Titles from Yeats' Byzantium Poems (17 books)

Titles which clearly allude to the poems also welcome.

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1	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.74 avg rating — 408,301 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4.17 avg rating — 241,414 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches, #4) by Terry Pratchett 4.21 avg rating — 85,300 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Darkness Drops Again (Star Trek: Mere Anarchy, #4) by Christopher L. Bennett (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks 4.33 avg rating — 22,712 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Dying Animal by Philip Roth 3.62 avg rating — 13,150 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World by Colin Wells 3.86 avg rating — 930 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Second Coming by Walker Percy 3.92 avg rating — 2,491 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Slouching Towards Kalamazoo by Peter De Vries 3.74 avg rating — 573 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	What Rough Beast by H.R. Knight (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Dancing Floor (Sir Edward Leithen, #3) by John Buchan 3.62 avg rating — 229 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Widening Gyre (Spenser, #10) by Robert B. Parker 4.03 avg rating — 7,399 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion 4.18 avg rating — 81,212 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Ceremony of Innocence by Daranna Gidel 3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Slouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert H. Bork 3.92 avg rating — 1,054 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Passionate Intensity by Linda Stitt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	South Fork of the American River: From Chili Bar Dam to Salmon Falls Road by Keith Robinson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

17 books · 6 voters · list created July 17th, 2010 by Thom Dunn (votes) .

Tags: butler, byzantium, sailing, william, yeats

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message 1: by Thom (new)

Jul 17, 2010 01:39PM

I put some 20-plus items on this list, here's what appeared.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 17, 2010 02:55PM

I know you asked me to vote, Thom, but this new format is beyond me, so until they change it again I'll have to pass.

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message 3: by Derya (new)

Jul 18, 2010 04:43AM

Oh, I'm in love with Byzantium -- Constantinople, Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, or whatever you may call it! =)

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message 4: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 18, 2010 04:52AM

Hence this list ... http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/60... -- right? :)

I agree, though ... and in a bit of shameless self-promotion in this brave new Listopia world, here's mine (though it DOES date from the good old days when all things Listopia were still so much quicker and easier): http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35...

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message 5: by Derya (last edited Jul 18, 2010 05:02AM) (new)

Jul 18, 2010 04:58AM

You'd not be surprised if you saw me reading Baudolino last night -- guess where it's set in!

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message 6: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 18, 2010 05:00AM

That reminds me. It's another book that belongs on both of the Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul lists we've created!

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 18, 2010 05:14AM

Thom wrote: "I put some 20-plus items on this list, here's what appeared."

Another pointed example of what is NOT working with the new Listopia format ...

(Well, at least we're up to 10 books now, so we've gotten halfway to where you wanted this list to start at!)

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message 8: by Derya (new)

Jul 18, 2010 06:37AM

What the hell?! The new format should sleep with the fishes.

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message 9: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 19, 2010 02:31AM

Amen to that ...

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