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Should I delete the Anne Frank entry then or just leave it (you can leave it out of final tally or however you are going to arrange.)
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03-25-2015, 12:19 PM | #33 |
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1931-1940 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien /1937
1951-1960 The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester /1955 1961-1970 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov /1966 1971-1980 Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky /1972 1981-1990 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman /1990 1991-2000 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin /1996 |
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Just a little correction. It was written in '71, published in '72 according to wikipedia. Not that this changes things much, but still.
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These are three that come to mind off the top of my head...
1964 - A Moment In Time by H.E. Bates 1953 - The Charioteer by Mary Renault 1982 - House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende |
03-25-2015, 01:47 PM | #38 |
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1961 - 1970 Ringworld by Larry Niven
1971 - 1980 To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Phillip Jose Farmer Apache |
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1971-1980 The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
1981-1990 Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy bernie |
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1901-1910 Arthur Conan Doyle, Hound of the Baskervilles
1911-1920 Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome 1921-1930 Herman Hesse, Siddhartha |
03-25-2015, 04:32 PM | #41 |
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My suggestions would be:
1901 - Thomas Mann Buddenbrooks 1931 - Kurt Tucholsky Schloß Gripsholm 1914 - Heinrich Mann Der Untertan 1931 - Dashiell Hammett The glass key 1927/28 - Dashiell Hammett Red Harvest 1927 - B. Traven The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1901 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles 1955 - Léo Malet Fièvre au Marais, (titre initial : L’Ours et la Culotte) 1931 - Georges Simenon Le Chien jaune 1960 - Graham Greene A Burnt-Out Case |
03-25-2015, 07:46 PM | #42 |
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Personally, I have problems with a "best" list. By what standards do you judge?
Having said that, I'll give it a go. Note: the title said "books" not novels... 1901-1910 - under consideration 1911-1920 - a real toughie. two books, that look at the same problem from two totally different perspectives. Yet in a way they dovetail together. Mak Twain - The Mysterious Stranger and James Branch Cabell - The Cream of The Jest. 1921-1930 - Dashiell Hammett - Red Harvest 1931-1940 - Olaf Stapledon - Odd John 1941-1950 - James Michener - Tales of The South Pacific From here on, I could list a dozen books per decade 1951-1960 - Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged - (A side comment - best written, no; most beloved, no; hated by many, yes. So why on a best list. Say what you will about it, it has had the most influence on society, good or bad (depending on your viewpoint) than any other single fiction book of the 20th century. Define "best".) 1961-1970 - Frank Herbert - Dune 1971-1980 - Harlan Ellison - Deathbird Stories 1981-1990 - Louis L'Amour - Last of the Breed 1991-2000 - too new for me to evaluate... |
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There are just too many good books in each decade to try a select one but here are a couple more. 1941 - 1950 - Animal Farm (George Orwell) I could just as easily have chosen 1984 but someone else did. On the other hand, Animal Farm remains one of the best analysis of the Bolsheviks and their "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" 1961 - 1970 - The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick) Certainly one of his best. I have no problem with Atlas Shrugged. When I read it (I was 19), I thought it was fairly well written and a not bad story. When I read it again later I thought it was Rand channelling Hugo. Not bad but not in the same league as '93 (my favourite Hugo). |
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1901-1910 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair(1906)
1911-1920 Main Street by Sinclair Lewis(1920) 1921-1930 The Trial by Franz Kafka(1925) 1930-1931 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck(1931) 1941-1950 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell(1949) 1951-1960 Lord of The Flies by William Golding(1954) 1961-1970 Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.(1969). 1971-1980 The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich(1977) 1981-1990 The Bonfire of The Vanities by Tom Wolfe(1987) 1991-2000 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay By Michael Chabon(2000) |
03-25-2015, 10:31 PM | #45 |
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Some of my nominations are of great books that I doubt others will nominate, not necessarily the ones I thought were the absolute best (which is impossible and varies by the day of the week). They are books I have recommended or even urged others to read, whereas some of my favourite books don't meet that criteria since I'm not sure they would appeal to many people.
While thinking about this thread, I was surprised to realize that my mental best ever list contains a couple of books that predate the 20th century (Hunger by Knut Hamsun and The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde). It is also littered with books from the 21st century (Life of Pi, The Road, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Kite Runner, etc., etc., etc.). I guess I do live in the present. I had the most trouble with the 60s and 70s since that's when I grew up. I chose books from that era which appeal to a younger me. For a few decades my favourite book was a non-fiction one which made it hard to pick a fiction one instead. Here is the list: some are fun, some are sappy, some are important, some are even all three. 00s The Call of the Wild by Jack London 10s The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 20s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 30s The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 40s 1984 by George Orwell 50s The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey 60s Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys 70s The Princess Bride by William Goldman 80s A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 90s The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Last edited by Synamon; 03-25-2015 at 10:35 PM. |
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