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The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
The list starts in order with the first ten books: the I Ching (an ancient Chinese divination text), the Hebrew Bible (a version of which serves as the "Old Testament" of the Christian Bible), the Iliad and Odyssey, the Upanishads (a collection of ancient Indian philosophical texts), the Tao Te Ching, the Avesta, the Analects, the History of ...
The highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: 1998 [1] Crime Writers' Association: The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time: 1990 [2] [3] Grafton Books by David Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels: 1988 Larry McCaffery: 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction: 1999 Le Monde: Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century ...
“I think there's so much pressure to read what are the big, important books, the big, buzzy literary books,” Freeman says. “I'm seeing more and more people, especially women, not being ...
According to the Oprah magazine, Oprah herself has said that The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle has single handedly changed the course of her life and continues to guide her to this day. The Soul ...
It is often simply called a book club, a term that may cause confusion with a book sales club. Other terms include reading group, book group, and book discussion group. Book discussion clubs may meet in private homes, libraries, bookstores, online forums, pubs, and cafés, or restaurants, sometimes over meals or drinks.
Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian: Verdensbiblioteket) is a series of classical books, mostly novels, published by the Norwegian Book Clubs [] since 2002. It is based on a list of the hundred best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Book Club. [1]