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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
It seems to me that there is a lot of debate about what would be the essential 100 books of all time.
I'd be happy to start a new thread where people here can nominate their favourite 10 books, say, and I'll compile a top 100 (or maybe 50) list from that if enough people respons.
Before I do that, though, I'd be interested to know if people think it's a good idea (maybe it's been done before?) and whether or not we should have some stipulations (e.g. not all sci-fi, the ten books chosen have to be from a variety of decades (or centuries), all English language (or widely available in translation), that kind of thing.
Please let me know - I'm happy to start such a thread and pull all the results together.
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Nice idea
How about something like this?
The MR International Essential Books of all Time List suggestions. (Fiction) [Non-discussion Thread]
and a second thread or in the same thread....
The MR International Essential Books of all Time List suggestions. (Non-Fiction)[Non-discussion Thread]
*[Separate threads in: English forum / German forum / French forum - Language forums can contain suggestions from other languages ie., Spanish in the English forum etc.]
*List no more than 5 essential books and the universal aspect of each that makes it qualify as an essential book (in your opinion).
To keep the thread on topic of lists and aspects of universal appeal, and not digress into various side debates of another member's personal listed choices, the thread title could state; Non-discussion Thread.
I'd be interested to see what the compilation of the 3 separate language forums would be.
**I've read 51 of the books and some of 12 more--I found it strange that a few were listed as counting as only 1 book..
His Dark Materials, Harry Potter series, Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Bible, The Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia.. **