tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17214822846405017972012-02-15T23:13:20.003-08:00The World's Best Books"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read" - Mark TwainJose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1721482284640501797.post-37847381413608120082010-02-25T23:41:00.000-08:002011-06-17T01:36:06.711-07:00IntroductionI recently completed my 1000th book, since age 12 anyway, that's when I started logging them (no textbooks). I decided that it was time to get the best of them out on the net. I actually know two people who still read!
Lists posted to date (scroll down for these)
Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy
Top 100 Mainstream Fiction
Favorite Non-fiction
I've read more fiction than non-fiction, and onlyJose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1721482284640501797.post-35458851235188150562009-03-25T22:40:00.000-07:002009-03-24T23:16:17.866-07:00Top 100 Science Fiction and FantasyTop Science Fiction and Fantasy[ss = short stories; a number (1) denotes position in a series]These are my favorite books in all literature, especially at the top level, like the top 100 - several of these authors (Clarke, Card, Le Guin, Wolfe, Bester) should have Nobel prizes for literature, they are better than half those winners.1. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke2. The Claw of the Jose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1721482284640501797.post-10508271351540666332009-03-24T23:23:00.000-07:002009-03-24T23:12:02.486-07:00Top 100 Mainstream FictionTop Mainstream Fiction (ss = Short Stories)1. The Magus by John Fowles2. Women In Love by D.H. Lawrence3. Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins4. Mila 18 by Leon Uris5. Steps by Jerzy Kosinski6. The Confession of a Child of the Century by Thomas Rogers7. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll8. Stop-Time by Frank Conroy9. I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier10. Going After Cacciato by Tim Jose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1721482284640501797.post-74922530634595610012009-03-21T22:13:00.000-07:002009-07-31T15:50:03.675-07:00Top 50 Non-Fiction BooksTop Non-Fiction Books[This includes religion, essays, humor, philosophy, history, biography, etc.]1. The Way of Life by Lao Tzu2. The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley3. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts4. We Were Soldiers Once, and Young by Moore & Galloway5. Magpie Rising by Merrill Gilfallan6. Buried Alive by Myra Friedman7. The Way of the Initiate by Roy Eugene Davis8. Metropolitan Life Jose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1721482284640501797.post-32162736078347817342009-01-31T14:36:00.000-08:002011-12-14T09:37:27.968-08:00Time Magazine's Top 100 NovelsTime Magazine's list of the best 100 novels of all time.. of course, they never get science fiction right. They included Philip K. Dick's "Ubik" over his Hugo-winner "The Man in the High Castle". They neglected Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End", and Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", and Heinlein's (admittedly inferior but popular) "Stranger in a Strange Land", which usually Jose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1721482284640501797.post-5151633600419360442008-01-01T02:20:00.000-08:002009-04-01T02:22:44.398-07:00Privacy PolicyWe use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website, such as Google and possibly others. Advertisers use cookies to serve ads on our site. These companies may use information (but not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to Jose Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03860067230183443583noreply@blogger.com1