Books We'd Want on a Desert Island
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- Septembre 2023 (see all)
- Description
- Stranded on a desert island, acting out our own little Robinsonade, what books would we want by our side? Something comforting? Something uplifting? Something useful? Our List of the Month this September is devoted to the Books We'd Want on a Desert Island. Each participant may vote on five titles. Given the subjective nature of the list, please do not downvote titles.
1
50,905 membres
453 critiques
½ 4.5
Score 107.76
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 05:36 PM
- 29 Members
- scampus, anglemark, JohnGorski, Karlstar, kleo, PuddinTame, lizzy50usa, helena2109, FAMeulstee, willowcove, CarltonC, remikit, Crypto-Willobie, EMS_24, Eowyn1, JohnChic, aadyer, vwinsloe, al.vick, Michael.Rimmer, SF_fan_mae, Karen74Leigh, elahrairah, Charon07, kevin.mcgee, SusanNock, MichelleAbbott, Wyrd1, lfmcmillan
- Explications
- elahrairah: i imagine that being on a desert island might occasionally be stressful or upsetting and so it would be important to have a large and familiar and comforting volume to lose myself in.
2
32,166 membres
169 critiques
½ 4.6
Score 64.09
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 10:23 AM
- 19 Members
- JohnGorski, haydninvienna, mstrust, CarltonC, remikit, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington, susanbooks, thalassa_thalassa, Hartsellang, MichaelLynnSr, JAlison.Stirling, tealadytoo, closer, Boand, Yuki-Onna, Carrieida, Charon07, slimikin
- Explications
- Hartsellang: Always something more to discover in this collection. Each play, each sonnet, all have such depth. Enjoy them again and again and discover something new each time.closer: I love his works & I try to read a sonnet or play every monthBoand: No explanation necessary!
3
70 membres
½ 3.3
Score 41.77
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 05:21 PM
- 12 Members
- JohnGorski, dara85, lizzy50usa, remikit, EMS_24, Tess_W, LLoLaguayasaminaj, beehappy, closer, Louanne, mombot, MichelleAbbott
- Explications
- closer: I read and study my Bible every day, but I would change this version to the Jewish Publication Society's TANAKH translation 2nd edition of The Jewish Study Bible.
4
de Ryan North
837 membres
21 critiques
4
Score 38.74
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 06:09 AM
- 11 Members
- Moloch, wdwilson3, PuddinTame, PitcherBooks, masterdeski, MaskedMumbler, Agnesium, Jeanne.Laure, SF_fan_mae, hotblack43, JAlison.Stirling
5
de Jane Austen
5,517 membres
33 critiques
½ 4.6
Score 36.5
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 07:58 PM
- 11 Members
- PuddinTame, lizzy50usa, helena2109, PitcherBooks, susanbooks, al.vick, TBR313, beehappy, tealadytoo, kevin.mcgee, mombot
6
22 membres
Score 34.89
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 05:38 PM
- 10 Members
- stillramona, hipdeep, cpg, charl08, masterdeski, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, SealedArchive, CeciliaClark, MichelleAbbott
- Explications
- CeciliaClark: If I were stranded on an island, I would want to know how to make things that would keep me alive and make being stranded, an adventure not a terror.
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8
4,895 membres
48 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 28.23
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 12:25 PM
- 8 Members
- anglemark, kaixo, LolaWalser, haydninvienna, EMS_24, thalassa_thalassa, Karen74Leigh, CharlesTheB
- Explications
- LolaWalser: Great company.
9
3,947 membres
43 critiques
½ 4.6
Score 26.67
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 12:27 PM
- 8 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, LolaWalser, abbottthomas, baystateRA, CarltonC, EMS_24, susanbooks, MaskedMumbler
- Explications
- EerierIdyllMeme: Apparently they say that someone has hit middle age when they no longer believe they will one day read Proust. Maybe I would actually read it if I were trapped on a desert island.LolaWalser: Inexhaustible.abbottthomas: Like LolaWalser said…..baystateRA: I picked mostly big novels that would stand up to lots of rereading, with more nuances and themes coming to light each time. I ALMOST got to the end of In Search of Lost Time several decades ago, but stopped. I still don't know why!
10
39,277 membres
719 critiques
4.2
Score 26.2
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 04:55 PM
- 8 Members
- se71, charl08, Karlstar, macygma, remikit, vwinsloe, CeciliaClark, Wyrd1
- Explications
- CeciliaClark: This book is for my entertainment. I enjoy Douglas Adams' way of looking at the world and since there are no Terry Pratchetts in the choices, Mr Adams is my next best.There are many books on this list which I would like to read again and many books not on the list I would take if I could however of this list Douglas Adams book makes me smile.
