[HISTORICAL DIGITAL ARCHIVE](/products/digital-archives)# Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1903-1982 Collecting nearly eight decades of H.W. Wilson’s Book Review Digest, this archive database provides over a million book review citations from 1903 to 1982. It covers adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction and provides at least one review excerpt per book. Content Includes: 1,500,000 book review citations 300,000 books reviewed 500 indexed magazines, newspapers, and academic journals Coverage Dates: 1903-1982 [ Request pricing ]() [ Request trial ]() Virtually every major idea that shaped the 20th century found expression in books. The reactions to those ideas are reflected in the reviews of those books, and Book Review Digest Retrospective makes it easy to search this vast record of information. Book Review Digest Retrospective includes at least one substantial review excerpt (up to 500 words) per book. Book reviewers are searchable by name, with excerpts by such famous writers as Edmund Wilson and John Updike. ## Customers also bought: [ ![book review digest plus web thumbnail image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/book-review-digest-plus-web-thumbnail-image-300.jpg) Book Review Digest Plus ](/products/research-databases/book-review-digest-plus) [ ![literary reference center plus web thumbnail image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/literary-reference-center-plus-web-thumbnail-image-300.jpg) Literary Reference Plus ](/products/research-databases/literary-reference-plus) [ ![book collection nonfiction series web thumbnail image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/book-collection-nonfiction-series-web-thumbnail-image-300.jpg) Book Collection: Nonfiction Series ](/products/research-databases/book-collection-nonfiction-series) Browse by industry: [Academic Libraries](/academic-libraries), [Public Libraries](/public-libraries) Browse by subject: [Literature & Language](/academic-libraries/subjects/literature-language)