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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Karlman: 7:53pm On Oct 27, 2023
And where be Dostoyevsky's Crime And Punishment?

Ain't a book more interesting asides Things Fall Apart!
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by ejimatic: 7:54pm On Oct 27, 2023
Okolo3662:
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee. Hardcover book first published July 11, 1960. Novel won 1961 Pulitzer Prize. Later made into an Academy Award winning film.
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, 1982.
5. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinualumogu Achebe.
7. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
8. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
9. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Mrs Dalloway by Vagina Wolf.
11. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
12. The purple color by Alice Walker.
Which parameter was used for the selection?
Who made the selection?
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by venabili: 7:54pm On Oct 27, 2023
LordIsaac:
I’ll stay with Sidney Sheldon and the Bronte’s anytime.😊
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights might interest you then. Sheldon is a master
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Afamed: 7:55pm On Oct 27, 2023
EmperorCaesar:
Do u even know my tribe or am I a citizen of England?

I never talked down on Achebe's works, I only stated what i saw on Quora and what other literary institutions think about Williams works

Not even the Greek could boast of such a great writer that can rival Williams despite their advance years of civilization over England. I would be cool with Achebe ranking by williams side but not above him
Ignore him.He thinks everything is about tribalism when you don't support their/ our own.

Like you schooled him, Quora is where he needs to go and learn the real professional and intellectual discussion of discussion not on Nairaland
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Nobody: 7:55pm On Oct 27, 2023
jamesversion:
What books did Wole Soyinka even write that even one of them cannot feature in world greatest books? undecided
He wrote "Pirates of The Sea Dogs" How to become a Cultist.

Foolish overrated Professor.
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by gentlesmithugo(m): 7:55pm On Oct 27, 2023
Justiceleague1:
Coneheaded structured monitoring spirits checking #6 very welgrin
those people fit die of heartache tonight
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by happney65: 7:56pm On Oct 27, 2023
CJStarz:
That was a classic. An African story through the eyes of an African
A complete classic. A best seller anyday,anytime

I read "things fall apart" and no longer at Ease when I was in Nursery school. Well before I got to primary 5

Easy to read and understand
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Airlord2030: 7:57pm On Oct 27, 2023
Renman:
Go and fight the foreign scholars that considered his book.
omo ibo scholar you mean?
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by ONNYX: 7:58pm On Oct 27, 2023
Zeus123:
Lol......Achebe on that list is just funny.
A nigerian must have compiled that list.

Shakespeare, dostoevsky, hemminway, twain, Virginia Wolfe, Jane austen, George orwell and so many not on that list.

No shades on Achebe but come on man. For fuxk sake be serious
At the bolded.....I can tell you there is nothing funny about Achebe in global literary circles. The man is an iconoclast who keeps rising like a phoenix even after his death.

I have been to a few literary events and I can tell you that the very mention of Achebe always lightens the room.

By the way, perhaps Google will help you appreciate Achebe and his exploits better. Why not try finding out how many languages his work has been translated into. That should give you a general idea.

Pls I am not Igbo. Just a Nigerian who appreciates accomplishments.
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by jamesversion: 7:59pm On Oct 27, 2023
Fearyourcreator:
Your signature dey quote Bible... God dey try
I am a Child of God. All day long. grin
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Khallicopyro: 7:59pm On Oct 27, 2023
Where is Art of War? Where is Poetics? If you say "greatest books" ever written
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Renman: 8:01pm On Oct 27, 2023
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by jamesversion: 8:03pm On Oct 27, 2023
alfredilly:
Who or which body is credited with this rating or is it just the OP opinion? Well, Leo Tolstoy is a legend given how brilliant writer quote him profusely, though I've never read any of his work.
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Ndipe(m): 8:04pm On Oct 27, 2023
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic and deserves to be on the list as well. Since it's publication nearly 2 centuries ago, it has never ran out of print.
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by WantsandMore: 8:05pm On Oct 27, 2023
EmperorCaesar:
Shakespeare books no even dey here

Went to quora to read up on this and they are there arguing about mark twain, ralph emerson but for here, even achebe dey ahead of Williams shakespeare cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
Perception Bruh grin cheesy & Wole's book no make the cut despite him academic Grammy awards, I mean laureate
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by WantsandMore: 8:06pm On Oct 27, 2023
EmperorCaesar:
Shakespeare books no even dey here

Went to quora to read up on this and they are there arguing about mark twain, ralph emerson but for here, even achebe dey ahead of Williams shakespeare cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
[s]Perception Bruh grin cheesy & Wole's book no make the cut despite him academic Grammy awards, I mean laureate[/s]
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Airlord2030: 8:10pm On Oct 27, 2023
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Renman: 8:10pm On Oct 27, 2023
Airlord2030:
rubbish bring me something better
Which one do you want?
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Thundafireseun: 8:11pm On Oct 27, 2023
socialmediaman:
Things fall Apart.

