<p>📚 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by: Stieg Larsson</p><p>The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. </p><p>He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a lib...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-girl-w</span><span class="invisible">ith-the-dragon-tattoo</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1822.</p><p>Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.</p><p>The difference engine is based on the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial co-efficients. Some of the most common mathematical functions are built from logarithmic & trigonometric functions, which can be approximated by polynomials, so a difference engine can compute many useful tables.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71292" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71292</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
What are some good books on Emotional Intelligence?
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<p>I think I can</p><p>In 24 days, we can finally reuse a more familiar version of The Little Engine That Could, as retold by Watty Piper and illustrated by Lois Lenski.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/08/i-think-i-can/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/08/i-think-i-can/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/08/i-think-i-can/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1893.</p><p>The Shelley Memorial is inaugurated at University College, Oxford, from which the poet was expelled in 1811. It is designed by Basil Champneys, with a reclining nude marble statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Edward Onslow Ford. Although Shelley was expelled from the college, he remains one of its most famous alumni and is now held in high honour there.</p><p>Shelley Memorial all washed up?<br>By Josh Pull via @Cherwell </p><p><a href="https://www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/sh</span><span class="invisible">elley-memorial-all-washed-up/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: 'This book is yours and free to keep' <br><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-this-book-is-yours-and-free.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-this-book-is-yours-and-free.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/10/book-review-this-book-is-yours-and-free.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/appalachia/" rel="tag">#Appalachia</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#prison</a> <a href="/tags/literacy/" rel="tag">#literacy</a> 💙📚</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe</p>
I saw this sweatshirt. I was like "Oh yeah, True!" Lol
<p>Published in 1986, "INTERLISP: The Language and Its Usage" by Stephen Kaisler was the only book on Interlisp printed by a publisher. It extensively covers the Interlisp language and environment with many code snippets and examples.</p><p><a href="https://interlisp.org/documentation/1986-interlisp-language-book-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="interlisp.org/documentation/1986-interlisp-language-book-1.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">interlisp.org/documentation/19</span><span class="invisible">86-interlisp-language-book-1.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/interlisp/" rel="tag">#interlisp</a> <a href="/tags/lisp/" rel="tag">#lisp</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>"Our national epic has yet to be written."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday" in honour of the novel's main character Leopold Bloom.</p><p>Happy Bloomsday Day!</p><p>Ulysses is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>More on school book bans from Kelly Jensen for BookRiot:</p><p>"There are now 19 books prohibited in any Utah public school. Of them, 16 are written by women, and their average publication date is 2011. This means that most of these books have been on shelves and available for many years and caused no issues until this manufactured crisis."</p><p>"There are 42 public school districts in Utah, but two districts account for nearly 80% of the books banned statewide"</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/utah-bans-thirteen-reasons-why/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookriot.com/utah-bans-thirteen-reasons-why/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/utah-bans-thirtee</span><span class="invisible">n-reasons-why/</span></a></p>
<p>Ovid’s Metamorphoses is all about mothers</p><p>Mothers don’t normally belong in Latin epics, which were meant to be devoted to warriors and warfare.</p><p>by Frances Myatt</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/ovids-metamorphoses-is-all-about-mothers-266383?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859+CID_dd5bfffedf1c121cf798264446dd13b0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Ovids%20Metamorphoses%20is%20all%20about%20mothers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/ovids-metamorphoses-is-all-about-mothers-266383?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859+CID_dd5bfffedf1c121cf798264446dd13b0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Ovids%20Metamorphoses%20is%20all%20about%20mothers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/ovids-meta</span><span class="invisible">morphoses-is-all-about-mothers-266383?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%208%202025%20-%203610136859+CID_dd5bfffedf1c121cf798264446dd13b0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Ovids%20Metamorphoses%20is%20all%20about%20mothers</span></a></p><p>Metamorphoses at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: I bought several second copies of<br>- How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain<br>- Kate Raworth's Doughnut <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#Economics</a>: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. We had hoped to get this signed when she recently spoke in London, but, alas, failed.