Your 10 indispensable books

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Wed, 2007-02-21 17:44

I nicked this off Booktribes - so if you use it and you haven't been to Booktribes recently, then you owe them one!

Organisers of World Book Day on March 1 - which encourages reading among both children and adults with hundreds of events in schools and bookshops throughout Britain - are inviting as many people as possible to put together the list of the 10 books that they cannot live without.

Entries can be posted on a special area of the World Book Day website at http://www.worldbookday10.com. It’s planned that the results of the survey- the nation’s most indispensable books - will be announced a a press release on March 1.

Tue, 2007-02-27 20:19

pepsoid

No books are indispensable... :-) pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Tue, 2007-02-27 21:53

TheShyAssassin

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Thu, 2007-03-01 11:36

tcook

And here's the answers that came in - click on to the World book Day page and then open the adobe page that has all the results. Pride and Prejudice was a stand out winner. Ho hum. http://www.worldbookday.com/

Fri, 2007-03-02 10:58

Jack Cade

1) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 20% 2) Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkein 17% 3) Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 14% 4) Harry Potter books – J K Rowling 12% Looks like escapism is the order of the day.

Fri, 2007-03-02 11:29

poetjude

at the moment 1) Ikea catalogue 2) Cargo Homeshop Catalogue 3) Habitat catalogue 4) John Lewis Catalogue (indulgence in, given the affordability is indeed escapism) jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Fri, 2007-03-02 11:30

bobblehat2023

Well, assuming that it's all of LoTR and all the Harry Potter books, I think insulation is also a key theme. That's a good thing. It saves loads on heating bills.

Sat, 2007-03-03 00:19

rokkitnite

'Looks like escapism is the order of the day.' Yeah, cos you're so real, dawg. Jon Stone reads books so brutal and IN YOUR FACE that when I opened one a blast of truth seared the eyebrows from my forehead. CAN YOU HANDLE IT?!!!111

Sat, 2007-03-03 10:34

Jack Cade

Just because you read about giant robots piloted by Chairman Mao having sex with the spirit of the Earth personified as a woman with only one dress.

Sat, 2007-03-03 10:49

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pepsoid

I like the sound of that! :-) What do you mean, it's not a real book? :-/ Dammit!! :-( pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Sat, 2007-03-03 15:55

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alan_benefit

Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison All of Us - Raymond Carver Where I'm Calling From - Raymond Carver Up In The Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks Rock Springs - Richard Ford The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck The Goon Show Scripts - Spike Milligan The Argos Catalogue My cheque book

Sat, 2007-03-03 23:20

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maddan

An AA road atlas a dictionary a thesaurus Programing the Windows Driver Model by Walter Oney my address book even those aren't what I'd call "essential"

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