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Comments Showing 1-8 of 8 (8 new)

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message 1: by Tom (new)

Tom Is there any proctoring for this list?

The list name says 'non-fiction' but there are R.K.Rowling and J.R.Tolkien works on the list.


message 2: by Deborah (new)

Deborah Tom wrote: "Is there any proctoring for this list?

The list name says 'non-fiction' but there are R.K.Rowling and J.R.Tolkien works on the list."


Librarians can remove books from lists. I've deleted some of the most obvious fiction, please let me know what I've missed.


message 3: by Gabi (new)

Gabi Why is Upton Sinclair's The Jungle on here?


message 4: by Rachel (new)

Rachel 99 Problems wrote: "Why is Upton Sinclair's The Jungle on here?"

Because it's an incredibly influential scientific non-fiction book!


message 5: by Seija (new)

Seija Mistiaen the bible in a non-fiction list, among Dawkins, Hitchens, Pinker, Harris,...!? how dare you!


message 6: by Jessica (new)

Jessica The Bible is not science........


message 7: by Zehra (new)

Zehra Generally good list.


message 8: by Jessica (new)

Jessica The person who curated this list seems to have a weird beef with evolution


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