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Originally Posted by dreams
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.. ** |
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Thanks for the suggestions Dreams. I think I'll start this thread this evening (UK time). I will need to ask for volunteers to help with the French and German forum versions (I'm English, remember - we don't learn languages, we just speak English very...slowly...and....LOUDLY to those pesky foreigners  ) |
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Originally Posted by HarryT
There is already a thread of this nature on the "Reading Recommendations" forum, which is the appropriate place for it. No need for a duplicate.
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Hmmm...OK, thanks Harry - consider me slapped down.
When are they going to publish the results?
Oh, and good of you not to link to that thread so that we all have the fun of trying to find it!
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Harry, seriously, could you please point me towards that duplicate thread as I really can't find it?
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Harry, given that I and others have expressed an interest in this, could you please point us to that duplicate thread?