I loved the idea of this book: lists drawn from literature. It is clear Eliot has achieved something impressive, referencing literature far and wide. I can’t begin to imagine the process by which he did this.

The introduction was brilliant, outlining the human need for compiling and sorting
in this manner. This would be a beautiful book to physically have but the beautiful illustrations, map and thoughtful layout translate really well on a digital device and only enhanced the reading experience.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for gifting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I will post my review to good reads as soon as they have uploaded this book to their library. I have placed a formal request for this.

Is this one of the most random books I have come across? Yes.
Did I really enjoy reading it? Hell yes.

I love the unconventional approach the author presented, creating a book of lists on insanely vast literary topics. It feels like a research of random questions a really nerdy literature student would ask, but never bother to actually google. Most of them are quite useless information that you will not remember shortly after finishing the book, but what sticks, presents a great wildcard knowledge for any literary pub quiz. I liked just dipping into the book at random and as the "chapters" are really short, it is a great book to read when you don't feel like reading.

I agree with previous reviewer that Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists appears very random. Also the formatting on kindle made it difficult to read. I think it could be the sort of thing to give to a book lover for Christmas though as some of the information was quite quirky and interesting.

This is a very, very random collection of lists. It'd make a good gift for literature students, I feel, but for the casual reader it doesn't really give much extra entertainment.