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I need to split fiction and non-fiction Tom Send a noteboard - 22/01/2024 02:02:41 AM

Fiction Top Ten:

  1. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  2. Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak
  3. The Divine Comedy, by Dante
  4. The Iliad, by Homer
  5. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
  6. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (Pale Fire & Ada runners up)
  7. Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov
  8. The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien
  9. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway (and I really don't like his other work that much)
  10. Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White (and yes, I know it's a children's book; it's just that good)

Non-Fiction Top Ten:

  1. Peter the Great, by Robert K. Massie
  2. The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe
  3. The Island at the Center of the World, by Russell Shorto
  4. A History of Venice, by John Julius Norwich
  5. The Civil War, by Shelby Foote
  6. Empires of the Word, by Nicholas Ostler
  7. The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman
  8. Pax Britannica (trilogy), by Jan Morris
  9. The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England, by Ian Mortimer
  10. The Thirty Years' War, by Veronica Wedgwood
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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

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Since this was originally a book site...top ten (or so) favorite books? damookster - 20/01/2024 02:40:49 PM 671 Views
The million dollar question. This one, I can do. Ghavrel - 21/01/2024 01:40:13 AM 378 Views
Re: The million dollar question. This one, I can do. damookster - 21/01/2024 02:27:32 AM 349 Views
I'm so excited and terrified for ALECTO. *NM* Ghavrel - 21/01/2024 05:07:20 AM 176 Views
'favorite' vs 'best' book aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 02:17:12 PM 349 Views
I interpreted this to mean best books we've read Tom - 22/01/2024 02:59:20 PM 409 Views
Sure aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 03:13:38 PM 363 Views
Re: I interpreted this to mean best books we've read damookster - 22/01/2024 03:17:15 PM 361 Views
And I greatly appreciated your adjective 'favorite'. The Shrike - 22/01/2024 07:37:31 PM 375 Views
I wasn't qualifying it based on quality, or else it never would have made an honorable mention Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:22:26 AM 358 Views
I haven't read Go Set a Watchman, but what I've heard was... bad. Is it actually good? Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:27:31 PM 342 Views
I loved it because it tore my childhood hero to shreds in a way that I needed to see. Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 08:34:54 PM 344 Views
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that's why other people hated it, then. Legolas - 23/01/2024 09:23:53 PM 348 Views
You gotta read HARROW and NONA! Or Leckie's ANCILLARY JUSTICE. Ghavrel - 24/01/2024 04:36:57 AM 370 Views
I need to split fiction and non-fiction Tom - 22/01/2024 02:02:41 AM 403 Views
Re: I need to split fiction and non-fiction damookster - 22/01/2024 03:20:03 PM 346 Views
Cooper's DARK IS RISING and Jones' HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE would make my top 20 for sure. Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:26:38 AM 353 Views
And I just have to ask ... The Godfather the book??? Tom - 22/01/2024 02:07:12 AM 361 Views
Yeah you’re right. I shouldn’t have included it. *NM* damookster - 22/01/2024 02:12:09 AM 173 Views
Favorite Books. I too need to split between Fiction and Non-Fiction The Shrike - 22/01/2024 01:59:19 PM 384 Views
I loved SHOGUN so much as a teenager. No idea how it would hold up on a read today. Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:24:08 AM 334 Views
Same - and that also goes for Mists of Avalon. Even aside from the MZB ickiness. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:29:02 PM 172 Views
Speaking of Shogun... damookster - 23/01/2024 12:43:04 PM 338 Views
Re: Speaking of Shogun... The Shrike - 23/01/2024 08:51:01 PM 384 Views
Re: Speaking of Shogun... damookster - 23/01/2024 09:39:50 PM 334 Views
The new red band trailer came out for it. Looks phenomenal. The Shrike - 24/01/2024 02:42:52 PM 346 Views
Re: The new red band trailer came out for it. Looks phenomenal. damookster - 24/01/2024 03:22:20 PM 358 Views
Yeah, ok aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 02:08:53 PM 337 Views
At the moment these Vodalus - 22/01/2024 05:59:14 PM 387 Views
Ah, I forgot Wolfe. BOOK OF THE NEW SUN might be on my top ten. I need to reread it. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:27:34 AM 174 Views
The Red and the Black? Interesting... Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:24:57 PM 347 Views
Julien, of course. Vodalus - 24/01/2024 10:02:43 PM 416 Views
Mine, at the moment Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:44:20 PM 380 Views
All y'all are cheating by listing a series as one of your favorite books. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 04:38:56 AM 406 Views
As I create my own list, I see I've made a mistake in my derision of the use of series. *NM* LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 05:04:43 AM 199 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 25/01/2024 05:51:55 AM 165 Views
FALSE! aerocontrols - 25/01/2024 02:48:27 PM 354 Views
Re: FALSE! damookster - 25/01/2024 04:20:08 PM 347 Views
It's bait for Joe to make a 'batin Joke aerocontrols - 25/01/2024 05:28:12 PM 354 Views
Bait no more, my friend. It has been released! LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:20:54 PM 366 Views
OMFG! This was so difficult. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:20:05 PM 365 Views
Sir! The Shrike - 25/01/2024 08:30:18 PM 364 Views
I'll go with that was my plan all along. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:32:54 PM 401 Views
Pffft damookster - 25/01/2024 08:43:30 PM 345 Views
Also, I'll do what I want. *smug* *NM* LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:33:44 PM 206 Views
F. Paul Wilson! damookster - 25/01/2024 08:31:44 PM 356 Views
Ain't no guilt here. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:35:47 PM 349 Views
I see you listed 4 of my favorite non-fiction, so I will forgive your listing WoT Tom - 26/01/2024 12:11:04 AM 348 Views
Ain't no guilt here! LiterateDog - 26/01/2024 08:32:54 AM 337 Views
So many Novik fans! I think you've tipped me over onto reading Temeraire. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/01/2024 06:59:57 AM 187 Views
You won't regret it! *NM* LiterateDog - 26/01/2024 08:23:52 AM 175 Views
Literate Dog's posts have compelled me to also list series damookster - 27/01/2024 03:36:48 PM 410 Views
I will always love WOT The Shrike - 28/01/2024 05:40:58 PM 389 Views
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