Buying guides
From the BookCart Journal.
Travel books worth packing — and the ones to read first
Guidebooks, travel writing and phrasebooks do different jobs. Here is what to take and what to leave at home.
What makes a cookbook you actually cook from
Most cookbooks are read once and shelved. A few get splattered and broken-spined. Here is what separates them.
Building your teen’s GCSE English shelf
GCSE English is heavy on close reading. A few sensible buying decisions make the set texts easier to live with.
Is a used book worth buying? What the condition grades mean
Second-hand books are cheaper and greener — and usually in far better shape than people expect. Here is how to read our condition grades.
Hardback, paperback or PDF: which should you buy?
Every title on BookCart comes in more than one format. Here is how to pick the one that suits how — and where — you actually read.