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This is a Goodreads list where you can vote on your favorites from the Telegraph's picks. 
From novels to manifestos and jeremiads, the author and academic selects the best reading about the network that is shaping our world... An interesting selection--great if you just want to feel well-read. 
More than 60,000 ballots were cast in our annual summer readers' poll. Here's a printable list of the top 100 winners. 
This is kind of the Big List of Books I Haven't Heard Of (yes, ended with a preposition, Natural Language Rules OK) but for those of you who like to be in the vanguard, be my guest. 
Aaand from the other side of the Pond, a top-selling thriller writer chooses his best books of all time for Waterstone’s Writer’s Table. Fascinating to see how the reader and board lists differ. Personally, I prefer the board's list. Congratulations, you've been accepted to [insert name of college here]! Now read these. 
Author David Shields can't live without these books. How many have you read? Indie author Deanna Knippling gives us her view on the best banned books. 
New titles from Toni Morrison, John Irving, Michael Chabon, and more... |
American writers ranked by the amount of scholarly words written about them. 
A few offerings from Amazon for January 2012. 
Not strictly a book list. But if you want to know who's hot in American poetry right now, here's a nice list. I have no idea who the pretty woman is. 
50 Best Of The Best Graphic Novels - Whether you're a die hard fan or totally new to the world of speech bubbles, our selection of the best of the best in graphic novels is an outstanding testament ... 
The children's writer explores tales of journeys through time from HG Wells to Jeanette Winterson... Another 100 best. A strong emphasis on American lit. in the board list, while the readers appear to be Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard fanboys. 
The Radcliffe Publishing Course's 1998 list of the 20th century's top novels. A pretty good selection in this Curator's opinion. You may have to retire for the rest of your life to get through THIS reading list. It's heavy (and heady!) stuff. 
Author Amy Julia Becker picks some favorite books that may help you understand disability better. 
A list of historical novels set in nineteenth century America. |
