James Mustich Jr.
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James Mustich, Jr. is a bookseller, editor, and writer. In October 2018, Mustich's book 1,000 Books To Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List was published by Workman Publishing,[1] receiving starred reviews from Publishers Weekly[2], Booklist[3], and Library Journal,[4] as well as the praise of other notable independent reviewers[5]. The Washington Post listed it as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the year.[6]
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| Alma mater | Princeton University (BA) |
| Notable works | 1,000 Books To Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List |
Biography
Mustich graduated from Princeton University magna cum laude in 1977. He married Margot Greenbaum, who was a year below him at Princeton, in 1986.[7]
In 1986, Mustich co-founded the mail-order book catalog A Common Reader': Books for Readers with Imagination', and served as its president and publisher until the business was closed in 2006.[8] During its two-decade run, the catalog was published up to 17 times each year and listed hundreds of titles in each issue, each with its own write-up.[9] A Common Reader circulated to hundreds of thousands of readers and at its peak sold over 300,000 books a year.[10] Its in-house imprint, Akadine Press, republished over 60 out-of-print books by such authors as Lillian Beckwith, Alice Thomas Ellis, Barbara Holland, Reynolds Price, and John Ciardi.[11]
In 2007, Mustich was founding editor of the Barnes & Noble Review, an online literary journal.[12] As editor of the Review he has conducted in-depth interviews with many leading authors, including Philip Roth,[13] Salman Rushdie,[14] Philip Pullman,[15] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,[16] Neal Stephenson,[17] Richard Price,[18] Elmore Leonard,[19] Azar Nafisi,[20] and Robert Caro.[21]
In 2017, Mustich became the founding executive producer of the Barnes & Noble Podcast, for which he has conducted interviews with writers such as Questlove,[22] Nassim Nicholas Taleb,[23] Lidia Bastianich,[24] Steven Pinker,[25] and Michael Wolf.[26]