A History of Reading
From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, this discursive essay (with 140 illustrations) on the mysteries of reading follows the passionate 6000-year-old history of the written word, whose true hero is the reader.
Winner of 1998 Prix Médicis.
English First Editions
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Toronto, 1996
Alfred A. Knopf
372 p., illustr.
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London, 1996
HarperCollins
372 p., illustr.
![HistoryReading1996Engl97_9780670843022](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1996Engl97_9780670843022-1.jpg)
New York, 1996
Viking / Penguin
372 p., illustr.
International First Editions
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1997 Brazil
Uma história da leitura
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1997 Greece
Η ιστορία της ανάγνωσης
![HistoryReading1997Ital107_9788804460022](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1997Ital107_9788804460022.jpg)
1997 Italy
Una storia della lettura
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1998 France
Une histoire de la lecture
![HistoryReading1998German466_9783353011015](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1998German466_9783353011015.jpg)
1998 Germany
Eine Geschichte des Lesens
![HistoryReading1998Portug122_9789722323390](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1998Portug122_9789722323390.jpg)
1998 Portugal
Uma história da leitura
![HistoryReading1998Span121_9788420642925](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1998Span121_9788420642925.jpg)
1998 Spain
Una historia de la lectura
![HistoryReading1999Chin151_9570515937](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1999Chin151_9570515937.jpg)
1999 Taiwan
閱讀地圖一部人類閱讀的歷史
![HistoryReading1999Span152_9789580450580](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1999Span152_9789580450580.jpg)
1999 Colombia
Una historia de la lectura
![HistoryReading1999Jap153_9784760118069](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1999Jap153_9784760118069.jpg)
1999 Japan
読書の歴史
![HistoryReading1999Dutch148_9789026315664](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1999Dutch148_9789026315664.jpg)
1999 Netherlands
Een geschiedenis van het lezen
![HistoryReading1999Norweg150_9788203204456](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading1999Norweg150_9788203204456.jpg)
1999 Norway
En historie om lesning
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1999 Sweden
En historia om läsning
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2000 Canada
Une histoire de la lecture
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2000 South Korea
독서의 역사
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2001 Croatia
Povijest citanja
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2001 Hungary
Az olvasás története
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2001 Israel
Toldot ha-ḳeri ah
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2001 Lebanon
تـاريـخ الـقـراءة
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2001 Turkey
Okumanin Tarihi
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2002 China
阅读史
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2003 Denmark
Af laesningens historie
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2003 Poland
Moja historia czytania
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2003 Thailand
โลกในมือนักอ่าน
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2004 Bulgaria
История на четенето
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2005 Argentina
Una Historia de la Lectura
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2005 Serbia
Istorija citanja
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2005 Spain
Una historia de la lectura
Full-colour edition
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2006 Mexico
Una historia de la lectura
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2006 Netherlands
Een geschiedenis van het lezen – Full-colour ed.
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2007 Czech Republic
Dejiny ctení
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2007 Slovenia
Zgodovina branja
![HistoryReading2008German630_9783100487520](https://www.manguel.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HistoryReading2008German630_9783100487520.jpg)
2008 Germany
Eine Geschichte des Lesens – Full-colour ed.
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2008 Russia
История чтения
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2011 Romania
Istoria lecturii
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