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Coming to the kind of books that you should be reading to enrich your word power, I would like to recommend first in the list

PG Wodehouse who was one of the greatest English humorists.

There are many advantages in picking up a PG Wodehouse book.

First and foremost, he is considered as an authority on the English language.

Next, his books are replete with rib-tickling and well-woven plots and anecdotes, which keeps you engrossed and in good humor.

His themes are quite simple, but every sentence in his books is sheer reading pleasure.


For example just have a taste of this extract from his book "Plum Pie"

One says, " appeared", but the word would not have satisfied Gustave Flaubert. He would have suggested some such alternatives as ' loomed up' or ' came waddling along' as being more exact, for the author of Kootchy the Kitten and Peter the Pup was one of the fattest men that ever broke a try-your-weight machine. He looked as if had been eating nothing but starchy foods since early boyhood, and it saddened Bingo (name of a character in the book) to think of all this wonderful material going to waste. If only this man could have been his uncle, he felt wistfully. Offy Prosser (another character) would have paid 20 pounds for a mere third of him.

While reading this extract you must have observed the author's artistry in framing sentences to describe humorous and interesting situations. His books give you insights into sentence structures and usage of vocabulary.

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