Greatest Books
- Beschrijving
- 40 books: the greatest books. 1 The Odyssey. 1 Robinson Crusoe. 21 books from the 1789-1991 canon (the long nineteenth century and the short twentienth century), 1 Nineties book, 1 Noughties book, 5 books from the 2010s with an international flavour, 5 iconic SFFH books, and 5 history books for historical context.
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door Daniel Defoe
24,813 leden
321 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 7.61
Toegevoegd 2018-09-23, 05:51 PM
- 3 Members
- jr33rpm, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- jr33rpm: 📒2022. 22 novels chosen from "the canon" begin with this. Next are 21 novels from 1789-1991. (Long nineteenth century plus the short twentieth.)
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door Herman Melville
35,502 leden
540 besprekingen
3.8
Score 7.61
Toegevoegd 2018-09-20, 04:14 PM
- 3 Members
- jr33rpm, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 greatest novels (2003), the Observer's (McCrum's) 100 best novels (2015).
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17,108 leden
315 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 6.9
Toegevoegd 2018-09-20, 04:15 PM
- 3 Members
- jr33rpm, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 greatest novels (2003).
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- 3 Members
- jr33rpm, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 best novels (2015).
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door Arthur Conan Doyle
5,044 leden
169 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6.71
Toegevoegd 2018-09-20, 04:15 PM
- 3 Members
- jr33rpm, jenniferw88, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 best novels (2015).
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door Mary Shelley
42,555 leden
708 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6.25
Toegevoegd 2019-10-10, 11:59 AM
- 2 Members
- jr33rpm, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 greatest novels (2003), the Observer's (McCrum's) 100 best novels (2015).
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door Paul Langford
195 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 5.82
Toegevoegd 2018-09-23, 05:45 PM
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- jr33rpm, jenniferw88
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- jr33rpm: 📕2022.
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- 2 Members
- jr33rpm, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📜2022. David Pringle's Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.
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door Sally Rooney
6,831 leden
270 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 5.61
Toegevoegd 2019-09-09, 08:46 AM
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- jr33rpm, jenniferw88
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- jr33rpm: 📔2019.☑️ The 2010s, Ireland.
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door Charlotte Brontë
58,838 leden
913 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5.56
Toegevoegd 2018-09-24, 08:46 AM
- 2 Members
- jr33rpm, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 greatest novels (2003), the Observer's (McCrum's) 100 best novels (2015).
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- 2 Members
- jr33rpm, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📔2023. Alan Moore says "the current century's first landmark work of fantasy."
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door Emily Brontë
51,885 leden
698 besprekingen
3.9
Score 4.61
Toegevoegd 2019-10-10, 11:59 AM
- 2 Members
- jr33rpm, ManWithAnAgenda
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- jr33rpm: 📒2023. The Observer's (McCrum's) 100 greatest novels (2003), the Observer's (McCrum's) 100 best novels (2015).
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door D. H. Lawrence
4,144 leden
48 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 4.18
Toegevoegd 2018-09-20, 04:16 PM
- 2 Members
- jr33rpm, jenniferw88
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- jr33rpm: 📒2024. 12 short 20thC - TIME, Observer (McCrum), Bowie, Burgess, Bloom's Appendix D. This, Observer 100 greatest & 100 best, Appendix D.
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