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dream_labyrinthWe just watched a show on TV abut the 5o most favorite books of the Germans.
Two Harry Potters in there. Some Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, not to surprisingly Goethe's Faust. That's a queation of answering what you are supposed to answer.
On three: Ken Follet: Pillars of the Earth. A book I like, but wouldn't have expected this high up.
On Two: The Bible. I'd definitely hadn't suspected it there, and I wonder how many people just said that because it was the first thing that came to their mind when hearing the word "book". But then again, even that says something about the meaning of it.
On First place, I can't believe it, The Lord Of The Rings.
Not that I don't like it. But in first place??
Interestingly, a lot of books that were in the top 50 were books that have been made into movies.
I suppose part of it was naming a familiar title, probably without ever having read the book. But then I am a pessimist when it comes to the reading habits of my contemporaries.
Two Harry Potters in there. Some Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, not to surprisingly Goethe's Faust. That's a queation of answering what you are supposed to answer.
On three: Ken Follet: Pillars of the Earth. A book I like, but wouldn't have expected this high up.
On Two: The Bible. I'd definitely hadn't suspected it there, and I wonder how many people just said that because it was the first thing that came to their mind when hearing the word "book". But then again, even that says something about the meaning of it.
On First place, I can't believe it, The Lord Of The Rings.
Not that I don't like it. But in first place??
Interestingly, a lot of books that were in the top 50 were books that have been made into movies.
I suppose part of it was naming a familiar title, probably without ever having read the book. But then I am a pessimist when it comes to the reading habits of my contemporaries.
