Books
'Books you can't live without: The Top 100' according to The Guardian
Submitted by kissboombang on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 15:09Tags:
- Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
- The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
- Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
- Harry Potter series (JK Rowling)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
- The Bible
- Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
- His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
- Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
- Little Women (Louisa M Alcott)
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
- Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
- Complete Works of Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
- Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
- The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)
- Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
- Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger)
My Neverending Collection of Books
Submitted by Sarah The Maker... on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 21:38Tags:
- 1. Sin and the Second City by Karen Abbott
- 2. Life, The Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
- 3. So Long and Thanks for All The Fish by Douglas Adams
- 4. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
- 5. Dirk Gently's Holistic Agency by Douglas Adams
- 6. Getting Even by Woody Allen
- 7. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
- 8. Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
- 9. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
- 10. The Robber's Bride by Margaret Atwood
- 11. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- 12. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- 13. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- 14. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Be
25 Best Book to Film Adaptations
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 07:20The Telegraph has a list of the 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations or "Twenty-five films that made it from the book shelf to the box office with credibility intact."
Clone of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
Submitted by lexie on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 10:22Tags:
- 2000s
- Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Saturday – Ian McEwan
- On Beauty – Zadie Smith
- Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee
- Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson
- The Sea – John Banville
- The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble
- The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
- The Master – Colm Tóibín
- Vanishing Point – David Markson
- The Lambs of London – Peter Ackroyd
- Dining on Stones – Iain Sinclair
- Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
- Drop City – T.
The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century as picked by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Submitted by kanyiferous on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 22:42The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
- Allingham, Margery. The Tiger in the Smoke
- Ambler, Eric. A Coffin for Dimitrios
- Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison
- Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity's Death
- Ball, John. In the Heat of the Night
- Barnard, Robert. Death by Sheer Torture
- Barr, Nevada. Track of the Cat
- Blake, Nicholas. The Beast Must Die
- Block, Lawrence. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
- Brand, Christianna. Green for Danger
- Brown, Frederic.
Books Read
Submitted by kissboombang on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 22:15- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
BBC Book List
Submitted by kissboombang on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 21:54- 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen ()
- 2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien ()
- 3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte ()
- 4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling ()
- 5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (X)
- 6. The Bible ()
- 7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte ()
- 8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell ()
- 9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman ()
- 10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens ( )
- 11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott ( )
- 12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy ( )
- 13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller ( )
- 14. Complete Works of Shakespeare ()
- 15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier ()
- 16.
Books to Read
Submitted by rwiller19 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 08:32- The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
- Socrates Cafe by Christopher Phillips
- The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis
- Modern Times by Paul Johnson
Clone of "BBC Big Read" Top 100 books (United Kingdom)
Submitted by dwbr27 on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 22:08Tags:
- The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien (Repeater x2)
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
- His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – JK Rowling
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (Repeater x2)
- Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
- Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis (repeater)
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
- Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
- Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
- Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
- The Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
- The Wind i
