Top 10 Books of the 2000s

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- rm508 disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 10h52
Top 10 Books of the 2000s

Have a go. Frankly at the moment I have no idea.

[quote][b][user]rm508[/user][/b] disse: Have a go. Frankly at the moment I have no idea.[quote]

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- [Usuário excluído] disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 11h35
Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
John Ashbery - Other Traditions
Czesław Miłosz - Orpheus and Eurydice
Antonio Tabucchi - Dreams of Dreams and the Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa

I couldn't come up with more international titles. Against the day is probably good, but I haven't read it yet. Other stuff that pops into my mind is Polish poetry and other obscurities.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] disse: Daniel Kehlmann - [i]Measuring the World [/i] John Ashbery - [i]Other Traditions[/i] Czesław Miłosz - [i]Orpheus and Eurydice[/i] Antonio Tabucchi - [i]Dreams of Dreams and the Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa [/i] I couldn't come up with more international titles. [i]Against the day[/i] is probably good, but I haven't read it yet. Other stuff that pops into my mind is Polish poetry and other obscurities. [quote]

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- N3croyeti disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 12h01
Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis
Craig Thompson - Blankets
Chuck Palahniuk - Choke
Frank Miller - Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
Hajime Ueda - FLCL
Mark Z Danielewski - House of Leaves
David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Alan Moore/Melinda Gebbie - Lost Girls
Frank Miller - Robocop
Charles Burns - Black Hole

mostly graphic novels

[quote][b][user]N3croyeti[/user][/b] disse: Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis Craig Thompson - Blankets Chuck Palahniuk - Choke Frank Miller - Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again Hajime Ueda - FLCL Mark Z Danielewski - House of Leaves David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas Alan Moore/Melinda Gebbie - Lost Girls Frank Miller - Robocop Charles Burns - Black Hole mostly graphic novels[quote]

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- [Usuário excluído] disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 12h22
I thought of DK2 but I think it's much weaker than first part. Also, why did you pick Lost Girls? I thought it was complete misfire.
but that whole graphic novel stuff reminded me of couple of my favorites:

Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
Charles Burns - Black Hole (hardcover)
Craig Thompson - Blankets
Grant Morrison The Filth

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] disse: I thought of DK2 but I think it's much weaker than first part. Also, why did you pick Lost Girls? I thought it was complete misfire. but that whole graphic novel stuff reminded me of couple of my favorites: Chris Ware - [i]Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth[/i] Charles Burns - [i]Black Hole[/i] (hardcover) Craig Thompson - [i]Blankets[/i] Grant Morrison [i]The Filth[/i] [quote]

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- tmills disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 13h02
Fiction:
Philip Roth - The Plot Against America
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Tom Perrotta - Little Children
Zadie Smith - White Teeth

Nonfiction
Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point
David McCullough - John Adams

[quote][b][user]tmills[/user][/b] disse: [i]Fiction[/i]: Philip Roth - The Plot Against America Cormac McCarthy - The Road Tom Perrotta - Little Children Zadie Smith - White Teeth [i]Nonfiction[/i] Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point David McCullough - John Adams[quote]

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- StDionysus disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 16h05
My Nostrils are Bleeding - Carlos Cane
Blood is Thicker than Pop - Fast Sedan Nelson
Where the Finger Goes - Dick Hisinya
Big Little Big Man - John Waterboy
The Meaning of Strife - Miles Peophole
One Last Night with Mr Crankypants - Will Featherbound

[quote][b][user]StDionysus[/user][/b] disse: [i]My Nostrils are Bleeding[/i] - Carlos Cane [i]Blood is Thicker than Pop[/i] - Fast Sedan Nelson [i]Where the Finger Goes[/i] - Dick Hisinya [i]Big Little Big Man[/i] - John Waterboy [i]The Meaning of Strife[/i] - Miles Peophole [i]One Last Night with Mr Crankypants[/i] - Will Featherbound[quote]

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- DickFlex disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 16h41
I'll have to respond to this later this week. Can't wait to add some of GroupSupport's recommendations to my pile.

Read Jerzy Pilch's The Mighty Angel a few weeks ago. Made me think of you, GroupSupport.

[quote][b][user]DickFlex[/user][/b] disse: I'll have to respond to this later this week. Can't wait to add some of GroupSupport's recommendations to my pile. Read Jerzy Pilch's The Mighty Angel a few weeks ago. Made me think of you, GroupSupport.[quote]

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- StDionysus disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 16h55
Anyone read the Kindly Ones?

