1000 Books You Would Save

[Qin_Shi_Huangdi]

Let us say a nuclear war will happen in moments and the vast majority of humanity will die along with it’s literature. So what are the 1,000 individual books you would save? Keep using this list by number it (ie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.)

1. Holy Bible: New International Version

[Lobsang]

2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.

[Qin_Shi_Huangdi]

@Lobsang

2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.

Please quote my list and then get rid of the quote marks and then add your choice right below the first choice. I will shew you an example.

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

3 And Tango Makes Three

[Qin_Shi_Huangdi]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.

[Lobsang]

@Curtis LeMay

Please quote my list and then get rid of the quote marks and then add your choice right below the first choice. I will shew you an example.

What list? I don’t understand?

ETA: Oh I get it. Sorry.

[Chronos]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
   OK, it’s not Great Literature, but there’s a ton of stuff in there that would be extremely useful in the postapocalyptic wasteland.

[Boozahol_Squid_P.I]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

(What? We’ve got a thousand books! I can’t throw in three on how to deal with other people?)

[foolscap]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s

[willthekittensurvive]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco

[Renee]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe

[Zoe]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes

[Harmonious_Discord]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat

[Harmonious_Discord]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat
12. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
13. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 2
14. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 3
15. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 4
16. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 5

[Shig]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat
12. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
13. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 2
14. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 3
15. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 4
16. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 5
17. On The Road - Kerouac
18. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Thompson
19. Billions and Billions - Carl Sagan
20. Happy Endings - Jim Norton
21. Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky

[FriarTed]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat
12. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
13. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 2
14. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 3
15. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 4
16. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 5
17. On The Road - Kerouac
18. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Thompson
19. Billions and Billions - Carl Sagan
20. Happy Endings - Jim Norton
21. Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky
22. Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
23. The Collected Works of William Shakespeare, Annotated
    Can I add- Basic textbooks on English, Math, Chemistry, Farming, Toolmaking, Automotive Repair, Engineering, etc. or do I have to have actual titles?

[Sigmagirl]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat
12. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
13. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 2
14. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 3
15. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 4
16. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 5
17. On The Road - Kerouac
18. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Thompson
19. Billions and Billions - Carl Sagan
20. Happy Endings - Jim Norton
21. Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky
22. Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
23. The Collected Works of William Shakespeare, Annotated
24. A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens

[Nava]

@Curtis LeMay

Let us say a nuclear war will happen in moments and the vast majority of humanity will die along with it’s literature. So what are the 1,000 individual books you would save? Keep using this list by number it (ie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.)

1. Holy Bible: New International Version

That’s 72 books, not one. If we can count that way, as has been done as well in 24,

26. The collected works of Lope de Vega.

[KennerTheGreat]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat
12. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
13. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 2
14. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 3
15. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 4
16. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 5
17. On The Road - Kerouac
18. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Thompson
19. Billions and Billions - Carl Sagan
20. Happy Endings - Jim Norton
21. Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky
22. Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
23. The Collected Works of William Shakespeare, Annotated
24. A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens
25. The collected works of Lope de Vega.
26. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

[42fish]

1. Holy Bible: New International Version
2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins.
   3 And Tango Makes Three
3. The Boy Scout Handbook
4. Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle
5. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
6. A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
7. American Civil Engineers Handbook. fifth edition 1930’s
8. foucault’s pendulum. umberto eco
9. Hitchiker’s guide to the Universe
10. The Baring-Gould Version of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
11. 101 Uses for a Dead Cat
12. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
13. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 2
14. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 3
15. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 4
16. Bloom County Complete Library Volume 5
17. On The Road - Kerouac
18. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Thompson
19. Billions and Billions - Carl Sagan
20. Happy Endings - Jim Norton
21. Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky
22. Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
23. The Collected Works of William Shakespeare, Annotated
24. A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens
25. The collected works of Lope de Vega.
26. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
27. US Army Field Manual: Wilderness Survival
28. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkein