How do I find a forgotten book?

People often come to the Library and ask if we can help them find a certain book or two….Try these sites for crowd-source help:

Utne Reader Bookshelf.
AbeBooks.com Book Sleuth.
Stump the Bookseller.
The Biblio Blog (for long-lost children’s books)

What book should I rea?

30 Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lives

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
1984, by George Orwell.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling.
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Great Gatsby, by F.
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
The Diary Of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank.
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.

What book should I read right now?

24 brilliant books that helped us escape in 2020

1. ‘ Luster’ by Raven Leilani.
2. ‘ The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead.
3. ‘ Waterland’ by Graham Swift.
4. ‘ The Water Dancer’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
5. ‘ A Promised Land’ by Barack Obama.
6. ‘ Still Life’ by Louise Penny.
7. ‘
‘My Brilliant Friend’ by Elena Ferrante.

What are the 10 best books of 2020?

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett.
Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart.
The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel.
A Children’s Bible, Lydia Millet.
Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar.
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Laura van den Berg.
A Burning, Megha Majumdar.
Deacon King Kong, James McBride.

What are the 100 best books of all time?

Score

1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.28 avg rating — 4,735,326 ratings
2	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3,350,059 ratings
3	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.50 avg rating — 588,652 ratings
4	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 2,850,565 ratings

What is the most interesting book to read?

Cheers to the books we’ve been meaning to read all these years and should probably start at some point.

War and Peace. by Leo Tolstoy.
Song of Solomon. by Toni Morrison.
Ulysses. by James Joyce.
The Shadow of the Wind. by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
The Lord of the Rings.
The Satanic Verses.
Don Quixote.
The Golden Compass.

What is considered the greatest book of all time?

Here is a list of 12 novels that, for various reasons, have been considered some of the greatest works of literature ever written.

Anna Karenina. Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina.
To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird.
The Great Gatsby. F.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
A Passage to India.
Invisible Man.
Don Quixote.
Beloved.

What is the most sold book in the world?

the Bible

What is the most famous book?

The all-time most popular books in the world revealed

The Holy Quran (644) – over 3 billion.
The King James Bible (1611) – over 2.5 billion.
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (1964) by Mao Zendong – 800 million.
Don Quixote (1512) by Miguel de Cervantes – 500 million.
Harry Potter series (1997-2007) by J.K.Rowling – 450 million.

Who is the #1 best-selling author?

List of best-selling fiction authors

Author	Min. estimated sales	Number of books
William Shakespeare	2 billion	42
Agatha Christie	2 billion	85
Barbara Cartland	500 million	723
Danielle Steel	500 million	179

What is the 2nd most read book in the world?

He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years. “Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung” came in second with 820 million copies sold, and “Harry Potter” came in third with 400 million copies sold.

What books are better than Harry Potter?

15 Best Fiction Series to Read After Harry Potter

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott.
The Magisterium Series by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan.
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (The All Souls Trilogy Series)

What book should I read if I like Harry Potter?

Books To Read If You Love Harry Potter

A Deadly Education. by. Paperback. $17.00.
The Alchemyst. by. Paperback. $10.99.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. by. Available from: Buy.
The Magicians. by Lev Grossman. Paperback. $17.00.
Half Bad. by. Paperback. $9.99.
Akata Witch. by. Paperback.
Vampire Academy. by. Paperback.
The Golden Compass Graphic Novel. by. Paperback.