11
de Betty Smith
16,770 membres
445 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 24.48
Ajouté 2023-09-18, 05:11 PM
- 7 Members
- dara85, amysisson, worksmarts, macygma, JohnChic, dottieph, jeanie0510
12
85 membres
½ 4.3
Score 23.01
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 04:45 PM
- 7 Members
- anglemark, paradoxosalpha, EerierIdyllMeme, LolaWalser, Hartsellang, helenar238, Wyrd1
- Explications
- LolaWalser: This, but not this version; I'd definitely want with me the Powys-Mathers one (based on the French translation by J.C. Mardrus), lavishly expanded with Powys-Mathers' own faux "Arabian" poetry (at least as good as FitzGeraldian Khayyam).Hartsellang: The diversity of its frame story. Ever leading the thoughts here and there. Dreamy. Agreed that other versions are more expansive.
13
3,903 membres
61 critiques
4.9
Score 22.62
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 03:04 PM
- 7 Members
- charl08, PuddinTame, ferness, Agnesium, KeithChaffee, SusanNock, Wyrd1
- Explications
- KeithChaffee: classic entertainment that will never grow stale
14
de George Eliot
625 membres
3 critiques
4.2
Score 21.89
Ajouté 2023-09-18, 10:01 AM
- 7 Members
- thewordygecko, helena2109, goldenlobo, baystateRA, susanbooks, mombot, SusanNock
- Explications
- baystateRA: I picked mostly big novels that would stand up to lots of rereading, with more nuances and themes coming to light each time. I think there's no question this one would fit the bill.
15
de Leo Tolstoy
29,292 membres
453 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 19.58
Ajouté 2023-09-17, 11:27 AM
- 6 Members
- pitjrw, BonnieJune54, CharlesTheB, elahrairah, helenar238, mombot
- Explications
- elahrairah: i've only read the first volume, and found it an intense experience. perhaps on a desert island i would be able to enjoy the second and third volume at my leisure.
16
- 5 Members
- CDVicarage, perennialreader, tina1969, tealadytoo, Boand
- Explications
- Boand: The most evocative and wonderful mystery I know.
17
22,187 membres
186 critiques
4.1
Score 17.44
Ajouté 2023-09-16, 07:17 PM
- 5 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, CarltonC, aadyer, MichaelLynnSr, cipeciop
- Explications
- EerierIdyllMeme: Tom Stoppard, asked this question, said he would want this with English and Italian on facing pages, so in addition to having something to read you'd be able to learn a new language. I really liked this answer.
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181 membres
1 critique
4.9
Score 16.12
Ajouté 2023-09-17, 11:31 AM
- 5 Members
- kleo, JAlison.Stirling, elahrairah, DoomLuz, kevin.mcgee
- Explications
- elahrairah: this collection is bursting with ideas and dreams, for when the problems of the world-as-is are overwhelming...
19
de Tim O'Shei
5 membres
1 critique
Score 16.12
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 10:23 AM
- 5 Members
- PuddinTame, saskia17, MareF, mombot, SkateGuard
20
- 5 Members
- yoyogod, abbottthomas, haydninvienna, MareF, tealadytoo
- Explications
- abbottthomas: It came down to Shakespeare or Wodehouse for my fifth book. What would you do?haydninvienna: What @abbottthomas said, but then I picked both anyway.
21
92 membres
1 critique
4.2
Score 14.79
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 03:10 PM
- 5 Members
- MaskedMumbler, Hartsellang, hotblack43, SealedArchive, CeciliaClark
- Explications
- CeciliaClark: I have the build a boat book, sustainable project book, and this one because I like the idea of self reliance and know full well that I do not know enough about how to achieve this.
22
- 4 Members
- SF_fan_mae, JHemlock, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah
- Explications
- elahrairah: the odyssey, but with rabbits. a book about facing the challenges of the world.
23
699 membres
10 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 14.4
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 02:40 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, yoyogod, konallis, Jeanne.Laure
24
- 5 Members
- PitcherBooks, mstrust, masterdeski, Karen74Leigh, CeciliaClark
- Explications
- CeciliaClark: I would prefer not to die of plant poison in my first week of being stranded, so this book seemed a worthy addition.
25
de Harper Lee
79,602 membres
1,437 critiques
½ 4.4
Score 12.38
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 04:55 PM
- 4 Members
- Karlstar, lizzy50usa, PitcherBooks, MareF
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35,507 membres
277 critiques
3.9
Score 12.38
Ajouté 2023-09-17, 06:37 AM
- 4 Members
- scampus, JohnChic, Michael.Rimmer, aramilf
27
- 4 Members
- abbottthomas, FAMeulstee, MaskedMumbler, elahrairah
- Explications
- abbottthomas: Rather like Proust, on my desert island I should get through it at last.elahrairah: the odyssey, but in dublin. another great work that i have only read the first third of and fully intend to get round to the second and third thirds one of these days...
