our gaze backward, and tell the relentless gods what we would sacrifice to recover a little of the past, one of those shining days when to us it was given to sojourn among the Fortunate Islands. Ah, si jeunesse savait…“
From “Rosemary For Remembrance” by Henry Harland in Greatest Short Stories, Vol. III (1940)
Read a Banned Book!
Good Old Reads supports the awareness efforts of the American Library Association, PEN America, and the Texas Freedom to Read Project regarding the wholesale book bans in American public schools and libraries.