<br>- An ex-library copy of an older classic on <a href="/tags/buffon/" rel="tag">#Buffon</a>: From Natural History to the History of Nature: Readings from Buffon and His Critics, of which I made a note after reviewing Every Living Thing some time back.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/neurobiology/" rel="tag">#Neurobiology</a> <a href="/tags/degrowth/" rel="tag">#Degrowth</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>Looking for a new ebook? My novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS is on sale now! Just 1.99, wherever you buy ebooks.</p><p>"In this 'appealing intellectual mystery' (Publishers Weekly) spanning continents, Hase knows exactly what to do when her dad goes missing: Go to the library, find a specific book, and follow instructions. 'Brilliant, uplifting… I was swept away' (New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles)."</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-expert-of-subtle-revisions-by-kirsten-menger-anderson-2025-10-22?ebook_deal" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bookbub.com/books/the-expert-of-subtle-revisions-by-kirsten-menger-anderson-2025-10-22?ebook_deal"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bookbub.com/books/the-expe</span><span class="invisible">rt-of-subtle-revisions-by-kirsten-menger-anderson-2025-10-22?ebook_deal</span></a></p>
<p>The waitlist for “A Man Called Ove” Fredrik Backman at my local library has shrunk from about a year to about a month, so I finally requested a copy.</p><p>Isn’t it nice when libraries are able to dramatically increase their supply of popular titles? </p><p>It’s a title I’ve been hemming and hawing about for ages. We’ll see if I like it! In the meantime, maybe I should finally watch the film. </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/tbr/" rel="tag">#TBR</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#Library</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>Italian mathematician, astronomer and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1625.</p><p>His observations & calculations helped to confirm & refine Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. He formulated Cassini’s Law, describing the rotational behavior of the Moon, which was crucial for understanding the Moon's synchronous rotation with the Earth. He was involved in measuring the meridian arc of Paris, contributing to the accurate determination of the shape of the Earth.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>
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<p>📚 Crying in H Mart by: Michelle Zauner</p><p>In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expec...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/crying-in-h-mart" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/crying-in-h-mart"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/crying-in-</span><span class="invisible">h-mart</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/apeoplesclimate/" rel="tag">#APeoplesClimate</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/leahpenniman/" rel="tag">#LeahPenniman</a>, founder of <a href="/tags/soulfirefarm/" rel="tag">#SoulFireFarm</a> and author of <a href="/tags/farmingwhileblack/" rel="tag">#FarmingWhileBlack</a> </p><p>"From the legacy of <a href="/tags/blackfarmers/" rel="tag">#BlackFarmers</a> in the U.S. to the ongoing exploitation of agricultural workers, this conversation reveals how land is not only the foundation of sustenance but the basis of revolution, independence, and justice." </p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/peoplesclimate-10252025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/peoplesclimate-10252025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenation.com/podcast/envi</span><span class="invisible">ronment/peoplesclimate-10252025/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/decolonialstruggles/" rel="tag">#decolonialStruggles</a> <a href="/tags/afroindigenousfarming/" rel="tag">#AfroIndigenousFarming</a> <a href="/tags/sustainablefarming/" rel="tag">#sustainableFarming</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/environmentaljustice/" rel="tag">#environmentalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>French novelist, memoirist and journalist George Sand died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1876.</p><p>Sand's writing combines elements of Romanticism and early Realism, with rich descriptions, strong emotions, and detailed character studies. Her novels often critique societal norms, particularly the limitations placed on women and the injustices faced by the lower classes. </p><p>Books by George Sand at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/851</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Make Biblioburros Great Again</p><p><a href="/tags/biblioburros/" rel="tag">#biblioburros</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason."<br>The Age of Reason (1794)</p><p>Thomas Paine died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1809.</p><p>He had a great influence on the thoughts and ideas which led to the American Revolution and the United States Declaration of Independence. He wrote three of the most influential and controversial works of the 18th Century: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason.</p><p>Books by Thomas Paine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/91" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/91"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/91</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>📚 Of Monsters and Mainframes by: Barbara Truelove</p><p>Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge, but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.</p><p>Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying--and not from equipment failures, as ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/of-monsters-and-mainframes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/of-monsters-and-mainframes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/of-monster</span><span class="invisible">s-and-mainframes</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorousfiction/" rel="tag">#humorousfiction</a></p>
