This is a follow-up to this list which was chosen by authors, critics, and academics. If anyone here submitted their top books, let us know what you chose!
After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, more than 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here’s your list – topped by a new number 1
This is a follow-up to this list which was chosen by authors, critics, and academics.
If anyone here submitted their top books, let us know what you chose!
I think these two lists are a perfect case study in the wisdom of crowds over expert opinion. I love this. King has thing he does that I love: He'll write an extensive, meticulous, multiparagraph...
I think these two lists are a perfect case study in the wisdom of crowds over expert opinion.
Other readers may argue King isn’t literary enough, but I would argue he just fools you into thinking that because he’s such a propulsive writer.
I love this. King has thing he does that I love: He'll write an extensive, meticulous, multiparagraph description... then conclude it with something like 'Yea you know Metallica? Like that.'
And it's very helpful, as sometimes I find myself rocketting through to a climax, and those simultaneously will let me rocket faster, or wake me up to say 'whoa I'm missing stuff.'
And a technique he'll use to stop you dead in your tracks: After building up an event for like 200 pages, he'll tell you exactly what happened in the first paragraph or two, and then fill out the details.
King is literary enough to slip iconic lines of poetry into the Stand as description. (Presumably also in other novels) These Easter eggs don't draw attention to themselves but they are absolutely...
King is literary enough to slip iconic lines of poetry into the Stand as description. (Presumably also in other novels)
These Easter eggs don't draw attention to themselves but they are absolutely there to be recognized.
This is a follow-up to this list which was chosen by authors, critics, and academics.
If anyone here submitted their top books, let us know what you chose!
I think these two lists are a perfect case study in the wisdom of crowds over expert opinion.
I love this. King has thing he does that I love: He'll write an extensive, meticulous, multiparagraph description... then conclude it with something like 'Yea you know Metallica? Like that.'
And it's very helpful, as sometimes I find myself rocketting through to a climax, and those simultaneously will let me rocket faster, or wake me up to say 'whoa I'm missing stuff.'
And a technique he'll use to stop you dead in your tracks: After building up an event for like 200 pages, he'll tell you exactly what happened in the first paragraph or two, and then fill out the details.
King is literary enough to slip iconic lines of poetry into the Stand as description. (Presumably also in other novels)
These Easter eggs don't draw attention to themselves but they are absolutely there to be recognized.
I loved the Stand.