What is in your opinion THE BB book to read ?

[Fredline]

Pick any book, you will not be disappointed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books written by ‘BB’:
(1922) ‘Diary & Sketchbook’ (Published in 2012)
(1937) ‘The Sportsman’s Bedside Book’
(1938) ‘Wild Lone: The Story of a Pytchley Fox’
(1939) ‘Manka, the Sky Gipsy: The Story of a Wild Goose’
(1941) ‘The Countryman’s Bedside Book’
(1942) ‘The Little Grey Men’
(1943) ‘The Idle Countryman’
(1944) ‘Brendon Chase’
(1945) ‘The Fisherman’s Bedside Book’
(1945) ‘The Wayfaring Tree’
(1948) ‘Meeting Hill’
(1948) ‘The Shooting Man’s Bedside Book’
(1948) ‘A Stream in Your Garden’
(1948) ‘Down The Bright Stream’
(1949) ‘Be Quiet and Go A-Angling’ (Pseudonym Michael Traherne)
(1950) ‘Confessions of a Carp Fisher’
(1950) ‘Letters from Compton Deverell’
(1950) ‘Tide’s Ending’
(1952) ‘The Wind in the Wood’
(1953) ‘Dark Estuary’
(1955) ‘The Forest of Bowland Light Railway’
(1957) ‘Alexander’
(1957) ‘Ben the Bullfinch’
(1957) ‘Wandering Wind’
(1957) ‘Monty Woodpig's Caravan’
(1958) ‘Monty Woodpig and his Bubblebuzz Car’
(1958) ‘Mr Bumstead’
(1958) ‘A Carp Water (Wood Pool): And How to Fish It’
(1959) ‘The Wizard of Boland’
(1959) ‘Bill Badger’s Winter Cruise’
(1959) ‘Autumn Road to the Isles’
(1960) ‘Bill Badger and the Pirates’
(1961) ‘Bill Badger and the Secret Weapon’
(1961) ‘The White Road Westwards’
(1961) ‘The Badgers of Bearshanks’
(1961) ‘Bill Badger’s Finest Hour’
(1962) ‘Bill Badger’s Whispering Reeds Adventure’
(1962) ‘September Road to Caithness’
(1962) ‘Lepus the Brown Hare’
(1963) ‘Bill Badger’s Big Mistake’
(1964) ‘The Pegasus Book of the Countryside’
(1964) ‘Summer Road to Wales’
(1967) ‘Bill Badger and the Big Store Robbery’
(1967) ‘A Summer on the Nene’
(1967) ‘The Whopper’
(1968) ‘At the Back o’Ben Dee’
(1969) ‘Bill Badger’s Voyage to the World’s End’
(1971) ‘The Tiger Tray’
(1975) ‘The Pool of the Black Witch’
(1975) ‘The Lord of the Forest’
(1976) ‘Recollections of a Longshore Gunner’
(1978) ‘A Child Alone’
(1979) ‘Ramblings of a Sportsman-Naturalist’
(1980) ‘The Naturalist’s Bedside Book’
(1981) ‘The Quiet Fields’
(1984) ‘Indian Summer’
(1985) ‘The Best of BB - An Anthology’
(1987) ‘Fisherman’s Folly’
(1990) ‘The Confessio

[Tengisgol]

I adore The Whopper, such an easy read and so much fun.

[Hovis]

His later work "a summer on the Nene" is also most enjoyable.

[Pallenpool]

Pick any book, you will not be disappointed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books written by ‘BB’:

[JAA]

His later work "a summer on the Nene" is also most enjoyable.

In that book, he catches a net of bleak and fries them like whitebait for dinner, iirc.

[SussexMan]

One of the reasons BB's writing has an impact is its authenticity; he had a vast wealth of experience, often handed on to him by rural acquaintances. Very few modern countryside writers (John Lewis-Stempel comes close...) have BB's depth, but their dilemma is that large tracts of the British countryside are being filleted of their wildlife by increased footfall. This comes in many forms, including those who regard the countryside as merely an as yet 'unrealised marketing asset', ripe for corporate (eg Center Parcs) 'development' (another oxymoron, with the emphasis on the last 5 letters...).

