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Don't be too quick to assume these are mutually exclusive categories! Good children's books are very re-readable in adulthood. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe isn't one of my very favorites, but I've always loved the dedication: "I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had...

Welcome, Stephanie!

(I can't rank them, so they're alphabetical by author.) Success — Martin Amis Case Histories — Kate Atkinson Little Black Book of Stories — A.S. Byatt The Epicure's Lament — Kate Christensen A Ghost in the Machine — Caroline Graham Bibliophilia — Michael Griffith The Healing — Gayl Jones...

:confused: Who's Paris Hilton? Just kidding. But I wish I wasn't.

No, you're not!

I had no idea! Unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1968, McCarthy was also the author of an intriguingly diverse list of books: Selected Works: * Frontiers in American Democracy * Gene McCarthy's Minnesota * Ground Fog and Night: Poems * The Limits of Power; America's...

Ahoy, BenjaminDixon/Professor (Frink, I think)! You are the last avatar I would expect to see reading a book by Lemmy!

Stewart, you are a man of many parts.

I haven't found images to illustrate this, but spines and their fonts are VERY important.

Two words: short stories. I usually find something to love in any given year's edition of —Pushcart Prize —The O. Henry Awards/Prize Stories —Best American Short Stories (I usually find something not to love in any given year, too, so two more words: library books.)

My hobby is being a Bad Writer. :)

Not when he says: :rolleyes:

Beautiful!

Welcome, Pho-tog! Is your avatar an example of your Pho-tographry?

Currently: 0° High: 9° Low: -3° I can't complain because then I'd be a fool for living here.:rolleyes:

If I remember correctly, this sounds like Ray Bradbury's Farenheidt 451; is the book you're looking for about a world in which books are no longer read?

That's not tea, that's tea-vea!

My goodness, Miss Shelf, what a question for a Jane Austen devotee to ask!

Speaking with the Angel is a book of short stories he commissioned to raise money for schools for autistic children. I was disappointed by most of the stories, but the book is still worth seeking out for Hornby's essay and his own story, "Nipple Jesus".