There's a book called 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery. I put together a playlist of the songs listed in the 2016 edition. There are about 20 or so songs missing as they aren't on Spotify (when I made it at least - still need to go through the list again to update accordingly).

They're listed chronologically with the first song recorded in 1916 by Enrico Caruso and the last song recorded in 2016 by Rihanna and Kanye West. So 100 years of music across tons of genres.

https://open.spotify.com/user/1199498134/playlist/2hX5NtjkjfTqVqSTv2NMQq?si=3bXdpMjnRj6_UWP-HDK6ig

What I remember about this game:

• It was featured in "1001 video games you must play before you die"

• It was a 3D game

• The gameplay was described as:

  > You're just starting to get the hang of the controls and item system when a demon ten times your size appears and kills you with a single blow. You spend the next few hours as a ghost, trying to level up enough that you can find a body and return to the mortal world.

Crossposted from r/books

I know there's a thousand "recommend me a good book" posts and I think I'm violating a rule here, but I'm looking for something a bit more specific.

I am terminally ill and have trouble with my motor skills, and reading is one of the only hobbies I can still enjoy. As time ticks on I find myself caring way less about things (books, movies, conversations, etc) that don't have much depth to them, and preferring things that get my mind working in a more philosophical, imaginative or introspective way.

I generally prefer sci fi (finishing Fall of Hyperion right now), but I'm open to books that make me think, laugh, cry, explore, or debate - both fiction and nonfiction. It doesn't have to be death-related but I don't mind. Spiritual content is fine as long as it doesn't expect the reader to be a believer from page one (I'm not). Well done audiobooks might be preferable to print because I can close my eyes.

If you were on your deathbed, counting down the months, what books would you have nearby?

Edit: everyone SHOULD read.

A list compiled by the BBC programme The Big Read of the best, or most important books to read.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100_2.shtml

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien

2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling

6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne

8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell

9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis

10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller

12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks

14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger

16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres

20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy

21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling

23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling

24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling

25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien

26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy

27. Middlemarch, George Eliot

28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving

29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck

30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson

32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez

33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett

34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl

36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute

38. Persuasion, Jane Austen

39. Dune, Frank Herbert

40. Emma, Jane Austen

41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery

42. Watership Down, Richard Adams

43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald

44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh

46. Animal Farm, George Orwell

47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy

49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian

50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher

51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck

53. The Stand, Stephen King

54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth

56. The BFG, Roald Dahl

57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome

58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell

59. A

I never really read for fun during my teenage years. I turn 21 next week, so I thought what better time to start again. I’ve got my library card and I’m looking for help with what I should pick first. Thanks in advance.

It can't be too long, I'm probably never gonna read a book like infinite jest

I have the sensation of missing something important. Thanks for your help :) Edit: Not dying, luckily ahahah

Similarly, why "Biology 101" or "golfing 101" for beginners in subjects/hobbies?