There a lot of soup books out there but the range of new covent garden ones are by far and away the best. I think their secret is that as they are in the business of making great soups, all recipes are tested and trialled as part of their business and not just for the sake of writing a book. I have the other 3 books and all are different, with not one poor recipe yet. This one links to the occasions that you can eat soup. Its pumpkin season at the moment and the halloween soup recipes are great. It doesn't have any pictures of the finished recipe but I think that its not needed when it comes to soup. Its going to be a few peoples christmas presents this year.