50 Memorable Books from 50 Years of Books to Remember
A representative selection from over 1,500 titles on annual lists of Books to Remember from 1956 to 2005. Compiled by Francie Einenkel and Susan Chute, Librarians, The New York Public Library.
- Continental Drift: Traveling the globe on wings of imagination
- A Brief History of Time: Elegant expositions of our culture and times
- The Great American Novel: Top-notch tellers of American tales
- Best Words Best Order: Poets with passion and polish
- The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report: Intriguing investigations of function, form and matter
- Going to the Sources: Classic chronicles of our collective past
2005