Your house is on fire. You only have time to save one book from your shelves… Which book are you saving? - ThreadSky

hwireko.bsky.social•96 days ago

The Collected Works of Khalil Gibran

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colnolli.bsky.social•102 days ago

As others have said, Lord of the Rings

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carysjones.bsky.social•102 days ago

My old copy of Winnie The Pooh with original illustrations. A great childhood book

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paulbwatt.bsky.social•102 days ago

My kindle

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cublet.bsky.social•102 days ago

My kindle🤣

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erosferreto.bsky.social•102 days ago

My diary tbh

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babellon.com•102 days ago

The one I’m currently reading 🤡 Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

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burt000.bsky.social•102 days ago

Electrical Wiring for Dummies

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burt000.bsky.social•102 days ago

'Our House is On Fire', Greta & Svante Thunberg

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harrietmavery.bsky.social•102 days ago

It's too hard! I guess I'll just have to burn! 🔥

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leweswasp.bsky.social•102 days ago

It feels like saving your favourite child. I'm not doing it, there's a painting that I wouldn't be able to replace so that's what I'd save.

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kolimpri222.bsky.social•102 days ago

War and Peace. It’s a special one. My two friends and I took over a year doing a book study and it changed our lives. It’s amazing how many other books (and movies) reference Tolstoy and War and Peace.

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chogsdy.bsky.social•101 days ago

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

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chlostersays.bsky.social•102 days ago

Well it's been nice knowing you all 🫡

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munchthesilivasfan.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Chronicles of Narnia that belonged to my mum

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tactwo.bsky.social•102 days ago

Narnia! I should have grabbed that. Well done. I burned due to indecision

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wevegotthis.bsky.social•102 days ago

My marked up version of Hamlet that was my treasured resource for the 30+ years I taught it!

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mrsrealism.bsky.social•102 days ago

Easy. My scruffy annotated A level copy of Jane Eyre. Huge emotional attachment to it!

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theempath.bsky.social•102 days ago

Fahrenheit 451

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dougallen.co.uk•102 days ago

I can be as pretentious as the next guy, but I’m taking this. Abandoning every book I love, and with tears in my eyes I’m dragging my favourite childhood book with me

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jasonellis49.bsky.social•102 days ago

The 2024 guide on how to put out fires.

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booksanerd.bsky.social•102 days ago

That’s a difficult question to answer! I don’t know! 😩😆 I have so many that I love…

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debzholland.bsky.social•100 days ago

And this is why I need a summer house library. You know, just in case? Husband not quite convinced though 🤔

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moonhippo.bsky.social•102 days ago

The bible.

Just kidding, think I’ll go with Iain M Banks -Against a Dark Background.

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pollymortimer.bsky.social•102 days ago

Life a Users Manual -Perec

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lisamsettle.bsky.social•100 days ago

It makes me too anxious to even contemplate let alone give an answer #booklover

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feileacan2001.bsky.social•102 days ago

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

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helenevans001.bsky.social•102 days ago

Dune, have read so many times and clearly now due another read :-)

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sonigelspencer.bsky.social•102 days ago

“Wilt” by Tom Sharpe

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ditchlily22.bsky.social•102 days ago

I will go down with my ship.

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jstnboyd.bsky.social•102 days ago

Dying in fire

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jstnboyd.bsky.social•102 days ago

On second thought, An Idiots Guide to Firefighting

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justthisdrew.bsky.social•102 days ago

Probably going to die due to inability to choose

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cieramc.bsky.social•102 days ago

If we were villains

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vnessa.co•102 days ago

I don’t have books. I have a Kindle and my cat we’ll save those two

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tactwo.bsky.social•102 days ago

What?! How long do I have. I suppose I could grab Lord of the Rings but which one? The Hobbit then-- no I need the whole set. *sigh*

Okay what about something like a compendium. Maybe a Guiness Book of World Records? No they're so superficial. Gah I dunno.

Maybe something refere-- oh I'm on fire 🔥

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laiba23.bsky.social•102 days ago

Open water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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fishytaste.bsky.social•102 days ago

Dummies: How To Put Out A Fire

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pdubya62.bsky.social•102 days ago

J.R.R.Tolkien The Lord of the Rings Red Leather HMCO collectors edition

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kirbothescotstaco.bsky.social•92 days ago

Pfffft I am going down with the ship and burning 🔥 with my books 📚

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libbyizliberal.bsky.social•102 days ago

I save my Kindle...it has ALL my books!

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bruisewayne.bsky.social•101 days ago

Autographed copy of “Breakfast of Champions” by Kurt Vonnegut.

