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- A bit weird though that they list both Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) and The LW&W separately.
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That maybe to check you 
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Not so weird, or at least not so inconsistent.
They listed "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" and "Hamlet" separately. "Hamlet" happens to be the one play most widely read.
And "The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe" is the first book in the Narnia series. And is the most widely read.
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19, one of them being on my top list, Irving's one.
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I'm actually reading an other Irving novel these days - a fat one...
The Cider House Rules
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Yes, The Cider House Rules is a very good one. I could also recommend you The World According to Garp and The Water Method Man.
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I had Garp, and now listed The Water Method Man... 
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Quote: Your Results 50 of 100 books 50% Global Rank
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Just a few more, although I read a lot and a lot of books were left out of the list. I won't start listing them here as it would go on for pages. I noticed they had the Bible but not the Koran (both of which I have read). They also left out the greatest book of all time, "Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick - which is a lot deeper than it seems and was made into one of my favourite movies of all time, "Bladerunner".
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: noticed they had the Bible but not the Koran
Also missed out Bhagavad Gita, my favorite English translation of which is this[^]; though I prefer to read those with Sanskrit and Kannada commentaries.
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I guess it comes with the intended audience, explains the choice of the other books, or lack thereof, as well
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I don't take any list of that kind without Terry Pratchett seriously!
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36, which means, as I read a minimum of 100 books a year, either that I read some real rubbish or this list is too random to be representative of anything much. I'm choosing to believe the latter!
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Member 9082365 wrote: this list is too random to be representative of anything much
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Couldn't agree more! The only possible reason to exclude him might be because it's a list of "classics", but that's definitely not the case here: Douglas Adams, Aldus Huxley, Audrey Niffenegger, etc. But not Terry? Come on! He's head and shoulders above those - they're only worthy to be book-stands to his collection.
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Hey, Pterry IS classic! 
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Hey, Pterry IS classic!
Too right you are! ... BUT he's not OLD!
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According to the USA Library of Congress, the most influential book in America for decades (after the Bible), has been Atlas Shrugged. Why is it not on the list? Is it because the list was compiled by the BBC?
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
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Like most news organisations, the BBC tends to attract people of a certain political bent. I doubt Atlas Shrugged would be on the recommended reading list of any news organisation.
There is a very good book by Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society, that examines intellectuals and intellectualism. Whether or not you agree with his thesis, I think you will find it an interesting read.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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From the little I know about the BBC, I do believe you are right. I will look into the book by Thomas Sowell. Thanks!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
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I did some research on the book. It looks interesting, so I ordered it from Amazon. Thanks for your suggestion!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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You beat me - I only read 44
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This list is plain stupid: I don't see Italo Calvino, Alessandro Manzoni, Dante Alighieri, Italo Svevo, Leonardo Sciascia, Giovanni Verga or Luigi Pirandello in any of those authors.
That's just for Italian literature, because internationally I couldn't see Tolstoj, Chekhov or Erich Maria Remarque, just to name a few.
Still, it names Dan Brown - ok let's put Clive Cussler in it just to raise the level 
EDIT: it misses all of the Epic genre, as the Odissey, Aeneid and Iliad (which I read aged 12), it misses (if I did not miss it) Edgar Allan Poe.
I will not name any investigative book (only Conan Doyle is named), whreas I read almost the entire bibliography of Rex Stout, Ellery Queen and Agatha Christie.
EDIT 2: There was Tolstoj, my bad. The rest is unchanged though...
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den2k88 wrote: I couldn't see Tolstoj
Well, they do list his "War and Piece" as well as "Anna Karenina". But I agree - that list is not perfect. Even if they just used darts to determine which were in and which were out I'd expect a better list.
den2k88 wrote: (only Conan Doyle is named)
Agreed ... One I cannot understand why they didn't include him (especially as the Sherlock Holmes novels were inspired by some of his): Edgar Allan Poe!
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Sorry I saw it NOW looking again, my phone showed me only half of the list.
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I agree with you about Dan Brown (one of God's little jokes on the ignorant readership of today).
But chucking in a whole bunch of non-English authors is coming it a bit strong.
Also, keep in mind that, to English-speaking readers, only Russian and Japanese novelists write convincingly.
Romance language authors, in particular, are stuck in a kind of "picaresque", broad, and psychologically naive mode.
Not because they lack skill, but because that mode is most conducive to sending the clunky political messages which they believe is the purpose of novel writing.
Bar those South Americans who are positively influenced by Borges, of course.
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