City Secrets Books

Called "the best literary gift to travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James" (Financial Times), City Secrets® guides are charming travelers' companions to the world's most fascinating cities. With Movies, City Secrets® branched out into the arts, offering an insider's peek at cinema's hidden gems. This tradition continues with Books: The Ultimate Insider's Guide, a compilation of essays and written contributions by authors, writers, journalists, scholars, and critics-- among other figures in the arts. Some have written on a novel, a particular passage, a style, or a theme that they feel is overlooked or underappreciated. Others have chosen a well-known book for which they can offer personal insights or anecdotal information. The entries range from a few sentences to several paragraphs. The tone ranges from literary to conversational, humorous to scholarly, but in each the writers share personal enthusiasm for a great piece of writing that has inspired them.