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- tmills disse...
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- Dez 8 2009, 23h50
My taste in books is so pedestrian compared to everyone else.

[quote][b][user]tmills[/user][/b] disse: My taste in books is so pedestrian compared to everyone else.[quote]

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- StDionysus disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 2h11
Only to Dickflex's. But that's most of us.

[quote][b][user]StDionysus[/user][/b] disse: Only to Dickflex's. But that's most of us. [quote]

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- knkwzrd disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 2h34
I didn't read any good new books in the last decade.

A lot of good old books.

No new good books.

More to do with me not reading any new books at all than the overall quality of the books I haven't read I expect, though who's to say.

[quote][b][user]knkwzrd[/user][/b] disse: I didn't read any good new books in the last decade. A lot of good old books. No new good books. More to do with me not reading any new books at all than the overall quality of the books I haven't read I expect, though who's to say.[quote]

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- trombipulation disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 2h59
I fall into the same boat as Knk, with the few exceptions listed below. There's too many great books, fiction and non-fiction. Some should be destroyed just so I do not feel bad by not getting a chance to read it.

A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music - George E. Lewis (Forgot to mention this one under the music/book thread)
Disgrace - J. M. Coetzee (July of 1999, but whatevs)
Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
Dark Tower Series - Stephen King (Last three in the series came out in the 00's)

Life of Pi - Yann Martel - I set this aside because I read it right after it came out, in 2001. My dad read it, then rec'd it to me. I remember really enjoying it, but I doubt I got everything out of it as a 13 year old.

[quote][b][user]trombipulation[/user][/b] disse: I fall into the same boat as Knk, with the few exceptions listed below. There's too many great books, fiction and non-fiction. Some should be destroyed just so I do not feel bad by not getting a chance to read it. A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music - George E. Lewis (Forgot to mention this one under the music/book thread) Disgrace - J. M. Coetzee (July of 1999, but whatevs) Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell Dark Tower Series - Stephen King (Last three in the series came out in the 00's) Life of Pi - Yann Martel - I set this aside because I read it right after it came out, in 2001. My dad read it, then rec'd it to me. I remember really enjoying it, but I doubt I got everything out of it as a 13 year old. [quote]

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- StDionysus disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 3h01
I liked Freakonomics. One of the few non-school/non-theory nonfiction books I read this decade.

[quote][b][user]StDionysus[/user][/b] disse: I liked Freakonomics. One of the few non-school/non-theory nonfiction books I read this decade. [quote]

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- trombipulation disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 3h10
I might read that over break. I have it sitting at home collecting dust.

[quote][b][user]trombipulation[/user][/b] disse: I might read that over break. I have it sitting at home collecting dust.[quote]

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- knkwzrd disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 3h31
trombipulation said:
Life of Pi - Yann Martel - I set this aside because I read it right after it came out, in 2001. My dad read it, then rec'd it to me. I remember really enjoying it, but I doubt I got everything out of it as a 13 year old.

Really disliked this book. A lot of pretentious, oversimplified pseudoreligious nonsense talk.

[quote][b][user]knkwzrd[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]trombipulation[/user][/b] said: Life of Pi - Yann Martel - I set this aside because I read it right after it came out, in 2001. My dad read it, then rec'd it to me. I remember really enjoying it, but I doubt I got everything out of it as a 13 year old. [/quote] Really disliked this book. A lot of pretentious, oversimplified pseudoreligious nonsense talk.[quote]

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- DickFlex disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 3h44
StDionysus said:
Only to Dickflex's. But that's most of us.

No, my taste is pedestrian.

[quote][b][user]DickFlex[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]StDionysus[/user][/b] said: Only to Dickflex's. But that's most of us. [/quote] No, my taste is pedestrian.[quote]

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- N3croyeti disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 4h51
harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
GroupSupport said:
Also, why did you pick Lost Girls? I thought it was complete misfire.
I just had to put Moore, he's meant an awful lot to me this decade... and I liked LG's story more than TLOEG vol. 1. Best plot I've ever seen in something which is basically smut.

[quote][b][user]N3croyeti[/user][/b] disse: harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr [quote][b][user]GroupSupport[/user][/b] said: Also, why did you pick Lost Girls? I thought it was complete misfire.[/quote] I just [i]had[/i] to put Moore, he's meant an awful lot to me this decade... and I liked LG's story more than TLOEG vol. 1. Best plot I've ever seen in something which is basically smut.[quote]

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- pol_noir disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 5h26
I can do "albums" by date, I can do "movies" by date..

