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Nick Hornby thinks you'll like (some of) these 40 books.

cgc373 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:43:04 -0800

You strike up a conversation with someone you don't know, and you're getting on OK, and then suddenly, without warning, you hear the five words that mean the relationship has no future beyond the time it takes to say them: “I think you'll like it.” via 3quarksdaily The list (three pages), and a printer-friendly link to all 40 books.

What to read

stbalbach — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:59:15 -0800

What to read. A list of lists for book recommendations, includes a compiled "Great Books" Lists with a World Literature list and lots more.

realjanetkagan — Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:55:04 -0800

Book-A-Minute SF/F--- Their "minute" is so spot-on a review for those books I've read that I'm off to find some books I haven't, just on this site's odd say-so.

hellinskira — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:23:36 -0800

I realized all this when I worked in a bookstore for a year, but it still makes me sad. Who do you think is writing the classics of tomorrow today?