The most annoying sound in the world. 12 Classic Books That Define Your Summer [COMIC] Summer is almost upon on us here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means sunbaths on the beach, outdoor sports and other activities associated with the warmest months of the year. It's also time for summer reading, whether you're a student fulfilling a curriculum requirement or just finally finding the time to read leisurely. In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics redesigns the covers of classic books to describe the various aspects of your summer. Does it hit home for you? You can purchase Snider's comics as prints through his poster shop. The Generation's Best Books. June 20, 2007 | Comments ( View Guides | June 20, 2007 | Comments ( As promised, Pajiba presents The Generation’s Best Books as defined by our readers.
I’m sure many will find egregious omissions and outrageous additions, but overall, I think you did a damn fine job — this top 15 list encompasses the high-brow, the sci-fi, the romance, the best sellers, and the cult favorites — much to our dismay, there are even two Oprah selections on the list (we can’t help it that she picks a decent novel on occasion). And certainly arguments could be made for the inclusion of many other books, but it’s hard to argue with the choices below.
The criteria was pretty simple — using our book diversion from a few weeks back, we tallied up the mentions from your top five lists. We did limit the list to one book per author (for variety), although we weighed an author’s entire body of work when making the placement determination. And with that, here are the Top 15 Books of this Generation. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. Comedy. A List of Lists of Books. » Dave Enjoys.
Books to Pass Down to Children. 50 Greatest Books of All Time by Globe and Mail - The Greatest Books. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985.[1] The foreword is by Michael Moorcock. Primarily the book comprises 100 short essays on the selected works, covered in order of publication, without any ranking. It is considered an important critical summary of the science fiction field.[2][3][4] Scope[edit] In the introduction Pringle offers the working definition, "Science fiction is a form of fantastic fiction which exploits the imaginative perspectives of modern science.
" Within fantastic fiction he distinguishes science fiction from "Supernatural Horror" and "Heroic Fantasy". In contrast, science fiction has a real world setting and "fantastic developments which are explicable in terms of the scientific world-view. " The time period covered is approximately that for science fiction as a category of book publication, although the selected books were not all published in that category.[8] 10 Sci-Fi Books That Even Non-Geeks Would Love. Well, At Least There Was Good Stuff to Read: The Books of the Decade | Books. Anybody remember how anxious and thrilled we were in those last months of the 20th century? When we weren't at war and we had a budget surplus and it looked like Al Gore would be president?
The prospect of a 21st century filled with new technologies, new art and literature loomed large and bright. But now, as we look back at what was decidedly a shitty decade for an incredible variety of people in an equally incredible variety of ways (evictions/invasions/bombings/etc), it's surprisingly hard to be pessimistic about the books that assessed, satirized, dramatized and distracted us from the events of the past 10 years. Goethe said that the decline of a nation's literature is the precursor to that nation's fall, and with this look back at the books that defined the decade, we'd like to tell Goethe to suck it.
Almost in spite of ourselves, we're still writing, translating, publishing and even occasionally buying good books in this country. Top 10 Best Books For Inquiring Minds. Books We have done a number of previous book lists that have featured some very popular books. It seems, with Christmas just around the corner, that we ought to do a special list of books that are perfect as gifts for the kinds of people that frequent out site – people seeking after new knowledge and trivia. This list is books is hand picked by me for no reason other than I have either read them and enjoyed them, or they have been extremely big sellers amongst our readers. Be sure to buy some for your friends or loved ones, or buy one for yourself for some reading over the Christmas break. The Greatest Stories Never Told Rick Beyer Buy this book from Amazon This is history candy — the good stuff.
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things Charles Panati Buy this book at Amazon If you enjoy trivia and unusual facts, then Charles Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, is the perfect book. Book of Secrets Thomas Eaton Buy this book at Amazon The Book of General Ignorance Bill Bryson Bonus. The Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth Century - Library Journal list. The Modern Era. 11 Most Ironically Banned Books Of All Time. Saturday, September 26th through Saturday, October 3rd is the 27th annual National Banned Books Week, a week that opposes censorship, the Thought Police, and closeted gay "family values" types who sublimate their man-on-man urges through rampant and vigorous homophobia.
Long time readers of this website will know I hate three things: Internet commenters who misuse your and you're... hypocrisy... and you're mom. Today's list is going after hypocrisy. (It would go after your mom, but her ass is too big to fit anything after it.) I searched through lists of books that have been banned at one time or another (mostly in the U.S.), and found the ones whose bans were the most hypocritical, ignorant, and, based on the content of the books, ironic. 1. This gets the number one spot because, ya know, it's an entire novel about the future government banning (and burning) books because they could inspire critical thought. 2. 3. 4. How did the Ayatollah react when the book came out?
