15 Incredible Movies That Started As Books How many of these have you heard of or seen? I’ve heard of nine but have only seen five. On the Merits of Annotating There’s no doubt than annotating books makes us active readers. Here’s how Anthony DeFeo writes his notes in the margin: As I read, I […]
13 Most Shelved Books on Off the Shelf in 2016 Off the Shelf is a site that offers lists of recommended books on all kinds of different topics. It also allows readers to register so that they can place recommended books on their personal shelves. This list reveals which books were shelved the most during
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Adam Woog’s 10 best mysteries of 2016 Seattle Times book reviewer Adam Woog lists his favorites in one of my favorite literary genres. PW’s Top Authors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2016 A short list compiled by Publishers Weekly. 2016 By the Books: A Month-by-Month Reader’s Guide This list takes a bit of an unusual
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NPR’s Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2016’s Great Reads NPR has put together a list of 309 books that staff and critics liked this year. On this page you can see the covers of all the choices. Or you can use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate particular kinds of
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The King County Library System’s five top books of 2016 The King County Library System, one of the largest public library systems in America with a lot of avid readers among its patrons, has released its list of the five most popular books of 2016. The library measures popularity by the number of holds placed
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The countdown to year’s end has begun. If you’re behind on your reading challenge for 2016 or just want to pad your statistics, here are some books you can easily read in a day or less. Fiction My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Dubliners by James Joyce Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
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The best books of the year lists seem to appear earlier and earlier every year. Here’s a first look at some of the offerings. 100 Notable Books of 2016 The New York Times announces its choices in the following categories: Fiction & Poetry Nonfiction BAFFLING OMISSIONS FROM THE NY TIMES’ 100 NOTABLE BOOKS LIST Emily
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10 Best Whodunits I love a good mystery! Here mystery novelist John Verdon (his latest book is Wolf Lake, featuring NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney) offers a list of “ten remarkable works, each of which has a special appeal to my whodunit mentality”: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Hound of the
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Related Posts: 10 Big Books I Have Read & Loved 6 Big Books I Keep Meaning to Reread 6 Big Books on My Reading List 2 Big Books That Disappointed Me Since I read a lot more fiction than nonfiction, it’s not surprising that all of my earlier Big Books lists have included only novels.
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11/22/63 by Stephen King Recommended Jake Epping is a 35-year-old high school English teacher in the small town of Lisbon Falls, Maine. To earn some extra money, he also teaches English to adult GED students. The only other activity in his life is moping around and lamenting the recent divorce from his short-term alcoholic wife.
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