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Around the World in 80 BooksBy: David Damrosch A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them *Featured in the Chicago Tribune's Great 2021 Fall Book Preview * One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021* Inspired by Jules Vernes hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard Universitys department of comparative literature and
By: David DamroschA transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them
*Featured in the Chicago Tribune's Great 2021 Fall Book Preview * One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021*
Inspired by Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University’s department of comparative literature and founder of Harvard’s Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic’s restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran and points beyond, and via authors from Woolf and Dante to Nobel Prize–winners Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mo Yan, and Olga Tokarczuk, he explores how these works have shaped our idea of the world, and the ways in which the world bleeds into literature.
To chart the expansive landscape of world literature today, Damrosch explores how writers live in two very different worlds: the world of their personal experience and the world of books that have enabled great writers to give shape and meaning to their lives. In his literary cartography, Damrosch includes compelling contemporary works as well as perennial classics, hard-bitten crime fiction as well as haunting works of fantasy, and the formative tales that introduce us as children to the world we’re entering. Taken together, these eighty titles offer us fresh perspective on enduring problems, from the social consequences of epidemics to the rising inequality that Thomas More designed Utopia to combat, as well as the patriarchal structures within and against which many of these books’ heroines have to struggle—from the work of Murasaki Shikibu a millennium ago to Margaret Atwood today.
Around the World in 80 Books is a global invitation to look beyond ourselves and our surroundings, and to see our world and its literature in new ways.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2026
★★★★★ 5
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Size: 2.32 Pound (Pack of 1), Style: New
Wonderful customer service!! I needed to refund as I ordered by mistake, and they refunded right away!! Will order again from this seller.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Wow. This book takes time to read!!
Format: Hardcover
Ordered The Unseen Realm (Expanded Edition) and it turned out to be one of the more thought-provoking reads I’ve come across on biblical theology.
What stood out most is how much it stretched my thinking on the heavenly council. The way the author walks through Scripture and builds that framework forces you to slow down and reconsider passages you may have read many times without catching the broader context.
It’s detailed, but not in a way that feels inaccessible. There’s a lot of depth here, especially if you’re willing to follow the argument and check the references. It doesn’t just make claims—it works through them.
I didn’t agree with every conclusion, but that didn’t take away from the value. If anything, it pushed me to think more carefully and engage the material at a deeper level.
Compared to other books in this space, this one stands out for how it ties together Old and New Testament themes in a more cohesive way.
For the price, it’s a great value. There’s a lot of substance here, and it’s the kind of book you’ll likely revisit rather than read once and move on.
If you’re interested in the supernatural framework of Scripture and are open to having your assumptions challenged, this is a strong read.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Eye-opening Exposition of the Bible
Format: Paperback
I have the paperback which is 387 pages, plus Acknowledgments and Index. The book is well-written. I am a Christian and have read the Bible many times. Dr. Heiser's exposition on portions of the Bible were not something I had encountered before. I'll let Dr. Heiser speak for himself: "My goal is simple. When you open your Bible, I want you to be able to see it like ancient Israelites or first-century Jews saw it, to perceive and consider it as they would have. I want their supernatural worldview in your head." Pg. 13.
Genesis 6:1-5, Psalm 82, Deuteronomy 32 and other Biblical passages, including New Testament passages reflect a worldview that at least to me was unfamiliar. His approach to exegesis of the Bible seems orthodox to me. Once again, I'll let Dr. Heiser speak for himself: "I still believe in the uniqueness of the God of the Bible. I still embrace the deity of Christ." Pg. 13. Nevertheless, looking at the Bible through this worldview is, for me, deeply affecting and not in a negative way.
The existence of a heavenly host, not all of which honor God, God's desire for an Eden even after the failure of the first Eden, and three rebellions, not just one, all based on divine Scripture, were deeply educational and enlightening to me. The author argues for his points carefully and cites numerous scholarly treatises to support his arguments.
The book also makes connections within the Bible to connect various passages, which a first-century Jew or Christian, assuming some literacy, would have recognized that a 21st century Christian, such as me, completely misses. The cosmic geography idea is not something I have encountered before.
The book also provides background on the interpretation of Hebrew words and the author is careful to focus the range of acceptable interpretations. Elohim, in particular, gets careful exposition.
If the topic interests you, I recommend the book highly. If you'd like to try out the late Dr. Heiser's thoughts first, he has a number of YouTube videos running from 15 minutes to 1+hour in length for you to watch.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great Depth, Beautiful Edition.
Format: Hardcover
The deluxe hardcover is gorgeous, with art on the inside of the cover and diagrams and footnotes galore. I will say the footnotes get pretty deep, almost as many of them as there is "normal" text. But very, very well done deluxe anniversary edition. The content blows me away, and like Heiser says, I'll never read my Bible the same way again. Wouldn't recommend this book to most people, as sometimes I had to go back and re-read a passage, or got done with a footnote that was several paragraphs long and had to remember what the text was talking about before I got sidetracked by the footnote. But very glad I read it, very glad I own it. Also comes with a free digital download (though locked to their free app, Logos).
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Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2026
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