Editing Mike Read (section)

===Books and poetry===
Read was one of the founder editors of the UK chart reference series ''[[British Hit Singles & Albums|Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]]'', and also co-wrote other [[Guinness World Records|Guinness]] music books.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Guinness Book of British Hit Singles|first1=Paul|last1=Gambaccini|first2=Mike|last2=Read|editor-first1=Jonathan|editor-last1=Rice|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Rice|date=22 July 1981|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|id={{ASIN|0851122248|country=uk}} }}</ref>

Read's poetry books include ''The Aldermoor Poems'', ''Elizabethan Dragonflies'', ''A Room With Books'' and the latest, ''New Poems for Old Paintings''. He has edited and supplied biographies for the two best-selling poetry books, ''100 Favourite Poems'' and ''100 Favourite Humorous Poems'', and contributed to many of the titles in the series ''Poets' England''. He has also written two crime novels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/the-importance-of-being-mike-read-can-uk-miss-be-a-hit-in-the-us-792769.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/the-importance-of-being-mike-read-can-uk-miss-be-a-hit-in-the-us-792769.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The importance of being Mike Read: Can UK miss be a hit in the US?|date=22 October 2011|work=The Independent}}</ref> In 1997, he published ''Forever England: The Life of [[Rupert Brooke]]''.