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. Initially banned in the United States but overturned by a legal challenge by Random House’s Bennett Cerf, Ulysses was called “a memorable catastrophe” (Virginia Woolf), “a book to which we are all indebted” (T. 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. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov 1984 by George Orwell
Favorites on my kindle List of best-selling books According to Guinness World Records, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time with over 5 billion copies sold and distributed.[2] However, the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, also known as the Little Red Book, has produced a wide array of sales and distribution figures — with some sources claiming over 6.5 billion printed volumes,[3] others claiming the distribution ran into the "billions,"[4] and others citing "over a billion" official volumes between 1966 and 1969 alone as well as "untold numbers of unofficial local reprints and unofficial translations."[5][6] The Qur'an is also widely reported to be one of the most printed and distributed books worldwide,[7][8][9] with billions of copies believed to be in existence. Exact print figures for these and other books may also be missing or unreliable since these kinds of books may be produced by many different and unrelated publishers, in some cases over many centuries. List of best-selling individual books[edit] Notes[edit]
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. Any one of these books is capable of leaving you feeling a little depressed at the least, and permanently scarred at the worst. I’d say enjoy, but that doesn’t really seem appropriate … 10. Blindness is a book with a truly horrifying scenario at it’s heart: what if everyone in the world were to lose their sight to disease in a short period of time? 9. Anti drug crusaders should stop airing goofy commercials that nobody takes seriously and start pushing to have Requiem For A Dream made required reading for every high schooler in the country. 8. Naked Lunc is another ode to drug addiction. 7. 6. Bleak. 5.
Summer 2012 Reading List | Washington Week Looking for some good summer reading? Check out the books Gwen and the Washington Week panelists recommend for the beach, the car, the plane or the pool. From fiction to politics, history to biography, there is something for everybody. "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4" by Robert A. Every political reporter says he or she is reading Robert Caro's "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power." - Gwen Ifill, Washington Week Volume four in Caro’s remarkable biography of Lyndon Johnson is another tour de force and a book that seems to be on every political junkie’s summer list. - Dan Balz, The Washington Post Having read Caro’s prior works tracing LBJ’s life, how could I skip the one where he languishes in the vice presidency and then ascends to the presidency in the tragedy of John F. "The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity" by Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs(Simon & Schuster) - Gloria Borger, CNN - Alla Lora, Washington Week
Nymn's Best of Favourite Bickering Couples & Romantic Tension (100 books) Short & simple: This is my list (Nymn's best) so please, please stop adding books I dislike or don't know of. Please respect my wishes! This is a list of my top favourite teen fiction, fantasy, science fiction, romance and romantic fantasy books with the best and funniest argumentative couples and couples to be. Personally, I love such dialogue in books and movies but surprisingly, I can never find lists for any other similar recommendation. Hence the creation of my own. ***Note-Please Read: I know I'm going to sound arrogant and pompous but do please try to understand.
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