Books

Clone of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2nd edition, 2008)

Submitted by Sleepwalker on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:41
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  1. The Thousand and One Nights . Anonymous
  2. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter . Anonymous
  3. The Tale of Genji . Murasaki Shikibu
  4. Romance of the Three Kingdoms . Luó Guànzhong
  5. The Water Margin . Shi Nai'an & Luó Guànzhong
  6. The Golden Ass . Lucius Apuleius
  7. Tirant lo Blanc . Joanot Martorell
  8. La Celestina . Fernando de Rojas
  9. Amadis of Gaul . Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo
  10. The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes . Anonymous
  11. Gargantua and Pantagruel . François Rabelais
  12. The Lusiad . Luís Vaz de Camões
  13. Monkey: A Journey to the West . Wú Chéng'en
  14. Unfortunate Traveller .

BBC's Big Read - Top 100

Submitted by kasenka on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 12:05
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  • 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
  • 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  • 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
  • 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
  • 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
  • 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  • 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
  • 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
  • 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
  • 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
  • 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
  • 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
  • 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
  • 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
  • 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
  • 16.

Novels (mainly fiction & romance books)

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 12:15
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  1. Cecelia AHERN ~ Love, Rosie (ISBN: 0-7868-9076-2) qpb
  2. Cinnanmon BURKE ~ Lady Rogue (ISBN: 0-8439-3558-8) pb ~ futuristic romance
  3. Phoebe CONN ~ Captive Heart (ISBN: 0-8217-1569-0) pb ~ historical romance
  4. Saranne DAWSON ~ Awakenings (ISBN: 0-505-51921-6) pb ~ futuristic romance
  5. Marian KEYES ~ Anybody Out There (ISBN: 978-0-141-02988-7) pb
  6. Marian KEYES ~ This Charming Man (ISBN: 978-0-141-04060-8) pb
  7. Cassandra KING ~ The Same Sweet Girls (ISBN: 0-7868-9061-4) qpb
  8. Sophie KINSELLA ~ Remember Me?

Star Wars ~ miscellaneous books & etc (Sci-fi collection)

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 11:12
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  1. David West REYNOLDS ~ The Visual Dictionary: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Characters and Creatures (ISBN: 0-7894-3481-4) hc
  2. David West REYNOLDS ~ The Visual Dictionary: Episode I (ISBN: 0-7894-4701-0) hc
  3. David West REYNOLDS ~ The Visual Dictionary: Attack of the Clones (ISBN: 0-7894-8588-5) hc
  4. James LUCENO ~ The Visual Dictionary: Revenge of the Sith (ISBN: 0-7566-1128-8) hc
  5. Karen MILLER ~ The Clone Wars: Wild Space (ISBN: 978-0-345-50901-7) tpb
  6. Ryder WINDHAM ~ The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi (ISBN: 0-545-08559-4) hc
  7. Ryder WINDHAM ~ The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (ISBN: 0-

Star Wars (Sci-Fi book series)

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 08:11
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  1. Drew KARPYSHYN ~ [1020 yrs] Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (ISBN: 978-0-345-47737-8)
  2. Michael PEAVES ~ [32.5 years] Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (ISBN: 0-345-43541-5) pb
  3. Greg BEAR ~ [29 years] Rogue Planet (ISBN: 0-345-44540-0) pb
  4. Alan Dean FOSTER ~ [22.5 years] The Approaching Storm (ISBN: 0-345-44299-7) pb
  5. Matthew STOVER ~ [21.5 years] -A Clone Wars novel- Shatterpoint (ISBN: 978-0-345-45574-1) pb
  6. Steven BARNES ~ [21 yrs] -A Clone Wars novel- The Cestus Deception (ISBN: 0-345-45898-2) pb
  7. Michael REAVES & Steve PERRY (2-in-1 book) ~ [20 years] Medstar I: Battle Surgeons & Medst

To read.

Submitted by _Iva on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 05:38
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  • Beigbeder, Frederic - Praznici u komi
  • Beigbeder, Frederic - 129,90
  • Murakami, Haruki - Norveška šuma

Fantasy & Sci-Fi books

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 03:48
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  1. Roger MacBride ALLEN ~ The Depths of Time (ISBN: 0-553-57497-3) pb
  2. Chris BUNCH ~ The Last Legion: The Last Legion (ISBN: 0-451-45686-6) pb
  3. Chris BUNCH ~ Book Two of The Last Legion: Firemask (ISBN: 0-451-45687-4) pb
  4. Chris BUNCH ~ Book Three of The Last Legion: Stormforce (ISBN: 0-451-45688-2) pb
  5. Chris BUNCH ~ Book Four of The Last Legion: Homefall (ISBN: 0-451-45841-9) pb
  6. Chris BUNCH ~ Star Risk, LTD.

Clone of Books you should read if you want to consider yourself well-read

Submitted by Lendoxia on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 15:08
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  1. Kit Carson - John Abbott
  2. The King of the Mountains - Edmond About
  3. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  5. Watership Down - Richard Adams
  6. Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus
  7. A Death in the Family - James Agee
  8. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
  9. The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
  10. Fairy Tales and Stories - Hans Christian Anderson
  11. Beowulf - Anonymous
  12. Bible - Anonymous
  13. Davy Crockett - Anonymous
  14. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Anonymous
  15. Koran - Anonymous
  16. Mahabharata - Anonymous
  17. Njal's Saga - Anonymous
  18. Torah - Anonymous
  19. Kane and Abel - Jeffery Arch

Book's I've read.

Submitted by bvegas on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 09:50
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  • The Plot Against America - Phillip Roth
  • The Double - Jose Saramago
  • The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
  • Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
  • Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz
  • Heat - Bill Buford
  • When Things Start to Think - Neil Gershenfeld
  • Death of a Maid - M.C. Beaton
  • The Last Good Chance - Tom Barbash

Banned Books

Submitted by bravereader on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 16:11
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  • The Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century has been targeted. 42 of the books on its list are noted as 'banned.' (the following is only the banned books.) I have marked with an x the ones on the list that I have read.
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald x
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.