Lists of Bests: Daily Telegraph - 100 writers choose their book of the century http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59959 At the end of the 20th century _Daily Telegraph_ ran a series where a writer (usually British) would name their single choice for the "Book of the Century". 100 writers participated, including Arthur C. Clarke, J.G. Ballard, P.D. James, Patrick O'Brian, Salman Rushdie, Mordecai Richler, Doris Lessing, Joyce Carol Oates, Anthony Powell, Anita Desai, John le Carre, Carol Shields, Barbara Cartland, and Ruth Rendell. There are only 96 books on the list because some were chosen more than once (_In Search of Lost Time_ by three writers, and _The Leopard_ and _1984_ each by two writers). Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:48:30 GMT en-us 0 50 96 50 0 My Father and Myself (New York Review Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/881322 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/881322"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0940322129.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. R. Ackerley</div> Collected Poems (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2540725 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2540725"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679643508.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.H. Auden</div> The Atrocity Exhibition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76377 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76377"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1889307033.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.G. 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P. Cavafy: Collected Poems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81311 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81311"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0691015376.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056466949_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. P. 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