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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar 2021

• Annals of the Former World by John McPhee
• A dictionary of modern English usage by H. W. Fowler
• Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader by Frank Partnoy
• In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) by Bruce Chatwin
• Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
• My First Summer in the Sierra and Selected Essays (Library of America Paperback Classics) by John Muir
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro
• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell

100 Best Books of 2010-2015 by The Oyster Editors

• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians

• My Antonia (Penguin Classics) by Willa Cather (27)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (33)

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• Dhammapada: The Sayings of Buddha by Thomas Cleary (252 BCE)
• The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds Series) by John Maynard Keynes (1936)

100 книг non-fiction от The Prime Russian Magazine

• The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
• The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century by Thomas L. Friedman

100 лучших книг по версии Дистопии

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (94)

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

• As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text by William Faulkner (2018)
• The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris/Goodbye to Berlin (New Directions Books) by Christopher Isherwood (2018)
• A dictionary of modern English usage by H. W. Fowler (2018)
• Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis (2018)
• Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (2018)
• My First Summer in the Sierra and Selected Essays (Library of America Paperback Classics) by John Muir (2018)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (2018)
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (2018)
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro (2018)
• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (2018)

1000 лучших произведений мировой худ. литературы в русских переводах, рекомендованных для комплектования школьной библиотеки

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The long goodbye by Raymond Chandler (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• Nightwood by Djuna Barnes (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• The Quiet American (Now a Major Motion Picture from Miramax Films) by Graham Greene (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
• Faceless killers : a mystery by Henning Mankell (2008/2010/2012 Edition)

1001 böcker du måste läsa innan du dör

• The long goodbye by Raymond Chandler
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• The Stranger by Albert Camus

125 Great Southern Books

• The unvanquished by William Faulkner
• As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text by William Faulkner (19)

18 Best French novels

• The Stranger by Albert Camus

1930 Novels

• As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text by William Faulkner

200 лучших нон-фикшн книг по версии журнала "Афиша"

• The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
• In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) by Bruce Chatwin

50 Best Suspense Books of All Time

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

500 Great Books by Women

• Floating in My Mother's Palm by Ursula Hegi (Growing Up)
• My Antonia (Penguin Classics) by Willa Cather (Pioneers and Seekers)
• Nightwood by Djuna Barnes (Wives, Lovers, and Partners)

500 polskich książek

• The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski

501 Must-Read Books

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn (History)
• The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris/Goodbye to Berlin (New Directions Books) by Christopher Isherwood (Modern Fiction)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Modern Fiction)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (Modern Fiction)
• The laughing policeman by Maj Sjöwall (Thrillers)
• In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) by Bruce Chatwin (Travel Writing)

66 Bücher, von denen alle sagen, dass du sie gelesen haben musst

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco

AbeBooks: 50 Essential Historical Fiction Books

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco

AbeBooks: 50 Essential Travel Books

• In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) by Bruce Chatwin

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay Nominee

• The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris/Goodbye to Berlin (New Directions Books) by Christopher Isherwood (1972)
• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis (2011)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• Beyond the High Himalayas by William O. Douglas (1952)
• Annapurna by Maurice Herzog (1953)
• Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (1956)
• The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects by Lewis Mumford (1961)
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro (1974)
• The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert (1975)
• In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) by Bruce Chatwin (1978)
• House by Tracy Kidder (1985)
• Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski (1985)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (2006)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon (2008)
• Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens (2012)
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (2012)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (Drama, 1999)
• Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated) by Charles Wheelan (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Conner (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King (Humanities, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond ( History & Cultures, 2009)

Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film

• Touching the void by Joe Simpson (2004)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month

• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (July 2009)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (#7)
• Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world by Liaquat Ahamed (#43)

Amazon.com Best Books

• The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street by Justin Fox (#76, 2009)
• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis (2003)
• The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki (2004)
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (2005)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (2005)
• The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (Science, 2008)

Ambassador Book Award

• The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow (Biography/Autobiography, 1991)
• All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories by William Maxwell (Fiction, 1996)
• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (American Arts & Letters|1993)

American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award

• Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart (1992)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan (1997)

American Psychological Association's William James Book Award

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker (1994)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (1999)

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction Longlist

• Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon (2013)

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction Longlist

• Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens (2012)
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (2012)

Anthony Award

• City of Bones (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly (Best Novel, 2003)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (First Novel, 2009)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Black Echo (A Harry Bosch Novel) by Michael Connelly (First Novel, 1993)
• The black ice by Michael Connelly (Novel, 1994)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Novel, 2009)

Anthony Boucher's Best Crime Fiction of the Year

• The long goodbye by Raymond Chandler (1954)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The long goodbye by Raymond Chandler (1953)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world by Liaquat Ahamed (Gold Medal, 2010)
• This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart (Gold Medal, 2011)

Audible Sounds of Crime Award

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2009)
• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Abridged, 2010)

Audie Award Finalist

• Irrational Exuberance by Robert J. Shiller (Business Information, 2001)
• House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street by William D. Cohan (Business/Educational, 2010)
• Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Business/Educational, 2010)
• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Business/Educational, 2011)
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Distinguished Achievement in Production, 2011)
• The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson (History, 2010)
• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn (History, 2011)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon (Literary Fiction, 2008)
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Non-Fiction, 2010)
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays by Joan Didion (Short Stories/Collections, 2013)

Audie Winner

• The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century by Thomas L. Friedman (Non-Fiction, Unabridged, 2006)
• The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson (Business Information/Educational, 2007)
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (Non-Fiction & Judge's Award, 2009)
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Thriller/ Suspense, 2011)

Axiom Business Book Award

• World Is Curved by David M Smick (International Business/Globalization, Gold, 2009)
• Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A. Akerlof (Entrepreneurship, Silver, 2010)
• The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It: What You Need to Know About the Greatest Financial Crisis of Our Time--and How to Survive It by Dave Kansas (Personal Finance, Bronze, 2010)
• The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It by Anat Admati (Economics, Bronze, 2014)

Banff Mountain Book Festival

• World Mountaineering : The World's Great Mountains by the World's Great Mountaineers by Audrey Salkeld (Grand Prize, 1998)
• Extreme alpinism : climbing light, fast & high by Mark Twight (Mountain Exposition, 1999)
• Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer by Anatoli Boukreev (Mountain Literature, 2002)

Barry Award

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (British Novel, 2009)
• City of Bones (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly (Novel, 2003)

Barry Award nominee

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (British Crime Novel, 2009)

Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism

• The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and The Public Should Expect by Bill Kovach

BBC Culture - The 100 Greatest British Novels

• Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (84)

BBC's Big Read

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

Berkeley Summer Reading

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (2005)
• The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century by Thomas L. Friedman (2006)
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken (2013)
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (2013)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (2013)
• Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Vintage) by Robert B. Reich (2013)
• Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century (Inalienable Rights) by Lee C. Bollinger (2014)