What five books would you save...

[Koba]

If you could only save five books for future generations what would they be?

My choice would be:

1. Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell.
2. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
4. The Iliad by Homer.
5. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

PS - Does anyone know what is the best way to store books over a long period of time so the pages don't turn yellow?

[extractorfan]

1. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency - John Seymore
2. Tales of old poachers - John Humphreys
3. Sons and Lovers - D H Lawrence
4. Complete works of Shakespeare (and no I haven't seen/read them all)
5. Star Wars just for some pop culture.

That was difficult.

[skeptik]

If you could only save five books for future generations what would they be?

That's a no brainer!

1)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

3)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

4)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

5)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[Cycloloco]

If you could only save five books for future generations what would they be?

PS - Does anyone know what is the best way to store books over a long period of time so the pages don't turn yellow?

If the pages turn yellow it means you have cheap acidic paper in a cheap book, usually paperback. You can slow the rate of deterioration by keeping it out of the sun. Try wrapping in a plastic bag, also.
Generally hardbacks are printed on better paper.

[Joe]

If you could only save five books for future generations what would they be?

Just 3...

1. The Tanakh
2. The Bible
3. The Koran

Oh, and maybe a copy of 120 Days of Sodom to really put the cat amongst the pigeons.

That little lot should stop them overpopulating the planet again.

[WolfattheDoor]

I don't know about five but two would be:

Lord of the Rings (keep me occupied for several months per reading, especially in the long dark nights)

Day of the Triffids (a great novel and a good idea of post-catastrophe life)

[john.rico]

Lord of the Rings
Dune
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Selfish Gene
SAS Survival Handbook or may be I?ting that would be tough to decide