Dylan’s reticence about his personal life is a central part of the singer-songwriter’s brand, so the gaps and omissions in this memoir come as no surprise. The result is both sharp and dreamy, sliding in and out of different phases of Dylan’s career but rooted in his earliest days as a Woody Guthrie wannabe in New York City. Fans are still waiting for volume two. In this existential eco-thriller, a William Blake-obsessed eccentric investigates the murders of men and animals in a remote Polish village. More accessible and focused than Flights, the novel that won Tokarczuk the Man International Booker prize, it is no less profound in its examination of how atavistic male impulses, emboldened by the new rightwing politics of Europe, are endangering people, communities and nature itself. In his Olympian history of humanity, Harari documents the numerous revolutions Homo sapiens has undergone over the last 70,000 years: from new leaps in cognitive reasoning to agriculture, science and industry, the era of information and the possibilities of biotechnology. Harari’s scope may be too wide for some, but this engaging work topped the charts and made millions marvel. The 2008 film adaptation of Persepolis. Photograph: Marjane Satrapi et Vincent Paron/Publicity image from film company 47 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000-2003), translated by Mattias Ripa (2003-2004) Confession time: I read “for a living.” I now read nearly all of the books I read on my Kindle App on my iPad. It is… work. Oh, I enjoy it. I love reading. But, reading books on my iPad is something I do to work/for work.

A telling description of modern power … Yanis Varoufakis. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters 86 Adults in the Room by Yanis Varoufakis (2017) The 100 By Kass Morgan (Hardcover Book, 2013)". Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014 . Retrieved October 17, 2014. A mesmerising tapestry of the River Dart’s mutterings … Alice Oswald. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian 60 Dart by Alice Oswald (2002) Read the review 83 Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli (2016), translated by Luiselli with Lizzie Davis (2017) The British novelist combines fiction and non-fiction to form a searing essay on grief and love for his late wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh. Barnes divides the book into three parts with disparate themes – 19th-century ballooning, photography and marriage. Their convergence is wonderfully achieved.

How to read The 100 Books in Order?

The Belarusian Nobel laureate recorded thousands of hours of testimony from ordinary people to create this oral history of the Soviet Union and its end. Writers, waiters, doctors, soldiers, former Kremlin apparatchiks, gulag survivors: all are given space to tell their stories, share their anger and betrayal, and voice their worries about the transition to capitalism. An unforgettable book, which is both an act of catharsis and a profound demonstration of empathy. 2 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (2004) Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes in the 2005 film adaptation of The Constant Gardener. Photograph: Jaap Buitendijk/AP 68 The Constant Gardener by John le Carré (2001) Clarke's parents are named Abby and Jake. Abby was the Chief Medical Officer and Council member. Jake was the Senior Environmental Engineer. Wells lets Clarke blame him for her father's execution and her arrest. However, it was Abby who informed the Chancellor, not Wells.

A moving, book-length poem from the UK’s first female poet laureate, Rapture won the TS Eliot prize in 2005. From falling in love to betrayal and separation, Duffy reimagines romance with refreshing originality. This warm yet biting collection of short stories by the Booker-winning American author will restore your faith in humanity. No matter how weird the setting – a futuristic prison lab, a middle-class home where human lawn ornaments are employed as a status symbol – in these surreal satires of post-crash life Saunders reminds us of the meaning we find in small moments. If the western literary canon is founded on Homer, then it is founded on women’s silence. Barker’s extraordinary intervention, in which she replays the events of the Iliad from the point of view of the enslaved Trojan women, chimed with both the #MeToo movement and a wider drive to foreground suppressed voices. In a world still at war, it has chilling contemporary resonance.

Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel follows her coming-of-age in the lead up to and during the Iranian revolution. In this riotous memoir, Satrapi focuses on one young life to reveal a hidden history. 46 Human Chain by Seamus Heaney (2010) Day 21 By Kass Morgan (Hardcover Book, 2014). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. September 16, 2014. ISBN 9780316234559 . Retrieved October 17, 2014. The members of one ordinarily unhappy American family struggle to adjust to the shifting axes of their worlds over the final decades of the 20th century. Franzen’s move into realism reaped huge literary rewards: exploring both domestic and national conflict, this family saga is clever, funny and outrageously readable.

Rooney’s second novel, a love story between two clever and damaged young people coming of age in contemporary Ireland, confirmed her status as a literary superstar. Her focus is on the dislocation and uncertainty of millennial life, but her elegant prose has universal appeal. a b "Kass Morgan to Continue The 100 Series with 'Rebellion' ". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 9, 2016. From left: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield in the 2010 film adaptation of Never Let Me Go. Photograph: FoxSearch/Everett/Rex Features 4 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)

What is The 100 series about?

So, why write about this on this blog. Apparently, his character, Robert McCall, lost his wife sometime before this story. She had read the 100 books a person should read before they die (see the link below). Now, maybe in her memory, he was working thorough the list. We learn this as he is reading The Old Man and the Sea in a diner. This book-length poem is a mesmerising tapestry of “the river’s mutterings”, based on three years of recording conversations with people who live and work on the River Dart in Devon. From swimmers to sewage workers, boatbuilders to bailiffs, salmon fishers to ferryman, the voices are varied and vividly brought to life. Lincoln, a Grounder, spies on the 100's camp. He is caught and held prisoner by the 100. Later, he and Octavia start a romantic relationship.

The title is the question Winterson’s adoptive mother asked as she threw her daughter out, aged 16, for having a girlfriend. The autobiographical story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, and the trials of Winterson’s later life, is urgent, wise and moving. Clarke's parents were forced to do radiation experiments on unregistered children. They were arrested and supposedly executed. However, instead they were secretly sent to the ground with an earlier expedition. Approximately 56 years before the series, Mountain Men discovered Grounders living on the ground. They opened Mount Weather's doors, but had to close them due to the radiation being fatal to them.Chart-topping history of humanity … Yuval Noah Harari. Photograph: Olivier Middendorp 21 Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (2011), translated by Harari with John Purcell and Haim Watzman (2014) The beautifully written product of 15 years of research, Capital made its author an intellectual star – the modern Marx – and opened readers’ eyes to how neoliberalism produces vastly increased inequalities. Full of data, theories and historical analysis, its message is clear, and prophetic: unless governments increase tax, the new and grotesque wealth levels of the rich will encourage political instability.