[Rutland Rod]

All his books are excellent, my personal favourite is Fishermans Folly for fishing, and for hunting my other pursuit it’s Wild Lone the story of a Pytchley Fox and as a Beagler it’s Lepus the Hare. Both these are based in ‘Pytchley Hunt country ‘ where he spent his childhood at Lamport Rectory.
Dave

[Rutland Rod]

Lepus the Hare,
Front cover and the last page
Dave

[Catfish.017]

The Pegasus Book of The. Countryside is I believe the rarest of his books. I was unaware of this when many years ago I found at a school jumble sale an Ex Libris copy that had been defaced by a youngster(I presume?) with crayons. I almost didn't buy it because of the damage but I thought it would be a good read for a few pence.
I've only seen one other copy for sale at auction and it went for several hundred pounds.

[Polecat]

Pick any book, you will not be disappointed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books written by ‘BB’:
(1922) ‘Diary & Sketchbook’ (Published in 2012)
(1937) ‘The Sportsman’s Bedside Book’
(1938) ‘Wild Lone: The Story of a Pytchley Fox’
(1939) ‘Manka, the Sky Gipsy: The Story of a Wild Goose’
(1941) ‘The Countryman’s Bedside Book’
(1942) ‘The Little Grey Men’
(1943) ‘The Idle Countryman’
(1944) ‘Brendon Chase’
(1945) ‘The Fisherman’s Bedside Book’
(1945) ‘The Wayfaring Tree’
(1948) ‘Meeting Hill’
(1948) ‘The Shooting Man’s Bedside Book’
(1948) ‘A Stream in Your Garden’
(1948) ‘Down The Bright Stream’
(1949) ‘Be Quiet and Go A-Angling’ (Pseudonym Michael Traherne)
(1950) ‘Confessions of a Carp Fisher’
(1950) ‘Letters from Compton Deverell’
(1950) ‘Tide’s Ending’
(1952) ‘The Wind in the Wood’
(1953) ‘Dark Estuary’
(1955) ‘The Forest of Bowland Light Railway’
(1957) ‘Alexander’
(1957) ‘Ben the Bullfinch’
(1957) ‘Wandering Wind’
(1957) ‘Monty Woodpig's Caravan’
(1958) ‘Monty Woodpig and his Bubblebuzz Car’
(1958) ‘Mr Bumstead’
(1958) ‘A Carp Water (Wood Pool): And How to Fish It’
(1959) ‘The Wizard of Boland’
(1959) ‘Bill Badger’s Winter Cruise’
(1959) ‘Autumn Road to the Isles’
(1960) ‘Bill Badger and the Pirates’
(1961) ‘Bill Badger and the Secret Weapon’
(1961) ‘The White Road Westwards’
(1961) ‘The Badgers of Bearshanks’
(1961) ‘Bill Badger’s Finest Hour’
(1962) ‘Bill Badger’s Whispering Reeds Adventure’
(1962) ‘September Road to Caithness’
(1962) ‘Lepus the Brown Hare’
(1963) ‘Bill Badger’s Big Mistake’
(1964) ‘The Pegasus Book of the Countryside’
(1964) ‘Summer Road to Wales’
(1967) ‘Bill Badger and the Big Store Robbery’
(1967) ‘A Summer on the Nene’
(1967) ‘The Whopper’
(1968) ‘At the Back o’Ben Dee’
(1969) ‘Bill Badger’s Voyage to the World’s End’
(1971) ‘The Tiger Tray’
(1975) ‘The Pool of the Black Witch’
(1975) ‘The Lord of the Forest’
(1976) ‘Recollections of a Longshore Gunner’
(1978) ‘A Child Alone’
(1979) ‘Ramblings of a Sportsman-Naturalist’
(1980) ‘The Naturalist’s Bedside Book’
(1981) ‘The Quiet Fields’
(1984) ‘Indian Summer’
(1985) ‘The Best of BB - An Anthology’
(1987) ‘Fisherman’s Folly’
(1990) ‘The Confessio

Thank you Fredline for posting this bibliography. Apart from some of the children's books I really thought that I had every book BB had published - until now. There are three or four on there which I have overlooked and will now track down. You've made my evening!