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8,936 membres
89 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 11.22
Ajouté 2023-09-22, 03:06 PM
- 4 Members
- wdwilson3, saskia17, ASmallHolding, SF_fan_mae
29
de Emily Brontë
52,856 membres
703 critiques
3.9
Score 10.73
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 10:41 PM
30
- 3 Members
- Karlstar, wdwilson3, SealedArchive
31
3,715 membres
85 critiques
4
Score 10.73
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 04:51 PM
- 3 Members
- CDVicarage, perennialreader, MarigoldJackiFitz
32
de Joshua Piven
3,340 membres
32 critiques
½ 3.3
Score 10.4
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 05:45 PM
- 3 Members
- charl08, abbottthomas, masterdeski
- Explications
- abbottthomas: This is the only ‘survival’ manual on my shelves so had to come even though it offers advice on escaping kidnappers from a moving a car and dropping out of a burning building.
33
34
95,958 membres
1,196 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 10.08
Ajouté 2023-09-17, 06:39 AM
- 3 Members
- JohnChic, SF_fan_mae, aramilf
35
de Daniel Defoe
23,615 membres
300 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 10.04
Ajouté 2023-09-16, 09:27 AM
36
16,488 membres
301 critiques
4.1
Score 9.77
Ajouté 2023-09-18, 09:04 AM
- 3 Members
- ASmallHolding, al.vick, MarigoldJackiFitz
37
de Ken Follett
27,553 membres
757 critiques
4.2
Score 9.71
Ajouté 2023-09-21, 09:45 PM
38
690 membres
21 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 9.4
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 05:39 PM
- 3 Members
- stillramona, hipdeep, masterdeski
39
53 membres
3
Score 9.4
Ajouté 2023-09-16, 09:11 AM
- 3 Members
- BonnieJune54, SealedArchive, CeciliaClark
- Explications
- CeciliaClark: This book epitomises why they kicked me out of the D&D club for being too realistic about my character needs. Choosing this one is about sustainable living, safety, security, and eventually, comfort.
40
3,948 membres
84 critiques
4.1
Score 9.23
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 09:15 PM
- 3 Members
- CDVicarage, BonnieJune54, JenMDB
- Explications
- BonnieJune54: I get both imaginary friends and some practical advice.
41
- 3 Members
- sturlington, MichaelLynnSr, closer
- Explications
- closer: Greek myths are a joy to read and think about especially if I'm on a desert island, life could always be worse.
42
- 3 Members
- Tess_W, MichaelLynnSr, closer
- Explications
- closer: I must read a Dickens novel now and then. Keeps me sane.
43
8,003 membres
142 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 8.87
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 04:53 PM
- 3 Members
- worksmarts, macygma, perennialreader
44
- 3 Members
- tina1969, ASmallHolding, jeanie0510
45
7,820 membres
407 critiques
4.1
Score 8.18
Ajouté 2023-09-18, 05:14 PM
- 3 Members
- amysisson, baystateRA, vwinsloe
- Explications
- baystateRA: I was picking big novels that would stand up to lots of rereading, with more nuances and themes coming to light each time, but when I saw that someone else had picked The Sparrow, I thought, yes, me too!
46
262 membres
17 critiques
½ 4.5
Score 8
Ajouté 2023-09-18, 10:48 PM
- 2 Members
- merrystar, ArchdioceseGalvHou
47
13,383 membres
247 critiques
4.2
Score 7.36
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 01:48 PM
- 2 Members
- MaskedMumbler, vwinsloe
48
8,364 membres
589 critiques
4
Score 7.36
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 09:14 PM
- 2 Members
- baystateRA, JenMDB
- Explications
- baystateRA: I picked mostly big novels that would stand up to lots of rereading, with more nuances and themes coming to light each time. It would be hard to leave behind the sequel to Life After Life but I would have my memory of it. Maybe I could reread it once real quick before getting shipwrecked.
49
17,767 membres
425 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 7.04
Ajouté 2023-09-22, 10:36 AM
- 2 Members
- joyblue, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- joyblue: I've enjoyed reading (and rereading) this book for 51 years and counting. It never fails to delight and entertain. I read it as a child, read it to my own children, read it over the phone to a friend after her brain surgery (when she couldn't read on her own because it was too taxing), and reread it regularly when I need a happy boost.
