[Dancehall Queen]

Originally posted by Strangergab

Exactly.

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#47

Fallen is a 2009 young adult fantasy novel written by Lauren Kate. The novel revolves around a young girl named Lucinda Price "Luce" who is sent to Sword & Cross Reform School in Savannah, Georgia, after she is accused of murdering a boy by starting a fire. At the reform school, she meets Daniel, a handsome boy whom she feels inexplicably drawn to, and believes she has met before. The book revolves mostly around the love triangle between Luce, Daniel, and Cam, another boy enrolled at Sword and Cross.

[Callum]

the catcher in the rye was outranked by TWO goosebumps books?

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#46

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife. The 45-chapter novel was published in 31 weekly installments in Dickens' new literary periodical titled All the Year Round. From April 1859 to November 1859, Dickens also republished the chapters as eight monthly sections in green covers. Dickens' previous novels had appeared only as monthly installments. The first weekly installment of A Tale of Two Cities ran in the first issue of All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran thirty weeks later, on 26 November

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#45

The Little Prince (French: ''Le Petit Prince'' ; French pronunciation: [lə.pə.ti'pʁɛ̃s]), first published in 1943, is a novella and the most famous work of the French aristocrat writer, poet and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944, Mort pour la France).
The novella is both the most read and most translated book in the French language, and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. Translated into more than 250 languages and dialects, selling over a million copies per year with sales totaling over 200 million copies worldwide, it has become one of the best-selling books ever published.
Saint-Exupéry, a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and a reserve military pilot at the start of the Second World War, wrote and illustrated the manuscript while exiled in the United States after the Fall of France. He had traveled there on a personal mission to convince its government to quickly enter the war against Nazi Germany. In the midst of personal upheavals and failing health he produced almost half of the writings he would be remembered for, including a tender tale of loneliness, friendship, love and loss, in the form of a young prince fallen to Earth.
An earlier memoir by the author recounted his aviation experiences in the Sahara desert and he is thought to have drawn on those same experiences for use as plot elements in The Little Prince. Since first being published the novella has been adapted to various media over the decades, including audio recordings, stage, screen, ballet and operatic works

[Gagazane]

Originally posted by Mellark

We are entering the Top 40!
ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
Top 40
#49

Yes! A classic. Hope The Cat in The Hat is on top 10.

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#44

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.
But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo’s empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.

[Crazytowel]

The Lovely Bones is such a good book.

Word of advice: DO NOT watch the movie

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#43

Anna has studiously avoided her aunt Rose—the woman she once loved more than anyone else in the world—ever since the night Rose betrayed Anna and her mother, Rose's own fatally ill sister. In the sixteen years that have passed, Anna has built another life for herself far from her hometown on Maryland's Eastern Shore, but she can't forgive or forget.

Now another betrayal, by a faithless lover, has brought Anna back to her family's restaurant, where Rose needs her estranged niece's help—and trust—more than ever before. Determined to leave as soon as the struggling business is back on its feet and her own hurt is healed, Anna joins Rose in the kitchen of the Bella Sorella, where values clash and generations collide—and outside, where their personal live become entangled in surprising ways. Yet Anna is resolved to remain unaffected by Rose's longing to undo the past—even though her resistance could blind her to a true and unexpected love that's reaching out to grab her by the heart.

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#42

Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books. The novel introduces the character Robert Langdon, who is also the protagonist of Brown's subsequent 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code, and 2009 novel, The Lost Symbol. It also shares many stylistic literary elements with its sequel, such as conspiracies of secret societies, a single-day time frame, and the Catholic Church. Ancient history, architecture, and symbolism are also heavily referenced throughout the book. A film adaptation was released on May 15, 2009, though it was set after the events of The Da Vinci Code film, which had been released in 2006.

[Mellark]

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#41

From a gifted new storyteller comes a warm, funny and endearing tale of life and love off the beaten track. Pat Lloyd has spent her entire life in Kilgore - a small town off the Interstate set amidst the subtle beauty of the rolling hills and sagebrush-covered plains of the West. Known by all the townspeople as intelligent, likeable, and a bit odd, Pat works at her Pop's mercantile and fills the rest of her hours with mail order books and the solitude of day dreams. But just when Pat's existence seems settled, Alma Rose, a charming and vivacious trucker with elaborately tooled cowboy boots and a mouth that gallops ahead of her mind, rumbles off the highway and into Pat's life, changing it forever. Inspired by her passion for Alma Rose and the unforeseen intensity of desire, Pat transforms her life into a startling - and monumental - testament to the power of love. A brilliant debut novel filled with memorable characters and the vibrant spirit of the West, Alma Rose will strike a chord in the heart of every reader.

[supaspaz]

Angels & Demons is a solid thriller. Not one of the greatest books of all time, though.

I've never read A Tale of Two Cities or The Little Prince. The rest of this set I've never heard of...

[Mellark]

Today we will be entering the Top 30! Today's countdown #40-34
ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#40

Oedipus the King (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, Oidipous Tyrannos), also known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BC.It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence.

[(Cole)]

[supaspaz]

Oedipus is a great play, but I think Antigone is better.

[Strangergab]

Originally posted by Mellark

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#42

MASTERPIECE

[arkl]

Angels and Demons

One of the best to be honest.

[arkl]

Originally posted by Mellark

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#48

I know this one has got a lot of fans here, but it really bored me to death. I almost didn't finish reading the whole thing.

[arkl]

Originally posted by Mellark

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#63

YAS! This is probably the closes personal account I've read regarding The Holocaust. I treasure this book so much.

[arkl]

Originally posted by Mellark

ATRL's 100 Greatest Books Of All Time
#60

One of my favourites of all time. Great read.