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Home Page » Books » Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books
"Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books" is a collection of essays by Nick Hornby that reflects on the author's reading journey over a span of ten years. The book compiles a series of articles he wrote for a column in The Believer, where he shares his thoughts on various books he has encountered, ranging from literary classics to contemporary works. Hornby's engaging and often humorous writing style invites readers to join him in his love for reading.

I'm going to take every chance I get to make a nuisance of myself when somebody I admire is in the vicinity...

Nick Hornby Ten Years in the...

...In the end I value literacy more highly than health; if our two countries were full of fat readers, rather than millions of Victoria Beckhams, then we would all be better off.

Nick Hornby Ten Years in the...

When I'm arguing with St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, I'm going to tell him to ignore the Books Read column, and focus on the Books Bought instead. This is *really* who I am, I'll tell him.

Nick Hornby Ten Years in the...

I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the ground that you're not a policeman or a dangerous criminal...The world...

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