September 2014’s Best Nonfiction Books: 7 Must-Read Titles to Shake Up Your All-Fiction Diet Leslie Jamison. Roxane Gay. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Astra Taylor. I’ll admit that I fall into the latter camp. So, nonfiction, the spotlight’s all yours: There’s a deep look into fashion; a memoir on a gender transition that’ll hit you right in the gut; a curiously hilarious tale of hours passed in a mortuary; a couple of titles for the side of you that never left college; a book that’ll feed your fiery feminist; and, of course, Lena. When you’re done, come see our picks for September’s best fiction and best YA, too. Women In Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton, and 639 Others (Blue Rider Press; Sept. 4) What happens when Roxane Gay, Lena Dunham, Tavi Gevinson, Cindy Sherman, Kim Gordon, Rachel Kushner, and Kate Zambreno (that’s just the start, really) are sourced for a book helmed by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, and Leanne Shapton? Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man by Thomas Page McBee (City Lights; Sept. 9) Image: elbokkie/flickr
100 Best Novels « Modern Library ULYSSES by James Joyce Written as an homage to Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Ulysses follows its hero, Leopold Bloom, through the streets of Dublin. Overflowing with puns, references to classical literature, and stream-of-consciousness writing, this is a complex, multilayered novel about one day in the life of an ordinary man. Click here to read more about ULYSSES THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Set in the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby tells the story of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, his decadent parties, and his love for the alluring Daisy Buchanan. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce Published in 1916, James Joyce’s semiautobiographical tale of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, is a coming-of-age story like no other. Click here to read more about A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov Lolita tells the story of middle-aged Humbert Humbert’s love for twelve-year-old Dolores Haze. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller U.S.A. In E.
Lovereading UK - Reviews and Recommendations. Buy Books and eBooks, Read free Opening Extracts The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time 100 great nonfiction books: a list of must-read nonfiction books, essay collections, and classic journalism Essay Collections The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass A bulletproof collection of the best narrative nonfiction from the late 90s and early 00s. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace Between them, these collections cover all of DFW's best nonfiction. The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Spanning HST's golden age, includes journalism from National Observer, Rolling Stone and Scanlan's. Don't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff "The Indignities of Coach, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Endless Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems" What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell A collection of Gladwell's best New Yorker Essays. The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe Mythologies by Roland Barthes Meditations on everything from milk and striptease to toys and wrestling. Essays by E. G.K.
The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list | Books | The Observer 1. Don Quixote Miguel De CervantesThe story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza has entranced readers for centuries. • Harold Bloom on Don Quixote – the first modern novel 2. Pilgrim's Progress John BunyanThe one with the Slough of Despond and Vanity Fair. • Robert McCrum's 100 best novels: The Pilgrim's Progress 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68 On the Road Jack Kerouac The Beat Generation bible.• Read more about Kerouac and his coterie in the Beats week special• David Mills' response to Beats Week 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. Who did we miss?
untitled The 200 Greatest Adventure Novels of All Time What follows is a list of two hundred of my favorite adventure novels published before the Eighties (1984–93). They’re organized not qualitatively — that would be impossible — but chronologically. I’ve also listed another two hundred fifty second-tier favorite adventures, which you can peruse via the following posts: Best 19th Century Adventure (1805–1903) | Best Nineteen-Oughts Adventure (1904–13) | Best Nineteen-Teens Adventure (1914–23) | Best Twenties Adventure (1924–33) | Best Thirties Adventure (1934–43) | Best Forties Adventure (1944–53) | Best Fifties Adventure (1954–63) | Best Sixties Adventure (1964–73) | Best Seventies Adventure (1974–83). Enjoy! And please let me know what I’ve overlooked. Why does my Top Adventures List project stop in 1983? In chronological order: 1814. 1820. 1844. 1851. 1870. 1883. 1885. 1887. 1894. 1897. 1901. 1904. 1905. 1908. 1910. 1912. 1912.
Top 25 Best Fantasy Books This one is full to the brim with gritty, amoral, cynical dark humor. A different sort of fantasy, but one that's extremely refreshing, disturbing, and entertaining -- one of the best fantasy reads to come out the past couple years. Even as we near 2015, The Prince of Thorns still stands tall among other strong fantasy books. For a dark, gritty, anti-hero driven fantasy, I felt strong Abercrombie vibes. This is the brutal story of Prince Jorg, a teenage princeling who abandoned his father's castle after witnessing the murder of his mother and brother. The narration is first person and well done at that -- I haven't been so entertained by first person narration in ages. Lawrence has managed to do well what few authors ever do: create a compelling anti-hero -- arguably one of the most complex and interesting in the whole fantasy genre. Well Lawrence does not fall into these trappings. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are looking for a darker sort of tale.
Top 25 Best Science Fiction Books Love Science Fiction? Hate wasting time reading the trash? Then read this definitive guide to the Top 25 Science Fiction Books in the genre. It's been a long time in coming, but the NEW Top 25 Best Science Fiction list has been released January 2016. There's a LOT more thought put into the list here than the old list (which is still a great list) and the picks are more representative of the genre as a whole. This list presents my picks for the Top 25 Science Fiction Books. I know that just like my Best Fantasy Books list, you can’t please everyone. You can read my deeper look into the Science Fiction genre and my reasoning’s for my picks below, or you can just jump to the list. What’s Qualifies as “The Best?” This is a tricky one. Many of the best “classics” science fictions are heavy on ground breaking ideas but pretty light on story and characters. These are my top 25 picks for the best science fiction books ever written.
Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after — we assure you — much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). So, at last, here are your favorite science-fiction and fantasy novels. 1.