50
2,294 membres
11 critiques
4.2
Score 7.04
Ajouté 2023-09-16, 06:06 PM
- 2 Members
- lizzy50usa, BonnieJune54
52
- 2 Members
- JohnGorski, nojod
- Explications
- nojod: This book made me feel so many different emotions for the characters portrayed. I would want to be able to live through those different emotions again and again if I was on a Desert Island away from everything human.
53
3,857 membres
40 critiques
4.1
Score 6.83
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 12:32 PM
- 2 Members
- willowcove, Karen74Leigh
54
de Will Durant
1,173 membres
15 critiques
½ 4.5
Score 6.68
Ajouté 2023-09-22, 03:20 PM
- 2 Members
- namfos, MichaelLynnSr
- Explications
- namfos: Expansive, well-told story of humankinds tragedies and triumphs.
55
839 membres
21 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 6.68
Ajouté 2023-09-13, 04:46 PM
- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, DoomLuz
56
- 2 Members
- Tess_W, ASmallHolding
58
59
de Isaac Asimov
6,668 membres
82 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 6.4
Ajouté 2023-09-30, 03:45 PM
- 2 Members
- jcumani, Karen74Leigh
60
253 membres
11 critiques
4.1
Score 6.19
Ajouté 2023-09-22, 06:23 AM
61
893 membres
4 critiques
4.2
Score 6.08
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 02:40 PM
- 2 Members
- chellerystick, helena2109
62
9,508 membres
204 critiques
4.1
Score 5.87
Ajouté 2023-09-16, 02:00 AM
- 2 Members
- PitcherBooks, haydninvienna
- Explications
- haydninvienna: The first book I knowingly bought an extra copy of because I didn't want to be without it.
63
1 utilisateur
Score 5.87
Ajouté 2023-09-27, 09:40 AM
64
- 2 Members
- thalassa_thalassa, JHemlock
65
de Amor Towles
9,451 membres
524 critiques
½ 4.4
Score 5.71
Ajouté 2023-09-24, 11:17 PM
- 2 Members
- JohnChic, helenar238
- Explications
- helenar238: A delightful read
66
67
68
15,080 membres
155 critiques
4.1
Score 5.66
Ajouté 2023-09-17, 02:18 PM
- 2 Members
- aadyer, thalassa_thalassa
69
de Peter Høeg
7,427 membres
164 critiques
3.8
Score 5.5
Ajouté 2023-09-18, 04:10 PM
- 2 Members
- charl08, CDVicarage
- Explications
- charl08: It's so good at describing ice cold temperatures, it would be great for an island with no A/C.
70
de Matt Groenig
136 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.6
Score 5.5
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 03:06 PM
- 2 Members
- beehappy, KeithChaffee
- Explications
- beehappy: If I couldn't watch TV, I would want to read about it.KeithChaffee: every episode gets a 2-page spread, so every time I turn the page, I'll have a full episode of memories to recall
71
111 membres
10 critiques
3.9
Score 5.5
Ajouté 2023-09-22, 10:36 AM
72
- 2 Members
- FAMeulstee, macygma
74
25,979 membres
433 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 4
Ajouté 2023-09-24, 02:05 PM
75
- Member
- cleed
76
78
- Member
- amysisson
81
6,034 membres
96 critiques
3.9
Score 4
Ajouté 2023-09-15, 04:01 PM
83
- Member
- tealadytoo
84
- Member
- AndreaLP
86
925 membres
13 critiques
4
Score 4
Ajouté 2023-09-14, 03:00 PM
- Member
- KeithChaffee
- Explications
- KeithChaffee: a look at the complexities of translating, built around the author's numerous attempts to translate a short French poem; the challenge of writing my own versions will keep my mind occupied
87
91
- Member
- yoyogod
92
- Member
- chellerystick
93
76 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.5
Score 4
Ajouté 2023-09-24, 11:12 PM
- Member
- helenar238
- Explications
- helenar238: I can use that desert island time to psychoanalyze myself
94
45 membres
½ 2.5
Score 4
Ajouté 2023-09-24, 11:50 AM
- Member
- chocorua
- Explications
- chocorua: I've never read the bible in in its full length and since I'd likely have some time, it would be a welcomed pursuit. Also, having been raised in the Catholic faith and given this book as youngster in catechism, I'd likely find it comforting and additionally, due to interest in the philosophy of religion, I would enjoy comparing and contrasting with The Gnostic Bible (also in my choice of books).
98
- Member
- bearette24
99
- Member
- helenar238
100
de John Bunyan
17,793 membres
164 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2023-09-22, 02:09 PM
- Member
- MichelleAbbott