<p>The Hidden Aesthetics of Early Astrophotography</p><p>Behind the transformative star photographs of the 1880s lay a complex collaboration between astronomers and engravers.</p><p>By: Danny Robb </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-aesthetics-of-early-astrophotography/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-aesthetics-of-early-astrophotography/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-aes</span><span class="invisible">thetics-of-early-astrophotography/</span></a></p><p>Astronomy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/101" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/101"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/101</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/1dlVcNvNvYmEc8TtoI7yZX" rel="nofollow">Wind and Truth</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Brandon Sanderson.</p><p>An absolute brick of a book - possibly the longest I've ever read. Could certainly have been shorter (successful authors get way too much latitude), with too frequent changes in PoV, and while I appreciate his use of mental health to disrupt tired fantasy tropes, after three weeks of amateur therapy I was a bit over it. But he does pull together sprawling plotlines to a satisfying climax, with an appealing set up for a fresh take on the second half of the series.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>
<p>I couldn't resist doing some analysis of ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.</p><p>How much more likely were people to vote for books because they had read them in recent memory (recency bias)? You would expect that good books are spread out evenly across the years, but it's hard to remember books that you read many years ago! Turns out there was an even spread of books across 2000-2019. But there were 40% more books than expected from 2020-2024. (See first graph.)</p><p>Were newer books more likely to be lower down the list? I thought this might be lkely because votes for recently read books might spread out more. But that wasn't completely true. The bottom 40 of the list did lean new, but so did the top 20. (See second graph.)<br>How diverse were the authors on the list? Not very! Only 22 of the books were by authors with diverse backgrounds, by which I mean non-white or not hetero-normative. The top 20 were the least diverse, but it was pretty even across the range. Probably not surprising - people might connect most strongly with books that speak to their own experience. Would be fascinating to see more demographic info on the voters. <br>Most books were by authors from Australia (35), the USA (31), the UK (17) and Ireland (7). Ireland seemed to punch above its weight. New Zealand only had one author! (Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz).</p><p>There were very few non-fiction books, especially if you exclude memoirs and true crime. I count 4: Dark Emu, Stasiland, Sapiens and A Short History of Nearly Everything. And yet non-fiction accounts for something like 40% of book sales. I wonder if that is because a non-fiction book tends to focus on a particular subject, which would have less widespread appeal. It could also be that the type of people who vote in this sort of poll are book nerds, and book nerds mostly read fiction.</p><p>As a keen <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> & <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> reader, I was disappointed. Project Hail Mary is the only full-blown scifi, but I wouldn't say it is a good representation of the genre. There is Hunger Games and Harry Potter, but both are young adult. The others (Cloud Atlas, Station Eleven, Piranesi, Never Let Me Go) feel borderline (I've not read the last two).<br>How did the list compare with my own ratings? I've read 57 of the 100 books, and I did rate higher books better, but the relationship was very weak. (See third graph.)</p><p>Highest ranked book that I didn't really like: <a href="/tags/12/" rel="tag">#12</a>. Where The Crawdads Sing. (Runner up The Dry.)<br>Lowest ranked book that I really liked: <a href="/tags/86/" rel="tag">#86</a>. Cloud Atlas<br>Highest ranked book I'd never heard of: <a href="/tags/9/" rel="tag">#9</a>. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara</p><p>I've got 43 books to catch up on in the next few years, plus the favourites as voted by my friends. Never short a good book!</p><p><a href="/tags/top100books/" rel="tag">#Top100Books</a> <a href="/tags/abcrn/" rel="tag">#ABCRN</a> <a href="/tags/radionational/" rel="tag">#RadioNational</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>
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<p>"To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."<br>Opening line.</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1872.</p><p>Thomas Hardy's second novel (and the first set in Wessex), Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, is published in London (as "by the author of Desperate Remedies").</p><p>A movie (1929) was made based on this book, directed by Harry Lachman and starring Marguerite Allan, Nigel Barrie and Wilfred Shine.</p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2662" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/2662</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
