E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey today became the biggest selling British novel for adults, while J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Books have sold nearly half a billion copies. And yet there doesn't seem to be a list of our favourite books by authors known by their initials. Until now...
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Christian “But in what order are the books recorded in this list?” William asked. “Not by subject, it seems to me.” ...
“The library dates back to the earliest times,” Malachi said, “and the books are registered in order of their acquisition, donation, or entrance within our walls.”
“They are difficult to find, then,” William observed.
“It is enough for the librarian to know them by heart and know when each book came here. As for the other monks, they can rely on his memory.” He spoke as if discussing someone other than himself, and I realized he was speaking of the office that at that moment he unworthily held, but which had been held by a hundred others, now deceased, who had handed down their knowledge from one to the other." (mille grazie, Umberto Eco)


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Lobstergirl Removed several. Author, if your name is Daryl, that is not an initial.


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