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05-18-2007, 01:33 PM
| | |  'Philosopher's Stone' voted best book in 25 years
Just recently, Waterstone's Books released their Top 25 Books in the Past 25 Years list. It was a customer-voted list, and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was voted the winner! Quote:
After revealing the list, the Managing Director at Waterstone's, Gary Johnson, stated:
When Waterstone's asked the publishing industry to tell us who they thought would be the great talents of our second quarter century, we received a wonderful and eclectic array of nominations covering all tastes and genres.
It was incredibly tough to choose just 25 of them, but I think our final list includes a sparkling selection of talent - these authors will be on the bestseller and the awards lists for years to come.
The list comes in as follows: Quote:
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Time Traveler's Wife
3. Northern Lights
4. Birdsong
5. The Da Vinci Code
6. The Shadow of the Wind
7. Memoirs of a Geisha
8. The Secret History
9. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog
11. Handmaid's Tale
12. The Kite Runner
13. The Lovely Bones
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany
15. Colour of Magic
16. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
17. Magician
18. Life of Pi
19. Wild Swans
20. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
21. The Name of the Rose
22. Angela's Ashes
23. A Suitable Boy
24. Notes from a Small Island
25. Labyrinth
To also see Waterstone's 25 Authors for the Future, go here.
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05-18-2007, 02:03 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Romania
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five people you meet in heaven's great! short, but great! i wish Hunted by NM Browne was here...But kudos to HP! Philosopher' Stone is a good book. Its an introduction to many wonderful things to come! Even when you read it for the 10th time, you still awe over every event!!!
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*gasp* i...i...got first post... *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
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05-18-2007, 02:23 PM
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| | Romanian Longhorn
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Neverland
Posts: 39,693
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Margaret Jacqueline Atkinson Morris
Fifth Year | Potter’s Princess A+ FangGirl
Oooh! Nice 
Congrats to JK! ^^
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
That's the thing about Hogwarts.
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05-18-2007, 02:54 PM
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| | Hippogriff
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: In the stars.
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First Year | GWFC/BWFC My <3
Thats just brilliant!
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05-18-2007, 02:57 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: (CDT) GMT-5
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So very true
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05-18-2007, 03:00 PM
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|  DD's Sorting HatPuffskein
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Awesome | |
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05-18-2007, 03:04 PM
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| | Plimpy
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the TARDIS
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Congrats to JK. That's brilliant. | |
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05-18-2007, 03:36 PM
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| | Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a pineapple. <3
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Emerson Gray.
Fourth Year | G1GGL3R! *giggles* My GarBear
Woah that's awesome! Congratz Jo! | |
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05-18-2007, 03:40 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: DRFC,EWFC,RGFC,TFFC, SBFC, DAFC
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Yay. HP is number one with us, too!
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05-18-2007, 04:27 PM
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| | Occamy
Join Date: May 2007 Location: London
Posts: 63,509
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Cora Dredworth
Sixth Year
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Yeah, thats understandable, the beginning of a wonderful series.
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05-18-2007, 04:37 PM
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| | Erumpent
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Golden Coast
Posts: 33,761
Hogwarts RPG Name:
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Fifth Year | Jor!Jor! Queen Hermidana
Thats wonderful! There are some great books on that list. Congrats to Jo! ^.^ <3 | |
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05-18-2007, 04:48 PM
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| Keeper of Dan’s GrinLuvs SiriusK.O. Harry's love for DD Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,226
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OH,This is soo totally awesome!!!*does a victory dance*Philosopher's stone is lovely!
__________________ this is TOTALLY WICKED, duuuuuuuude!
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05-18-2007, 06:13 PM
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| | Horklump
Join Date: Apr 2007
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|  Good job, JKR!!!!
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Originally Posted by Princesspotter1234  OH,This is soo totally awesome!!!*does a victory dance*Philosopher's stone is lovely! I'm soooooo excited for JKR!!!! That must be such an honer!! *gets up and dances with Princesspotter1234*:techni:
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05-18-2007, 07:05 PM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Playing volleyball
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05-18-2007, 07:18 PM
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| | Ashwinder
Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA
Posts: 13,555
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Yay | |
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05-18-2007, 07:30 PM
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K.O DD's Love
Minerva's KindnessPuffskein
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: USA
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thats awsome, two of my favorite books are top 6
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05-18-2007, 07:30 PM
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Tonks' HappinessMooncalf
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mackayla Dawson
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Congrats to Jo! I really have to agree with the first choice. | |
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05-18-2007, 08:01 PM
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| | Erkling
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: sappyville♥
Posts: 20,987
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Gryffindor Seventh Year  x5
| *sappysapper* MAJNOO, YO!
Go HPPP!!!! cONGRATS j.k!
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05-18-2007, 08:25 PM
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| | Fwooper
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thats great!
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05-18-2007, 08:58 PM
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|  Keeper of Ginny's AttitudeBatty BellaKnarl
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dancing in the rain.
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Yay!!
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05-18-2007, 09:10 PM
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|   SS Featured AuthorTürk BilginiBugbear
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: {in a leap of faith}
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Sarani Glass
Graduated x12
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That's great; kudos to Jo for creating such an enthralling world. <3 | |
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05-18-2007, 09:21 PM
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| Formerly: hrmy_lvr_4evr   Love DetectiveJobberknoll
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pigfarts?
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Sixth Year | Fiyero ♥ | RED VINES! | FOR NARNIAAAAAAAAAAA | "Always." ♥| SupermegafoxyAWESOMEhot!
Best book in 25 years? Awesomeness! Go JK!
Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code are the only titles I recognized.
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05-18-2007, 09:30 PM
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| | Billywig
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: TeXaS!!! UsA!!!
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Awsome!! Wooo!!!
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05-18-2007, 10:37 PM
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| | Billywig
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Sanrio store spending big bucks!
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Yay! great!
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05-18-2007, 11:41 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
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