Top 25 Books of the Past 25 years, as voted for by Waterstone's customers: (1 Viewer)

[Lili Marlene]

well done everyone

http://www.thebookstandard.com/book...article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003586621

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Time Traveler's Wife
3. Northern Lights
4. Birdsong
5. The Da Vinci Code
6. The Shadow of the Wind
7. Memoirs of a Geisha
8. The Secret History
9. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog
11. Handmaid's Tale
12. The Kite Runner
13. The Lovely Bones
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany
15. Colour of Magic
16. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
17. Magician
18. Life of Pi
19. Wild Swans
20. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
21. The Name of the Rose
22. Angela's Ashes
23. A Suitable Boy
24. Notes from a Small Island
25. Labyrinth

 

[killy kill]

This is loosely based on sales, meaningless to be honest

 

[Lili Marlene]

loosely based on sales, tightly based on votes

ever bought a book there?

 

[killy kill]

What i'm getting at,John, is that if billions of people buy ...the philosophers stone then a hell of a lot more people are going to vote for that rather than something by Yukio Mishima or James Lee Burke or, well, the list goes on.
If Virgin done the same the list would be Razorlight, Arctic Monkeys etc

 

[Lili Marlene]

you called my thread meaningless. I was hurt

 

[killy kill]

Not the thread just the validity of the survey. I wuv and wespect you, John.
Now sit back and wait for Mitchum

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Nice to see Umberto Eco in there though

 

[THRILLHO]

26 - The Secret.

 

[Goodbye]

I have not and will not read any of those books

 

[Charlie Bucket]

well done everyone

http://www.thebookstandard.com/book...article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003586621

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Time Traveler's Wife
3. Northern Lights
4. Birdsong
5. The Da Vinci Code
6. The Shadow of the Wind
7. Memoirs of a Geisha
8. The Secret History
9. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog
11. Handmaid's Tale
12. The Kite Runner
13. The Lovely Bones
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany
15. Colour of Magic
16. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
17. Magician
18. Life of Pi
19. Wild Swans
20. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
21. The Name of the Rose
22. Angela's Ashes
23. A Suitable Boy
24. Notes from a Small Island
25. Labyrinth

at least 7 or 8 of these were made into films........so did they buy the book before or after seeing them blockbusting movies i wonder?

what are the most checked out books from libraries i wonder? that would be interesting to know!

 

[Mitchum]

what are the most checked out books from libraries i wonder? that would be interesting to know!

WRT non-fiction ten years ago it was Stephen Hawkings & now it's Gillian McKeith 'self-help' diet books.

The fiction list is still yer usual millionaire's row of Grisham, King and Steele.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

WRT non-fiction ten years ago it was Stephen Hawkings & now it's Gillian McKeith 'self-help' diet books.

The fiction list is still yer usual millionaire's row of Grisham, King and Steele.

oh the humanity!! it were all salinger and vonnegut in my day

 

[Lili Marlene]

I have not and will not read any of those books

any hott tipz on what we should be reading?

 

[Goodbye]

none of the above

 

[MDR]

It's hard to look at that list without being reminded of the DART.

 

[Mitchum]

It's hard to look at that list without being reminded of the DART.

*chortle*
...or airport book shops.

 

[killy kill]

'Do you have any Robert Ludlum'?
'Get out'

 

[Goodbye]

It's hard to look at that list without being reminded of the DART.

EXACTLY!

 

[Jim Daniels]

In fairness, I quite liked The Secret History and the Lovely Bones...

Not that that means anything I suppose..

 

[Corey]

where's bellatrix?

she's bookish, right?