Here's some in random order. The Age of Reason, Jean Paul Sartre The Tale of Genji, Lady Murasaki For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen Cervantes, Don Quixote The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo Labyrinths, Jorge Luis Borges
Leigh On 09 Oct 2010 at 09:14 AM, Robert J. Cordingley related > The situation so far... in case you are not keeping count: > > Given some restrictions, like only accepting the first 10 mentioned by > anyone ... so far we have 73 submissions, 4 have been recommended 3 > times, 9 have been recommended twice and the rest once. And just to > confirm that my literary education is somewhat lacking, I noticed that > I've read only 4 of them. > > Any more recommendations? > > Thanks, > Robert C > > On 10/8/10 1:44 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: >> Ok, so I've decided my literary education is somewhat lacking and >> would like to know this group's recommendations for the "10 Best >> Literary Works" I should read. They have to be works of fiction and >> available in English and not just say of 2009 but of all time. Google >> searches tend to list the best of a year or be listed by one >> particular publisher. This is a good group to poll since you all >> (most) have at least some kind of scientific/technical bent. So I >> know the suggestions will be good ones for me! >> >> Once I have a list of all suggestions maybe I'll ask you all to vote >> on them. >> >> My list currently starts with Frank's recommendation today: >> >> "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac >> McCarthy >> >> Thanks! >> Robert C. >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
