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Newsweek's Top 100 Books (2009)

This list was started by Dan at Minnesota. It is a work in process. Feel free to update (it's been a while since I review this list). 

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#1 - War and Peace (1869) by Leo Tolstoy

Available Formats

DB026275 Read by Gordon Gould. Reading time: 60 hours, 52 minutes.

DB067136 Read by Conrad Feininger. Reading time: 63 hours, 28 minutes. 2007 translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

Annotation

Epic historical novel portrays five aristocratic families against the background of Russian social life during the Napoleonic Wars (1805-1814). Depicts campaign battles, the burning of Moscow, and the French army's winter retreat.

#2 - 1984 (1949) by George Orwell

Available Formats

DB034268 Read by Alexander Scourby. Reading time: 11 hours, 15 minutes.

Annotation

A satirical, frightening novel about a future time under a totalitarian regime, where the people believe ignorance is strength and war is peace. For high school and older readers.

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