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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

FAQ: Best. Book. Ever.

End of the week time again, and we all know what that means.

For those of you who don't know what that means, then here's the deal: Friday Afternoon Questions... the chance for you to tell us something insightful, funny or stupid and (hopefully) earn yourself a prize in the process.

But before we get to this week's question, first up I need to round up the winners of weeks past.

The question of best kept secret on the web was tough because although there were some stonking entries, I'd actually seen most of them. Special mentions to Library Thing, a resource for anal bibliophiles, as well as the slightly mournful airs of the Leamington Changelog. But the top pick was goes to Infosthetics, a fantastic blog about data visualisation (much better than it sounds) and therefore the kudos to Jack Mottram, who suggested it.

And last week when I asked what one thing you wish you'd invented, there was only one winner in my eyes. Given that I've just moved house and spent my days rolling around in packing tape, I give the gong to Nutkhut's "sticky tape, of course".

So, business done there and now on to this week's question. This week I thought I'd take a more esoteric bent and throw things wide open:

What's the best book you've ever read?

Now, given that this is the Technology Blog, I imagine some of them will be techy related or work lifesavers. But they don't have to be; give us your trashy novels, high literature, mind-boggling non-fiction: anything goes. It's the why that's as important as the what.

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