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The Greatest Books: The Best Books of All Time - 1 to 50. Kenopsia. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language—to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t yet have a word for. The author's mission is to capture the aches, demons, vibes, joys and urges that roam the wilderness of the psychological interior. Each sorrow is bagged, tagged and tranquilized, then released gently back into the subconscious. ▸ visit the facebook page to hear the backstory behind each word ▸ follow on twitter (@obscuresorrows) for whatever reason ▸ send me a tumblr message describing emotions you need words for ▸ send me an email via obscuresorrows@gmail.com JOHN KOENIG is a designer and commercial director who lives in St. He is currently writing a book version of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Copyright © 2013 John Koenig. 50 Amazing and Essential Novels to Enrich Your Library.
Post written by Leo Babauta. I recently ran into a couple of reading lists (I’ll share them at the end) and realized that I LOVE reading book recommendations. I can’t get enough of them. So I decided to compile my own (somewhat eclectic) list of novels I think are amazing and essential to every library. I hope you enjoy it. I should make some notes before diving in. Another note: there are actually many more books listed here than 50 — a number of those listed are actually series of books, in a couple cases series that include 20 or more books. There are classics here, but there are cheap thrillers and popular fiction and even a few “kids” books. If you could fill your library with only 50 books, you could do much worse than choose these 50. Not in any order but just in the order they came to me: King Lear, by Shakespeare. Some other lists of books I’ve enjoyed recently:
The Staff Recommends: Home. Get (Almost) Any Book For Free: 100+ (Kosher) Sites Offering Great Literature for Download. 10 Essential Books for Book Nerds. What makes a book nerd? Reading a lot of books — and liking to talk about said books — is a major requirement, of course, but there’s often something a little more nebulous involved: book nerds are the kinds of people who get a little thrill when walking into a bookstore, who press volumes into their friends’ hands with serious promises of life changing moments, who are fascinated by following the many tangled threads through authors and literature, happily wandering wherever they might lead. Robin Sloan’s recently published Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is a book for such people — if you can’t already tell from the title.
If you count yourself among them (or are looking for a gift for the same), we’ve put together a list of books you might want to consider taking a look at. Click through to read through our list of essential books for book nerds — and since you’re probably not a true book nerd if you’re satisfying with ten, add your own picks to our list in the comments! Mr. 74 Books to Read if You Love the Hunger Games. If you haven't read the Hunger Games you really should! They're pretty awesome. Check them out: If you're already a fan of the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins...
You should add these books to your to be read pile! (The recommendations are in no particular order.) Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie In a world where Officials pick your perfect mate, what happens when you’ve two choices? Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner A boy wakes up in a Glade with other boys knowing only his name, not how he got there, or how to escape the enclosed walls. Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry A young boy is given the job to retain the Community’s memories and to advise them using that knowledge, but he doesn’t like what he sees when he knows the past. Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau A city of light amidst the darkness begins to go black and survival means finding a way out by going through the unknown. Uglies Quartet by Scott Westerfeld Selection Trilogy by Kiera Cass UPDATE: Novellas added to series: The Prince , The Guard. The 20 Best Books for Language Lovers.
Seeing as how the entirety of organic history exists thanks to communication — even rudimentary chemical exchanges between cells qualify — it makes perfect sense that many find the concept utterly engaging. Language pervades everything, building and destroying as time marches ever forward. And while even the most learned scholars can't even begin to fully explain its physiology, origins, structures and pretty much every other component, they've certainly done a pretty lovely job scratching the surface. Maybe a subcutaneous layer or two. While far more illuminating reads beyond these sit on the shelves, crammed with gripping concepts, the following provide a fantastic introduction. Diverse perspectives and suggestions abound, but don't think these necessarily represent all the possible answers! Why You Say It by Webb Garrison: As one can probably ascertain from the title, Why You Say It explores the unusual (if not outright unexpected) origins of various English idioms.
Assigned Reading: The Ultimate Hipster Reading List. There are a million suggested reading lists out there, especially now that it’s the end of the year/decade/life as we know it. So how’s an aspiring literary hipster to know which books are most important in terms of street cred and general knowing-it-all-ness? We decided to go straight to the source, and to that end, we’ve collected a few of our favorite and most knowledgeable lit-hipsters’ own hit lists for your cred-building convenience. Most of the books and stories suggested here are completely awesome, and we’re pretty confident that these people know what they’re talking about (most of them create some not-too-shabby literature themselves), so we suggest that the anti-hipsters among you might do well to read on too. After all, we mean hipster in the good way (this time). Blake Butler (author of Scorch Atlas, editor of HTMLGiant): (Our favorite selections from his list of 25 Important Books of the ’00s – for the full article click here) Read his explication at The Millions.
David J. 50 Greatest Books of All Time by Globe and Mail - The Greatest Books. Book recommendations for people who like The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Candace's Book Blog. Owner Makes Lifejacket For Pet Fish Called Einstein Who Can't Swim.