Worth talking about: Book list aims to encourage reading

A list of the 50 books touted as the "most worth talking about" was announced today, October 17, 2008, ahead of World Book Day 2009. The selection includes books as diverse as a novel about Welsh culture, accounts of Chinese migrant workers, a tale of a British Muslim seeking love online, and a hypochondriac who finds he is really dying.

The organization behind World Book Day published the list to launch its new Spread the Word website, www.spread-the-word.org.uk, designed to encourage reading. On the site readers are invited to vote for "the best book to talk about."

The top 10, according to votes cast, will be announced at the end of January. The winning book will be announced on World Book Day, Thursday 5 March 2009. A spokesman for World Book Day said: "The aim is to get people talking about books." Read more in The Telegraph online.