On Thursday we asked you what books have changed your life, and over 250 thoughtful comments later, it’s clear you all have book shelves stuffed with meaningful tomes. Now it’s time to share the love.

See the list -> Lifehacker

It’s happened to all of us. We read a novel that blows us away, and a few years later its title appears on posters underneath the face of Harrison Ford or Natalie Portman. But at some inevitable point in that darkened theater, the movie takes a turn we didn’t expect. […] Here are 10 books that we think should never have been committed to celluloid.

See the list -> io9, via: msaleem <- digg it!

With those rules in mind, we’ve put together a list of twelve excellent books to take to the beach (or lake, or mountains) with you this season.

See the list -> io9

This follow-up furniture selection has everything from cozy chairs and strange figures to suspended hangers and adjustable modules for you to fit your favorite books into.

See the list -> WebUrbanist

The best literature, both modern and historic, is a primary form of storing and imparting knowledge, a means of entertainment and pleasure, a source of comfort at times of duress and cause for much deep thinking and soul searching.

However, not all literature is a panacea of cultural, philosophical or artistic enlightenment. Some published books serve no other purpose but to entertain us and take our minds off the daily rigours of life. Want to know how to climb to the highest echelon of the Roman Catholic Church or start your very own church? Maybe you’re sick of your friends and would like to learn how to get rid of them?

Here are 10 books that will guide you in the paths of the ridiculous!

Covering entertainment news every day, I often write about books being adapted for film, so I’ve been running under the assumption that the average person also knows this information. Turns out, that’s not so. […] That’s why I’ve compiled a list of 10 movies coming out this year which were adapted from book/graphic novels, along with related source material to get you ready for the 2008 mega-movie season.

See the list -> Geeks of Doom, via: msaleem (<- digg it!)

Narnia’s back — so we ready our passports for some other noteworthy fantastic locales, from Middle-earth to Liberty City

See the list -> EW, via: Interesting Pile (keep up the good work Charlie!)

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From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.

Check it out: The Art of Manliness

It’s hard to find great travel writing, but it’s out there. […] But there is a wide array of great travel fiction out there, and here is my list of the best ten travel novels I’ve read over the past couple years.

Check it out: The List Universe

Some of these books are well-known, and you will no doubt have heard of them. Others made it onto the list for exploring scientific discoveries that are less well-known but are nevertheless inspiring and mind-blowing.

Check it out: io9

The misguided ”Golden Compass” has found its way to DVD — but it’s not the first book-to-big-screen project to veer off course, as fans of ”Da Vinci Code,” ”Memoirs of a Geisha,” ”Eyes Wide Shut,” and these other books could tell you.

Check it out: EW

“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep.”

Check it out: Alternative Reel

Cult books are somehow, intangibly, different from simple bestsellers – though many of them are that. […] Our critics present a selection of history’s most notable cult writing. Some is classic. Some is catastrophic. All of it had the power to inspire.

Check it out: Telegraph

Several advanced Amazon features and third party apps and add-ons can help you get the best deals and the stuff you want delivered to your door right on time. After the jump, add our favorite 10 Amazon power-shopper tools to your cart.

Check it out: Lifehacker, tips by: Dave (thanks!)

That being said, let’s take a second and think about what books are likely to appear in President Bush’s Presidential Library when his term is over…

Check it out: Buge Hoobs

From classics and sci-fi to poetry, biographies and books that changed the world… Telegraph present the ultimate reading list.

Check it out: Telegraph