If you're going to read Dostoevsky I think Brothers Karamazov is THE book to read. If you've read that, the second book (in terms of quality) is probably The Idiot. After that, I'd read The Demons, and only after that would I go to Crime and Punishment (even then, I might pick The Humiliated and Insulted or whatever it translates as in English these days before C&P).
As for a history book, Hopkirk's The Great Game is probably the seminal work on the struggle between Great Britain and the Russian Empire to seize empire in the heart of Asia. His Setting the East Ablaze talks about the way the Bolsheviks had to reconquer it.
As for a history book, Hopkirk's The Great Game is probably the seminal work on the struggle between Great Britain and the Russian Empire to seize empire in the heart of Asia. His Setting the East Ablaze talks about the way the Bolsheviks had to reconquer it.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Planned reads for 2010.
10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM
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Interestingly random list.
10/01/2010 05:55:51 PM
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It's mostly things I've bought and not read yet. Other than that, there's no coherent theme.
10/01/2010 06:16:01 PM
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Okay, colour me shocked.
10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM
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I'm actually the same as Tim. Haven't read them since I did it in 5th grade.
10/01/2010 11:17:23 PM
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Okay, I misread Tim's response and thought he was thinking about a year of Russian literature.
14/01/2010 07:18:53 PM
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I wondered about that.
14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM
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A couple of thoughts
15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM
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Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons.
15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM
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Don't read the Achebe.
11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM
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I'll be reading less serious stuff too.
11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM
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Well, I figured that too
11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM
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Of those?
11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM
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Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM*
11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM
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Ditch Erlend Loe
11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM
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However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language.
11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM
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Re: Planned reads for 2010.
11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM
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You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM
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Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM
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I suppose if you're interested in the development of the thriller/adventure novel, Cooper is okay.
11/01/2010 02:04:29 PM
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