Good Reading: A Guide for Serious Readers Good Reading began as a list of college reading. It has since been much expanded to include significant works in literature, history, regional studies, humanities, social sciences, and science. At the front are four checklists of "101 Significant Books," "A Short List of Books to Read on Vacation," "A Short List of Books to Read Before Entering College," and "A Short List of Books to Read After Retirement." Frequently Asked Questions Who wrote this list? See the heading above and the credit below to find out who wrote this list. Why isn't my favorite author listed here? This list may not include your favorite author, but he or she may be on other Great Books lists. See the Great Books FAQ for more about the Great Books and these lists of them. This page: 101 Significant Books | A Short List of Books to Read on Vacation | A Short List of Books to Read before Entering College | A Short List of Books to Read after Retirement 101 Significant Books Ancient Times Middle Ages and Renaissance 1. Drama:
Quote Investigator | Dedicated to the Exploring and Tracing of Quotations Borges' Book Selections: The Library of Babel and A Personal Library The Argentinian fiction writer, essayist, and librarian Jorge Luis Borges selected the following titles for two series, "The Library of Babel" and "A Personal Library." Who wrote this list? See the heading above and the credit below to find out who wrote this list. Why isn't my favorite author listed here? This list may not include your favorite author, but he or she may be on other Great Books lists. See the Great Books FAQ for more about the Great Books and these lists of them. The Library of Babel Jack London, The Concentric Deaths Jorge Luis Borges, August 25 1983 Gustav Meyrink, Cardinal Napellus Léon Bloy, Discourteous Tales Giovanni Papini, The Escaping Mirror Oscar Wilde, The Crime of Lord Arthur Savile Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, The Guest at the Last Banquet Pedro de Alarcón, The Friend of Death Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener William Beckford, Vathek H. A Personal Library Julio Cortázar, Stories & 3. The content of this page may belong to the author.
Curiosity Quotes Aww, come on. I don’t bite…hard. Aprilynne Pike You’re always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. Richard Bach Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others. Virginia Woolf Sometimes dreaming isn’t enough. Adeline Everything is a tale, Martin. Carlos ruiz zafon It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered. Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink. that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.
Great Books Lists: Lists of Classics, Eastern and Western As seen in A Guide to Oriental Classics, Whole Earth magazine, Winter 2002. (A revised version of the article is available at author Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools site.) This page: Introduction | Western Canon | Eastern and World Canons | Contemporary Canon | Other Lists of Great Books | My Reading Lists | Indexes to these Great Books Lists Introduction Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) What are the Great Books? Western Canon Eastern and World Canons Approaches to the Asian Classics. Contemporary Canon Other Lists of Great Books Other Lists of Great Books - An annotated bibliography of some other sources of Great Books lists, both in books and on the Web My Reading Lists My Reading Lists (Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, China, Middle Ages) Indexes to these Great Books Lists
15 Oxymorons" An oxymoron is a combination of words that contradict each other. Here are some of our favorites. 1. virtual reality 2. original copy 3. old news 4. act naturally 5. pretty ugly 6. living dead 7. jumbo shrimp 8. rolling stop 9. constant variable 10. exact estimate 11. paid volunteers 12. civil war 13. sound of silence 14. clever fool 15. only choice Helen Davies, Marjorie Dorfman, Mary Fons, Deborah Hawkins, Martin Hintz, Linnea Lundgren, David Priess, Julia Clark Robinson, Paul Seaburn, Heidi Stevens, and Steve Theunissen
Summer Reading List - Summer Books - Oprah.com booklist Note: writing how-to books is a thriving business for a lot of people who have sold little or no fiction professionally. I'd strongly advise you to look for books on how to write that are written by working writers who have published fiction credits--these are the people who are actually doing the work you want to do, and their advice is going to be the most accurate and useful. This same advice applies to writing classes and seminars, too: make sure you know a teacher's professionally published credentials before you sign up! Here are some writing books I've found to be most useful: HOW TO WRITE BESTSELLING FICTION by Dean R. Koontz (Writer's Digest Books, 1981, ISBN 0-89879-045-X) is out of print, unfortunately, but it can still be found at libraries and used bookstores. Other Essential Books A good dictionary. More to come... I plan to add more books to this list, so check back from time to time.
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