What Should I Read Next?: 70 University of Virginia Professors Recommend Readings in History, Politics, Literature, Math, Science, Technology, the Arts, and More

Feldman (English, U. of Virginia) and Stilling (English literature, U. of Virginia) offer a compilation of the classic books written in a variety of fields. The listings were contributed by 70 University of Virginia professors and include general introductions and commentary. Topics include but are not limited to history, politics, the sciences, technology, literature, the arts, and spiritual issues. The collection will interest voracious readers looking for new ideas and readers who simply want to learn more about fields of study outside their spheres of knowledge. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jessica R. Feldman is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her publiished works include Gender on the Divide: The Dandy in Modernist Literature and Victorian Modernism: Pragmatism and the Varieties of Aesthetic Experience. She teaches widely in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature. Robert Stilling is a doctoral candidate in English literature at the University of Virginia. He has published on Robert Frost in the Virginia Quarterly Review.