adrianApr 23

My old pinned post is kinda outdated now. Time for an update!

Again, in no specific order, 7 books that influenced me:

The King's Two Bodies
Ernst Kantorowicz

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Catholicism
Bishop Robert Barron

Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz

The Invention of Science
David Wootton

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Physical Foundations of General Relativity
Dennis Sciama

#introduction #7books #bookstodon #bookwormph

Show threadLeonard H. DeasMar 10
@sandihall What a fascinating list! Seeing "A Pattern Language alongside 'Lord of the Rings' makes total sense both are so much about the deep structure of the worlds we live in.I haven’t picked up any Dorothy Dunnett yet, but after seeing it here, I might have to change that. Thanks for the inspiration! #7Books #Bookstodon
Andrei MihailescuFeb 5
I just discovered #7books and #gettoknowme 🤓: these are my all time favs:
1. Milan Kundera: The unbearable Lightness of Being
2. Harper Lee: To kill a Mockingbird
3. Radu Pavel Gheo: Disco Titanic
4. Drago Jancar: I Saw Her That Night
5. Amos Oz: A Tale of Love and Darkness
6. Henrik Ibsen: Ghosts
7. Joseph Roth: Hiob
David Brent 📚Nov 18, 2024
When I joined Mastodon two years ago, the #7Books #7BooksToKnowMe hashtags were a thing, and I had fun compiling my list. How do I choose only SEVEN?!? At the time I declared that my list was by no means permanent. With that said, I feel an update is past due, especially since one of the authors from my original list turned out to be... problematic. I'm posting the original list, as well as the current version (images to save characters, with #AltText of course).
#Bookstodon #Books @bookstodon
Show threadKid ManiaJul 13, 2024

@RadiantFlux
#7books
🤔
1. American Tabloid
James Ellroy

2. VALIS
Philip K. Dick

3. Neuromancer
William Gibson

4. The Job
William S. Burroughs

5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

6. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

7. Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery

Ulrich PlateJul 10, 2024
Dieser Buchcover-Quatsch, der da von außen reingeschwappt kam, scheint mir recht ungelenk. Für Mastodonten gibt es immerhin meistens ALT-Beschriftungen, aber die enthalten nicht etwa Bildbeschreibungen, sondern nur Autor:in und Titel. Wenn euch die Umschlaggestaltung sowieso schnuppe ist, warum belastet ihr die Infrastruktur dann mit ihren zahlreichen Pixeln? Die letzte Aktion dieser Art - "#7books to get to know me" mit allen Angaben in einem einzigen Toot, anno domini 2022 - war nicht nur ergiebiger und erkenntnisreicher, sondern auch ressourcenschonender. #20books #20books20days #nobluesky
HeatherNov 25, 2023

#7books seems like an interesting way to find out more about people's tastes.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard (yes the whole lot counts as one)

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Nella Last's Diaries

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike

Tina ReynoldsSep 21, 2023
So my #7books to get to know me:
1. 1984
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. Village School - Miss Read
4. Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters
5. Hunger - Sean Kelly
6. Crackling Ice - Nicholas Walker
7. Dimsie Moves Up - Dorita Fairlie Bruce
Show threadKay   Aug 24, 2023

@cherrin Welcome to Mastodon fellow #BookLover! 😍 📚

One of the hashtags I joined in with back in Nov 2022 was a #Books introduction. Some of us posted a list of
#7Books to know me (including the # tag).

We pinned them to our profiles as a quick reference. I have many more favourites but I still re-read all these books.

ThomasAug 9, 2023
How about a picture of #7books for #7BooksToKnowMe ?