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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Ten of the best names in literature to give your dog

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Nicole Hill tagged the best names in literature to give your dog, including:
Captain Ahab (Moby Dick, by Herman Melville)

For the dog who won’t rest until he has pried the family hamster from its rubber ball.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Moby-Dick also appears among Horatio Clare's five favorite maritime novels, the Telegraph's ten great meals in literature, Brenda Wineapple's six favorite books, Scott Greenstone's top seven allegorical novels, Paul Wilson's top ten books about disability, Lynn Shepherd's ten top fictional drownings, Peter Murphy's top ten literary preachers, Penn Jillette's six favorite books, Peter F. Stevens's top ten nautical books, Katharine Quarmby's top ten disability stories, Jonathan Evison's six favorite books, Bella Bathurst's top 10 books on the sea, John Mullan's lists of ten of the best nightmares in literature and ten of the best tattoos in literature, Susan Cheever's five best books about obsession, Christopher Buckley's best books, Jane Yolen's five most important books, Chris Dodd's best books, Augusten Burroughs' five most important books, Norman Mailer's top ten works of literature, David Wroblewski's five most important books, Russell Banks' five most important books, and Philip Hoare's top ten books about whales.

--Marshal Zeringue
Posted by Marshal Zeringue at 12:05 AM
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