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| annecater |
Most 'Worth Talking About Books'A list of the 50 books touted as the "most worth talking about" was announced on Friday ahead of World Book Day 2009.The selection includes books as diverse as a novel about Welsh culture, accounts of Chinese migrant workers, a tale of a British Muslim seeking love online, and a hypochondriac who finds he is really dying. The organisation behind World Book Day published the list to launch its new Spread the Word website www.spread-the-word.org.uk designed to encourage reading. On the site readers are invited to vote for "the best book to talk about". The top 10, according to votes cast, will be announced at the end of January. The winning book will be announced on World Book Day, Thursday 5 March 2009. A spokesman for World Book Day said: "The aim is to get people talking about books." The panel that selected the 50 books consisted of major and independent booksellers and representatives of reading groups, as well as World Book Day organisers, the spokesman added. The winning author will receive a £5,000 prize. The list in full: Imagine This, by Sade Adenirai Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet), by Nasreen Akhtar The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani - I have this one on TBR A Golden Age, by Tahmima Anam - Joe The Only Boy in the World, by Michael Blastland Away, by Amy Bloom The Opposite of Love, by Julie Bluxbaum The Song Before It Is Sung, by Justin Cartwright Broken, by Daniel Clay - this is FANTASTIC - one of my favourite books of this year so farRandom Deaths and Custard, by Catrin Dafydd The Solitude of Emperors, by David Davidar Maynard and Jennica, by Rudolph Denson Fup, by Jim Dodge Zoology, by Ben Dolnick The Vitamin Murders, by James Fergusson The Glassblower of Murano, by Marina Fiorato Ancestor House, by Aminatta Forna Love Falls, by Esther Freud, (Bloomsbury) Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen Tao: On the Road and On the Run in Outlaw China, by Aya Goda Now You See Him, by Eli Gottlieb Wild, by Jay Griffiths The Condition, by Jennifer Haigh The Fantastic Book of Everyone's Secrets, by Sophie Hannah - short stories - I enjoyed this The Archivist's Story, by Travis Holland The Mistress's Daughter, by A.M. Homes Blood Tender, by Rachel Ingrams When We Were Romans, by Mathew Kneale The Children of Freedom, by Marc Levy Bad Traffic, by Simon Lewis Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction, by Alison MacLeod Remedy, by Anne Marsella The Family That Couldn't Sleep, by D.T. Max The Bloomsday Dead, by Adrian McKinty Feather Man, by Rhyll McMaster Queuing for Beginners, by Joe Moran Season of the Witch, by Natasha Mostert Twenty Eight: Stories of AIDS in Africa, by Stephanie Nolen Serious Things, by Gregory Norminton Chinese Whispers, by Hsiao-Hung Pai Train to Trieste, by Domnica Radulescu Gold, by Dan Rhodes - another great read, I loved this The Good Plain Cook, by Bethan Roberts Vicky Had One Eye Open, by Darryl Samaraweera The Forger, by Cioma Schönhaus Absurdistan, by Gary Shteyngart Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?, by Andrew Sims & Joe Smith I  There's Something Wrong With Me, by Nigel Smith
Rainbow's End, by Lauren St.John The Abyssinian Proof, by Jenny White |
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| heathera |
I've only read one on this list - Chinese Whispers, by Hsiao-Hung Pai
It's excellent though and definitely got me talking and thinking! Especially considering the fact that we're reading Wild Swans at the moment too. |
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| annecater |
I find this list fascinating - as was the list last year. It's good to see lists that move away from the mass-market best-sellers - I've just looked some of these up on Amazon and wish I hadnt - my wish list grows and grows! | ||
| eightlegs |
Haven't heard of many of these, a few of the authors but not the books.
Nearly had me tempted with this list too, just saw When we were Romans in The Works for £3.99 hardback. Sounded really good to but I decided to behave and put it on my Xmas list instead! |
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| wonderlake |
Ah, another booklist !
I might wait until it's down to a more manageable Top Ten I've not read any of the long-list 
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| Karen |
The only one I can claim to recognise on this list is Away, by Amy Bloom . I have not read it, I received it as a gift at least a year ago, I did not fancy it and so it has sat on my shelf waiting for that time to come when I have absolutely nothing else to read! Maybe I should blow the dust off and give it a whirl? | ||
| annecater |
Karen - I'd be really interested to hear what you think of Away - it's been on my wish list for ages. |
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