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Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
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The Big Bad Luddite Novel*
ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind
*Short stories welcome. Looking for nonfiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite List.
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light of my life, fire of my loins - obsessions
books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted
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international booker - all books
winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026
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NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)
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NYTโs The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book loversโwith a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review
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national book award for translated literature
all longlisted books from 2018-2026
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100 Best of the 21st Century
according to the New York Times
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Translation in the Spotlight
A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .
Updated once new nominees are announced.
Currently updated with: โข NBA 2018-2025 โข International Booker 2016-2026
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New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century
The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times
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Books by Chilean Authors
Some books from known authors from Chile, not necessarily set in the country. Could be useful for reading around the world challenge.
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R/Truelit's 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.
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International Booker Prize
longlists of every year from 2016 onwards
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Green Reader
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NYT top 100 Books of the 21st century
A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.
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OCpL Oradea #80 July - Favorite Book Read in 2025
This is the list of the books we discussed at the #80 Book Club meeting of O Carte pe Luna Oradea, in July 2025. The theme is Favorite Book I've Read so far in 2025. I asked all the members present at the meeting to share their favorite books from the ones they read in the first half of 2025.
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