# 1000 Books You Would Save **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 4, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589 "2009-10-04T21:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/1 "2009-10-04T21:54:40Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/2 "2009-10-04T22:04:16Z")
1. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/3 "2009-10-04T22:14:44Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > 1. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/4 "2009-10-04T22:17:53Z")
3 And Tango Makes Three ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/5 "2009-10-04T22:19:32Z")
1. Holy Bible: New International Version 2. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/6 "2009-10-04T22:19:58Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/7 "2009-10-05T01:08:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/8 "2009-10-05T01:12:42Z")
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?) ---
**Author:** ![foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolscap)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/9 "2009-10-05T05:56:56Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/10 "2009-10-05T06:22:55Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/11 "2009-10-05T06:34:22Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/12 "2009-10-05T07:32:21Z")
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** ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/13 "2009-10-05T11:02:27Z")
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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101_Uses_for_a_Dead_Cat) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/14 "2009-10-05T11:11:08Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/15 "2009-10-05T11:28:06Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/16 "2009-10-05T12:24:09Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/17 "2009-10-05T12:35:17Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/18 "2009-10-05T12:45:17Z")
> [@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, 1. The collected works of Lope de Vega. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589/19 "2009-10-05T14:58:04Z")
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 ---
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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 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-books-you-would-save/512589.md?page=2)