Top 10 Books of the 20^th Century

10.The Diary of a Young Girl. Situated in the Netherlands during the Nazi invasion, this diary-turned-into-novel has been popular since then. This novel revolves around a young girl, Anne Frank, who is in hiding from the Nazi soldiers.

9.Animal Farm. Who ever thought that an animal book would be very popular? George Orwell’s genius mind has taken its readers in a rollercoaster ride. Each animal is portrayed of a certain individual giving out their own flaws and errors.

8.The Little Prince. This book is considered to be one of the most controversial books of all time. Written by a French aviator, this has led a lot of people to think on various possibilities and realization in life.

7.The Great Gatsby. If you want to understand World War I, you should read this.

6. Lolita. Sex has been placed into a tasteful literature. Russia’s best ever!

5.The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. A scientific fictional piece on how to hitchhike, portrayed by two protagonists, Arthur and Ford.

4. The Catcher in the Rye. This piece has indeed attracted people on how J.D. Salinger pictured a teenager’s life; identity, belonging and connection.

3. 1984. This fictional novel is a very controversial manifesto from George Orwell that involved a different ideology. Orwell envisioned the future with an oppressive government that dictated its citizens on how to live.

2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy. If you want a novel with the genre of fantasy, this novel should be the one you are looking for. This epic tale of two opposing sides of good and evil collides to harness the potential of a powerful ring.

1. To Kill a Mockingbird. This is a story from a famous American storyteller, Harper Lee. It is a cosmic drama of a black man that was accused of killing and raping a white girl. A must read!

There are different ways in buying a book aside from going to a crowded bookstore to another to find your book.  It could be tiring and time consuming and has no guaranteed of success that you’ll be able to find what you’re looking for.  The best way is to visit online and simply type the title and book author on the search engine.  There is a large collection of books available for online bookstores.  Buying and searching books online are far more convenient and less time consuming.

Online bookstores vary in size and offer every kind of books, some bookstores generally specialize in a particular market like fiction and nonfiction books, college textbooks, and some special or really old books that are difficult to find.  Many online bookstore sites offer free shipping on their items or on a very reasonable price.

Amazon is the largest online bookstore but it does not only sell books.  It offers a wide range of products to choose from.  In case you haven’t found what you’re looking for, you can visit ebay which is an auction site.  It has tons of books used or new.  You might also want to try some sites like ebook.

Many online bookstores also offer review of books from readers giving feedback.  This will give you the chance to decide whether the book is worth spending your money with. Buying books online will not just let you save energy but you might as well save money because of discounts and frequent special offers.

Agatha Christie’s novels are so popular that some made it to films like The Passing of Mr. Quinn, The Alibi, Love from a Stranger, Murder, She Said, and Death on the Nile and many more. Also in 1989, the novel Ten Little Indian was created to film as its fifth screen adaptation. It stars the following people:
Donald Pleasence — Justice Wargrave
Frank Stallone — Phillip Lombard
Sarah Maur Thorp — Vera Claythorne
Brenda Vaccaro — Marion Marshall
Herbert Lom — General Romensky
Warren Berlinger — Henry Blore
Yehuda Efroni — Dr. Werner
Paul L. Smith — Elmo Rodgers
Moira Lister — Ethel Mae Rodgers
Neil McCarthy — Anthony Marston

The plot is about ten people believing they had won an awesome trip to the Safari only to realize that it is a trap. A series of misfortune hit them like the mysterious disappearance of their guide, natives cut the bridge in and out of their camp, they have no host and they’re dying one by one. Who’s responsible for all the killings?
Another movie is Le crime est notre affaire. It is a comedy mystery thriller based on Agatha Christie novel 4.50 from Paddington. It is the latest film adaptation among her novels being released in 2008. It stars the following artists:
Catherine Frot – Prudence Beresford
André Dussollier – Bélisaire Beresford
Claude Rich – Roderick Charpentier
Annie Cordy – Babette Boutiti, la tante de Prudence
Chiara Mastroianni – Emma Charpentier, la fille de Roderick
Melvil Poupaud – Frédéric Charpentier, le plus jeune fils de Roderick
Alexandre Lafaurie – Raphaël Charpentier, fils de Roderick
Christian Vadim – Augustin Charpentier, le fils aîné de Roderick
Hippolyte Girardot – le docteur Lagarde, l’ami d’Emma
Yves Afonso – l’inspecteur Blache
Valériane de Villeneuve – Mme Clairin
Marie Lorna Vaconsin – Mme Valois
Laura Benson – Margaret Brown
Florence Maury – Diane

These are just some of the film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s books.

The day of 15th September 1890 saw the birth of Agatha Christie in Torquay, England. She was born to Fredrick and Clara and had two elder siblings Madge and Monty. Agatha greatly resembled her mother in personality traits.

By the age of 5 Agatha had learnt to read. She received her higher education from French Schools and through an assortment of differnt tutors. She also learnt to play piano and sing. But due to her shyness she couldnt pursue them as her career.

At the age of 11 her father passed away. Devoid of her husband’s support her mother travelled around a lot, accompanied by Agatha mostly. These trips developed a great affection for tourism in Christie.

In 1912 Agatha meta qualified aviator, Archie Christie. They were wedded on the Christmas Eve of 1914. Right after Archie returned to the French War. During the war Agatha pursued the career of a nurse in the Red Cross Hospital in Torquay.

Although she was very creative form a small age making up stories, her writing career actually started after her sister challenged her to write a novel. During a span of the next several years she got her first novel published. The Mysterious Affair at Styles received excellent reviews from readers around the globe.

On 5th August 1919, Agatha’s only daughter Rosalind was born. In 1926 Christie’s mother passed away and her husband went off with another woman leaving her shattered.

She slowly reconstructed her life from scratch. In 1930 she went to Baghdad where she met Max. They went on an action-packed tour of Baghdad. Once she came back to Athens, Christie received a telegram informing of her daughter’s illness. Her first priority was to go back but due to her sprained ankle she couldn’t. Max accompanied her to England where they were happily married.

After that Christie escorteed her husband on his annual archaeological expeditions and continued her career as a writer. Some of her novels relate to her adventures. Their marriage lasted for 46 years. Her hugely successful writing career and wonderful life came to an end when she passed away on 12th January 1976.