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Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly | Michael Korda
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Using the annual hardcover best seller lists from "The Bookman" and then "Publishers Weekly," examines twentieth-century American social, cultural, and historical trends through the lens of popular literature.
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MatchlessMarie
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Been a little awol from Litsy recently. So I just saw the news about #WinterGames being cancelled. I totally get needing to take a break though. It makes me happy to see all the random holiday/winter challenges popping up though. I was getting my December list ready and came across this “chilly and killy” category 😂

DebinHawaii That is a fabulous name for them! 🤣 1y
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IamIamIam
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Got my list made for #BookSpin!! My piles are out of control so this will definitely help! Thank you to @TheAromaofBooks for pushing us to read those unread books!! Lol, I've got a number of gifts on here, a biography, a YA, and some horror. Looking forward to getting started next month!!

Suet624 Totally agree that thanks are in order to all the work that @TheAromaofBooks does to keep us moving those books off our shelves. 3y
IamIamIam @Suet624 👏👏👏 Good luck with your list!!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Glad to have you along!! I posted January's numbers last Saturday, so you may have to scroll down through my feed a bit to find them. Just let me know if you can't get to them!!! 3y
IamIamIam @TheAromaofBooks Excellent!! I appreciate all your hard work and I'm super excited to have this list to focus on! 😁😁 3y
TheAromaofBooks It's fun to host a challenge that just gets people excited about books they've been meaning to read anyway 😂 3y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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#20thingsaboutme part 2 because there‘s no zoom-in feature and don‘t want to strain your eyes..

LibrarianRyan ⭐️🤓👍 5y
RohitSawant Wonderful answers! And love the images! 5y
Kalalalatja Bungee jumping scares and excites me in equal measures! 😅 we were just talking about it last night, and decided we needed to try it! 5y
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BarbaraBB Great answers 😍 5y
Cathythoughts I love the beach too & I only iron when it‘s absolutely necessary 👍🏻♥️♥️ 5y
LeahBergen Enid Blyton! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y
TrishB So many great answers 👍🏻 50‘s not too bad! 5y
Kaye Miracle how those years creep up on you, isn‘t it ? I wonder where all that time went. 5y
batsy Enjoyed reading your answers ❤️ 13... I'm deathly afraid. Will cheer you on from below 😂 5y
Avanders 13 — I also love rollercoasters 🎢! And I‘ve bungee jumped... it was 125 feet in the air, face first 😳😁 Also zip-lined... 1000 feet up! Good thing I have (had?) no fear of heights 😁 16 — lol I don‘t even own an iron 😆 5y
GypsyKat I‘m here to support your hate of ironing. 🙋🏻‍♀️ 5y
readordierachel Lovely list 💕 5y
BiblioLitten 12. Same! 💕 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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I‘ve enjoyed reading all the posts about #20thingsaboutme 💖. So here‘s mine, for those who are interested, and because I like making lists! 😄

Join in, consider yourself tagged. It‘s fun making the list. 😉

Trashcanman What's your first language? 5y
LibrarianRyan ⭐️🤓👍 5y
Jee_HookedOnBookz Your no 8 is my 19!!♥️♥️🙌 5y
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Cathythoughts I‘m Aries too ... we are fire signs , I love that ♥️ yes to coffee too 5y
Kaye I did just the opposite. Had my first grand baby on my 40th birthday ! 5y
batsy Ugh, no! Not the cockroaches! Especially those flying ones 😭 5y
erzascarletbookgasm @Trashcanman Chinese dialects. 5y
Avanders No 9 🤭🤭🤭😭 5y
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Kalalalatja
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you my #RecommendationsChallenge2018! 🎉🎉
I have my list from all the awesome recommendations I got from other littens, and I would love for others to join in. You can follow my list, or you can make your own based on the recommendations in this spread sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1du4D3S0zlCzMzwTfySC3kWO1jn5oIZ3ypjoVz-6V...

Thanks to everybody who recommended books 👏👏

jhod What do the asterisks represent on your spreadsheet? Thanks for sharing, some great recommendations! 6y
Kalalalatja @jhod that's just the books I plan on reading, I forgot to remove them 😅 6y
TheKidUpstairs Ooh, fun challenge! Thanks for sharing! 6y
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jhod Ah! 😄 6y
Kalalalatja Sorry @Ashley_Nicoletto , I almost forgot you! 😅 6y
Kalalalatja @TheKidUpstairs you are welcome! 6y
Sarah83 This list looks really great. 🤗 6y
Librarybelle Nice list. Have fun! 6y
Suet624 What a fantastic list! 6y
Cinfhen Nice list! Great job on compiling- can't wait to follow your progress ❤️ 6y
Tamra Thank you for sharing!! 6y
Katiesbookishlife That's a good list 😊 6y
tpixie What an awesome list!!! Good luck! 🍀 Happy Reading 📒📙📕 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Good list! Thanks for sharing and good luck 6y
sprainedbrain Great idea, and fantastic list! I have a whole shelf on Goodreads of books recommended on Litsy... I may make my own challenge. 😃 6y
LibrarianJen Looks awesome! I‘ve only read three of the books on there so I look forward to your reviews on the others. 6y
Ashley_Nicoletto Great list! Thanks for sharing! I may go out and pull 25 off your spreadsheet that I haven't already read. 6y
diovival Great idea for a reading challenge! 6y
MeganAnn Thanks so much for posting this! I might make my own challenge based on your list. Great idea! 6y
RaimeyGallant Nice list! Thanks for posting. I've got a screenshot handy. 6y
Kalalalatja @Sarah83 @Librarybelle @Suet624 @Tamra @Cinfhen @Katiesbookishlife @tpixie @erzascarletbookgasm there were so many great recommendations that I had trouble narrowing it down, so I might read other books from the list as well. These are just the 25 I want to get to next year 👏🤞 6y
Kalalalatja @sprainedbrain @Ashley_Nicoletto @MeganAnn @RaimeyGallant we can cheer each other on! I'm probably going to need it 😅 6y
Kalalalatja @diovival thank you! Feel free to join in 😄 6y
BookwormAHN Thanks for sharing. I may join in too 😸 6y
batsy A fab list! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on all of them ☺️ 6y
JanuarieTimewalker13 That list is über cool!! I def want to read Anthony Marra's book! 6y
RebelReader I think I can come up with a list PDQ. I think I may have to participate. 6y
Kalalalatja @BookwormAHN @RebelReader Woohoo! The more the merrier 👏👏 6y
Kalalalatja @batsy I'm looking forward to seeing what I think of them. Some of these are a bit out of my comfort zone 😄 @JanuarieTimewalker13 it sounds really great! 6y
ferskner This is a fabulous list! I wish I had enough reading leeway to follow along, but I'm excited to see your posts. I'm thrilled to have made the cut! 6y
Kalalalatja @ferskner well, it is kinda awful that I, as a Dane, haven't read any Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen. She is like Danish heritage. Also, I have been wanting to read that book for ages 😄 6y
TricksyTails This is awesome! Thank you for doing this! 😊♥️📚 6y
Kalalalatja @TricksyTails You are very welcome 😄 I had so much fun deciding which books to read! 6y
HeatherBookNerd Great list! 6y
ferskner 😱 6y
Kalalalatja @ferskner I know. It is quite horrible 😳😳 6y
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An interesting look at the PW bestseller list from 1900-1999 and how those books inform our culture and reveal what we value most. A little dry at times, but still very interesting. 7/10