At least Nigeria is known for something good despite the efforts of a Chicago heroin trafficker, certificate forger and election fraudster, to destroy what’s remaining of it
I laugh you

Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by CharleyBright(m): 8:15pm On Oct 27, 2023
Okolo3662:
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee. Hardcover book first published July 11, 1960. Novel won 1961 Pulitzer Prize. Later made into an Academy Award winning film.
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, 1982.
5. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinualumogu Achebe.
7. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
8. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
9. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Mrs Dalloway by Vagina Wolf.
11. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
12. The purple color by Alice Walker.
1. The God Father - Mario Puzo
2. The Apocalypse Watch - Robert Ludlum
3. The Other side of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon
4. It - Stephen King
5. Cain and Abel
6. The Woman of Substance - Barbara Taylor Bradford
7. Gone with the Wind
8. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
9. Oil, politics and Violence - max suillion
10. Roots
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Airlord2030: 8:15pm On Oct 27, 2023
Renman:
Which one do you want?
bring me better site
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Renman: 8:16pm On Oct 27, 2023
Airlord2030:
bring me better site
Which of the better sitehuh
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by okoroemeka(m): 8:16pm On Oct 27, 2023
jamesversion:
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum grin
haba,pls don't mention James Hadley chase next,we talking about books that won awards and Nobel prizes
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Emperormartin(m): 8:21pm On Oct 27, 2023
Zeus123:
Lol......Achebe on that list is just funny.
A nigerian must have compiled that list.

Shakespeare, dostoevsky, hemminway, twain, Virginia Wolfe, Jane austen, George orwell and so many not on that list.

No shades on Achebe but come on man. For fuxk sake be serious
Onye eriri eri
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by ShangTsung000: 8:22pm On Oct 27, 2023
Where's Harry Potter?
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by IbileIfe: 8:23pm On Oct 27, 2023
I agree with the list.
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by okoroemeka(m): 8:25pm On Oct 27, 2023
Zeus123:
Lol......Achebe on that list is just funny.
A nigerian must have compiled that list.

Shakespeare, dostoevsky, hemminway, twain, Virginia Wolfe, Jane austen, George orwell and so many not on that list.

No shades on Achebe but come on man. For fuxk sake be serious
just for an African flavour I guess,there are many authors far more talented than Achebe,he is definitely a good writer but is he better than RL Stevenson of treasure island?I don't think so
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Emperormartin(m): 8:25pm On Oct 27, 2023
Herdsmen:
The family.. Puzo.
My brother you just said my mind

Surprised no Mario puzo works made the list.

The godfather and the family are my best novel of Mario puzo.

In general, Chinụa Achebe things Fall apart remains Epic
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Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by IbileIfe: 8:25pm On Oct 27, 2023
okoroemeka:
haba,pls don't mention James Hadley chase next,we talking about books that won awards and Nobel prizes
Books don't win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Authors do for a body of outstanding works over the years.
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by IbileIfe: 8:29pm On Oct 27, 2023
WantsandMore:
[s]Perception Bruh grin cheesy & Wole's book no make the cut despite him academic Grammy awards, I mean laureate[/s]
Your intellectual illiteracy is pathetic.
Prof. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his outstanding works in drama and poetry. He has written only one or two novels.
Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by Konjiboii: 8:32pm On Oct 27, 2023
Aside my regular Stephen king,Anne rice novels, this one was an interesting read.

Re: 12 Novels Considered The “Greatest Books Ever Written” by WantsandMore: 8:33pm On Oct 27, 2023
IbileIfe:
Your intellectual illiteracy is pathetic.
Prof. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his outstanding works in drama and poetry. He has written only one or two novels.
Why are people quick to curse nowadays? Not even your Wole, your demi-god responds to critics in this manner...damn
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