Recommended reading.
It’s the end of the year, which means we’re all up to our necks in Best-of-2011 lists, and everyone’s behind on their reading. But that’s no reason not to forge ahead and check out the new stuff hitting shelves this month — after all, we know you’re about to have some cozy holiday downtime to catch up on everything.
10 New Must-Reads for December
10 Lost Novels the World Found Again
This past week, Jack Kerouac’s first-ever novel, The Sea is My Brother , was finally published 40 years after his death.In what seems like a pretty clear argument against all the publishing industry doomsday hype, 2011 has been an uncommonly good year for debut novels.
With a Bang: The Best Debut Novels of 2011
10 Mighty Manly Books to Outfit Your Man Cave
Recently, it was drawn to our attention that there exists an online bookstore whose wares are meant for dudes and dudes alone. Yes, it’s The Man Cave .
Curiouser and Curiouser! 10 of Literature’s Trippiest Books
Today is the birthday of the venerable Lewis Carroll, creator of what is arguably the best-loved children’s tale of all time, Alice in Wonderland . He’s also the author of one of the trippiest, most psychedelic books of all time, which is, um, also Alice in Wonderland . To celebrate the occasion of his birth (he would be 180 years old today), we’ve collected the texts that we consider to be the trippiest books of all time, “trippy,” in this case, being defined as “resembling or inducing the hallucinatory effect produced by taking a psychedelic drug.”
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, love is in the air… but wait a second, what is love, anyway?
Books That Will Change the Way You Think About Love
10 Books That Should Be Challenged Instead of ’50 Shades of Grey’
Every year, we hear about the hugely depressing spectacle of books being challenged and removed from American libraries and schools because someone out there objects to their content (usually on the grounds of depictions of people enjoying themselves in bed.) This week it was hugely successful erotic novel 50 Shades of Grey , which has been removed from the shelves of libraries in parts of Florida for its depictions of, y’know, people having sex. Absurd as the whole situation is, it did get us thinking about some books that are far more deserving of being removed from library shelves than EL James’s sexual exploits. Obligatory disclaimer: we’re of course not in the market for banning any books, but we’d much prefer to find the kiddies reading 50 Shades of Grey than any of this lot. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The charges: tedium, long-windedness, philosophical unpleasantness
The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time
In my younger days if I heard a book or movie was disturbing or hard to handle I generally took that as a challenge. Most books generally turned out to not be too bad, but occasionally I’d come across something that would leave me with a sick feeling in my stomach for weeks. I’ve largely outgrown this “genre” of late, but here are my picks for the ten most disturbing books of all time.The Top Ten Crime and Mystery Novels of 2009 | Literary Kicks
You may be wondering why someone would write a top ten of 2009 list three months into 2010.
Teacher's Top 100 Books for Children
The following list was compiled from an online survey in 2007.The ten novels on this list all substantiate the belief that books are the most elastic, introspective, human and entertaining form of media that exist. Not movies, not music, not art, not the theatre.
Top 10 Best Novels of the Last 20 Years
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