Lost in a Book

The Psychology of Reading for Pleasure

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Victor Nell: Lost in a Book (Paperback, 1990, Yale Univ Pr)

Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Oct. 4, 1990 by Yale Univ Pr.

ISBN:
978-0-300-04906-0
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4 stars (1 review)

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Review of 'Lost in a Book' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Victor Nell seeks to answer basic questions about how and why people read for pleasure in this book. He covers both theory and empirical research competently and from a variety of perspectives. The focus of much of this work is on the voracious readers who congregate at Goodreads, so I am a bit surprised it is not reviewed more frequently here.

Subjects

  • Library & Information Sciences
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Books & Reading
  • General
  • Books and reading
  • Leisure Activities
  • Psychological aspects
  • Reading
  • Psychology