..But i'm not that keen on looking after a date when it comes to books (I'm totally with Tromb and knk on this).

PLus, it's late in the south of the world. I'll do my best with a couple of 00's titles, from the top off of my head.

Orhan Pamuk - Istanbul
Rodrigo Fresán - Mantra
Haruki Murakami - Tokyo Blues (Norwegian Wood)
Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Alberto Fuguet - Las películas de mi vida

Plus anything by Amelie Nothomb. I believe I've got a crush on her!

Well, going to sleep now. Have very sweet dreams and write'em down.

[quote][b][user]pol_noir[/user][/b] disse: I can do "albums" by date, I can do "movies" by date.. ..But i'm not that keen on looking after a date when it comes to books (I'm totally with Tromb and knk on this). PLus, it's late in the south of the world. I'll do my best with a couple of 00's titles, from the top off of my head. Orhan Pamuk - Istanbul Rodrigo Fresán - Mantra Haruki Murakami - Tokyo Blues (Norwegian Wood) Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Alberto Fuguet - Las películas de mi vida Plus anything by Amelie Nothomb. I believe I've got a crush on her! Well, going to sleep now. Have very sweet dreams and write'em down. [quote]

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- ACoolAssTurtle disse...
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- Dez 9 2009, 7h48
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- Dez 9 2009, 10h26
DickFlex said:
Read Jerzy Pilch's The Mighty Angel a few weeks ago. Made me think of you, GroupSupport.

Wow, I didn't know it's translated. I haven't read it in Polish though. Was it any good? (I tried Pilch's first two novels but couldn't finish them. However his commentaries in press are usually pretty cool.)

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]DickFlex[/user][/b] said: Read Jerzy Pilch's The Mighty Angel a few weeks ago. Made me think of you, GroupSupport.[/quote] Wow, I didn't know it's translated. I haven't read it in Polish though. Was it any good? (I tried Pilch's first two novels but couldn't finish them. However his commentaries in press are usually pretty cool.) [quote]

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- brianshazaaam disse...
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- Dez 14 2009, 6h07
ACoolAssTurtle said:
Yeah I'm def in the same boat as knk and Tromb.And I. I have yet to find a good source for recommendations of modern fiction. Here's what I got:

Fiction:
Ian McEwan - Saturday
Cormac McCarthy - The Road

I might nominate something by Palahniuk, but I haven't touched any of his books in over six years, so I don't know if I'd even still consider them good.

Nonfiction:
Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke - America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order
Lawrence Wright - The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Richard Dawkins - The Ancestor's Tale
Erik Larson - The Devil In The White City
Barbara Ehrenreich - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America

I'd throw Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded on here, but it's Friedman, he's automatically disqualified from anything that might imply greatness.

A Stable Reference, Jazz ABCs: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s

[quote][b][user]brianshazaaam[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]ACoolAssTurtle[/user][/b] said: Yeah I'm def in the same boat as knk and Tromb.[/quote]And I. I have yet to find a good source for recommendations of modern fiction. Here's what I got: Fiction: Ian McEwan - Saturday Cormac McCarthy - The Road I might nominate something by Palahniuk, but I haven't touched any of his books in over six years, so I don't know if I'd even still consider them good. Nonfiction: Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke - America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order Lawrence Wright - The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Richard Dawkins - The Ancestor's Tale Erik Larson - The Devil In The White City Barbara Ehrenreich - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America I'd throw Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded on here, but it's Friedman, he's automatically disqualified from anything that might imply greatness. [quote]

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- ACoolAssTurtle disse...
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- Dez 14 2009, 7h27
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- rm508 disse...
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- Dez 14 2009, 10h42
I can recommend the catalogue at Dalkey Archive Press for interesting (and otherwise out of print) modern fiction and international literature in translation.

[quote][b][user]rm508[/user][/b] disse: I can recommend the catalogue at [url=http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/]Dalkey Archive Press[/url] for interesting (and otherwise out of print) modern fiction and international literature in translation.[quote]

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- brianshazaaam disse...
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- Dez 14 2009, 22h17
ACoolAssTurtle said:
Thomas Friedman is seriously garbage and a total idiot.I can't really argue with that, hence his automatic disqualification.

A Stable Reference, Jazz ABCs: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s

[quote][b][user]brianshazaaam[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]ACoolAssTurtle[/user][/b] said: Thomas Friedman is seriously garbage and a total idiot.[/quote]I can't really argue with that, hence his automatic disqualification. [quote]

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- ACoolAssTurtle disse...
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- Dez 15 2009, 0h15
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