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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 556 Views
The million dollar question. This one, I can do. Ghavrel - 21/01/2024 01:40:13 AM 273 Views
Re: The million dollar question. This one, I can do. damookster - 21/01/2024 02:27:32 AM 249 Views
I'm so excited and terrified for ALECTO. *NM* Ghavrel - 21/01/2024 05:07:20 AM 122 Views
'favorite' vs 'best' book aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 02:17:12 PM 248 Views
I interpreted this to mean best books we've read Tom - 22/01/2024 02:59:20 PM 283 Views
Sure aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 03:13:38 PM 259 Views
Re: I interpreted this to mean best books we've read damookster - 22/01/2024 03:17:15 PM 252 Views
And I greatly appreciated your adjective 'favorite'. The Shrike - 22/01/2024 07:37:31 PM 246 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 239 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 232 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 249 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 249 Views
You gotta read HARROW and NONA! Or Leckie's ANCILLARY JUSTICE. Ghavrel - 24/01/2024 04:36:57 AM 263 Views
I need to split fiction and non-fiction Tom - 22/01/2024 02:02:41 AM 303 Views
Re: I need to split fiction and non-fiction damookster - 22/01/2024 03:20:03 PM 236 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 244 Views
And I just have to ask ... The Godfather the book??? Tom - 22/01/2024 02:07:12 AM 268 Views
Yeah you’re right. I shouldn’t have included it. *NM* damookster - 22/01/2024 02:12:09 AM 120 Views
Favorite Books. I too need to split between Fiction and Non-Fiction The Shrike - 22/01/2024 01:59:19 PM 277 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 229 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 115 Views
Speaking of Shogun... damookster - 23/01/2024 12:43:04 PM 246 Views
Re: Speaking of Shogun... The Shrike - 23/01/2024 08:51:01 PM 260 Views
Re: Speaking of Shogun... damookster - 23/01/2024 09:39:50 PM 222 Views
The new red band trailer came out for it. Looks phenomenal. The Shrike - 24/01/2024 02:42:52 PM 250 Views
Re: The new red band trailer came out for it. Looks phenomenal. damookster - 24/01/2024 03:22:20 PM 241 Views
Yeah, ok aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 02:08:53 PM 242 Views
At the moment these Vodalus - 22/01/2024 05:59:14 PM 286 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 122 Views
The Red and the Black? Interesting... Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:24:57 PM 242 Views
Julien, of course. Vodalus - 24/01/2024 10:02:43 PM 296 Views
Mine, at the moment Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:44:20 PM 269 Views
All y'all are cheating by listing a series as one of your favorite books. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 04:38:56 AM 285 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 113 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 25/01/2024 05:51:55 AM 116 Views
FALSE! aerocontrols - 25/01/2024 02:48:27 PM 250 Views
Re: FALSE! damookster - 25/01/2024 04:20:08 PM 243 Views
It's bait for Joe to make a 'batin Joke aerocontrols - 25/01/2024 05:28:12 PM 252 Views
Bait no more, my friend. It has been released! LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:20:54 PM 254 Views
OMFG! This was so difficult. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:20:05 PM 259 Views
Sir! The Shrike - 25/01/2024 08:30:18 PM 258 Views
I'll go with that was my plan all along. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:32:54 PM 251 Views
Pffft damookster - 25/01/2024 08:43:30 PM 237 Views
Also, I'll do what I want. *smug* *NM* LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:33:44 PM 147 Views
F. Paul Wilson! damookster - 25/01/2024 08:31:44 PM 252 Views
Ain't no guilt here. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:35:47 PM 241 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 249 Views
Ain't no guilt here! LiterateDog - 26/01/2024 08:32:54 AM 238 Views
So many Novik fans! I think you've tipped me over onto reading Temeraire. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/01/2024 06:59:57 AM 127 Views
You won't regret it! *NM* LiterateDog - 26/01/2024 08:23:52 AM 114 Views
Literate Dog's posts have compelled me to also list series damookster - 27/01/2024 03:36:48 PM 287 Views
I will always love WOT The Shrike - 28/01/2024 05:40:58 PM 267 Views
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