Call me Ishmael...

[Old Hack]

There are a couple of other in the series too. Phaic Tan and another one I can't quite remember the name of.

The kind you can pick up and put down randomly.

Thanks for this.

I'll see how this one goes. I think I have read a few of the type, so think I'll enjoy it.

[DodgyAgent]

...161 years since the creation of "Moby Dick".

Which books written today(or in the past 5 years) do you think will stand the tests of time and be popular and readable 161 years from now?

Hindi for contractors

[Old Hack]

Hindi for contractors

Guide to Benefits for IT Recruiters.

[SupremeSpod]

Hindi for contractors

The Penguin Dictionary of Computers: Amazon.co.uk: Anthony Chandor with John Graham and Robin Williamson: Books

[SimonMac]

Contract Law For Dummies

[BrilloPad]

A Dummies guide to being a contractor

Excuses & Lies for All Occasions

[Doggy Styles]

Roger's Profanisaurus.

[Bunk]

I was reading something yesterday about how Tolkien was concerned about initial sales of The Hobbit not being great and was considering making changes for the next edition. It went on to sell over 100 million so he was probably worrying over nothing.

[OwlHoot]

...161 years since the creation of "Moby Dick".

Which books written today(or in the past 5 years) do you think will stand the tests of time and be popular and readable 161 years from now?

I thought that Google cartoon was Eric the Red

[cojak]

But the classics shouldn't be called classics, just because. I read Homers Oddyssey and the IIiad, and, well, fook me, it took a long time, and wasn't an easy read.

Ben Hur? Meant to be a classic and to be frank, it took me about 5 attempts to read it.

It's actually very subjective too. I like to read old travel books about places I have been to, just to see what has actually changed. I think some humourous travel books will stand the test of time, well, for people like me.

Interesting. I read The Iliad when I was 15 and found it a thrilling read, the battle scenes evoking the gore and the terror have never been beaten. Only The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King matched it.

As you did with the Iliad, I found LotR bloody tedious until that point.