“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges, writer and poet
Browse our bookshelves and expand 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
The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson was an uncommonly talented author. Her short stories and novels stand out as unconventional and thought-provoking—none more so than The Haunting of Hill House—a horror novel that never needs to shout to terrify.
John Call Dalton, MD, USV (1892)
John Call Dalton
If you’re looking to John Call Dalton, MD, USV as a potentially riveting account of the medical profession during the American Civil War, you should keep looking.
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (2016)
Ruth Franklin
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life is one of the finest biographies you’ll ever read. You’ll want to use it as a springboard to Jackson’s novels and short stories as well as Franklin’s other works.
Coming Soon!
Anecdotes of Music and Musicians (1948)
Helen L. Kaufmann
Greatest Short Stories, Vol. V (1940)
P.F. Collier & Son (editors)
The Rough Riders (1899)
Theodore Roosevelt
The Haunted Bookshop (1919)
Christopher Morley
May’s Featured Review
A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite (1996)
Quote of the Month
“When Lyndon Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, knowing well the massive upheavals its implementation would bring, he spoke of a great “testing time” to come. We are clearly in the midst of a profound “testing time” today, and at such times, I have long argued, the study of history is crucial to provide perspective, warning, counsel, and even comfort. At a moment when the guidance of history is most needed, however, history itself is under attack, its relevance in school curriculums questioned.”
From An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2018)
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.