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aegidiusrex25.bsky.social•102 days ago

If I have time to save one book, I have time to save the books to the left and right of it

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kejamieson.bsky.social•102 days ago

This is an incredibly cruel question for those of us with hundreds of books 😂

But I suspect it would be the copy of Frenchman's Creek I have with a cover hand painted by my Grandad :)

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waterstones.bsky.social•102 days ago

What a wonderful thing to have 🥰

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akashbhatt.bsky.social•102 days ago

The one that has all my mums recipes in.

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whiteberg.bsky.social•102 days ago

My one-volume edition of "Lord of the Rings".

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justinlove.bsky.social•101 days ago

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petebrown66.bsky.social•102 days ago

East of Eden

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boomboxes-unite.bsky.social•102 days ago

1st printing of Olaf Stapledon's 'Last and First Men'.

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arlie.bsky.social•102 days ago

Oliver Twist

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julienhs1.bsky.social•102 days ago

Now that's a tough one, but I'd go with my favourite up until now To Kill A Mockingbird. Still plenty more to read so that may change

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richchad.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Lost Fire Brigade by Spike Hawkins because I bet it's irreplaceable:

'From this flag
fled the traitor
on his way to trait'

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southyeofarm.bsky.social•102 days ago

Year of the King by Antony Sher. Signed by him and by many of the people in the book. I was working at the RSC at the time & his dresser got all the signatures for me.

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waterstones.bsky.social•102 days ago

What an incredible book to have!

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tcfka-stevas.bsky.social•102 days ago

"How to Build a House"

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michaelwren91.bsky.social•102 days ago

Matt Haig - How To Stop Time

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joshsam.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Stand Stephen King

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allforthegood.bsky.social•101 days ago

Man’s Search for Meaning

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patrickfrisbee.bsky.social•102 days ago

Fire Extinguishers for Dummies.

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waynetipple.bsky.social•102 days ago

My signed 1st edition copy of masquerade by by Terry Pratchett

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lizalaw.bsky.social•102 days ago

Anna Karenina - all human life is there

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son-of-eccles.bsky.social•102 days ago

Watership Down. It's my third copy of that book since I read the covers off the first two as a kid. The last copy my mother ever bought me, of my favourite story.

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halfdeadpogeon.bsky.social•102 days ago

What does this button do by Bruce Dickinson signed by the man himself

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spv.musician.blue•102 days ago

My original Ladybird book, 'Magnets, Bulbs & Batteries'.

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anneisreading.bsky.social•102 days ago

My father's copy of the Collected Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes which he won as a school prize in 1953

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anneisreading.bsky.social•102 days ago

The rest can be replaced....

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artemyssa.bsky.social•102 days ago

😭

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sofiyaasher.bsky.social•101 days ago

Fahrenheit 451

#sorrynotsorry 🤭

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hillbilly50.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Passion, Jeanette Winterson.

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ninthray.bsky.social•102 days ago

My MacBook

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rallsk.bsky.social•102 days ago

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - it’s an annotated edition that I’ve had since I was eight years old and is very hard to find anymore (one of my dad’s best “I reckon Kim’ll like this” ideas whilst walking home from work)

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jlaudy.bsky.social•102 days ago

Can’t. I already let someone borrow it and it never came back

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ajack1994.bsky.social•102 days ago

Night Watch by Terry Pratchet

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hermesskaldivir.bsky.social•102 days ago

"Someplace to be flying" by Charles de Lint.

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sagagirl.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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needle-monkey.bsky.social•96 days ago

Cloudstreet by Tim Winton... or The Sad Little Monster and the Jelly Bean Queen by Kym Lardner

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crypttext.bsky.social•102 days ago

*Robinson Crusoe*

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poohbearclaws.bsky.social•102 days ago

How to put out fires for dummies

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oceanthehuskador.bsky.social•102 days ago

A good year, Peter Mayle

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troubledirishman.bsky.social•102 days ago

Complete collection of Sherlock Holmes I purchased in Paris in 1995

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susancl.bsky.social•102 days ago

Cheating a little, but an armful of my autographed books. If you insist, Thomas Keneally’s Daughters of Mars, which, as we talked while he was signing, he inscribed “to Susan, who’s actually read the book.”

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beautifullyheeled.bsky.social•102 days ago

My great great grandmothers book of poems.

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northerngrin.bsky.social•102 days ago

My signed copy of Faith, Hope & Carnage by Nick Cave

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earthboy3777.bsky.social•86 days ago

Well that is easy. I take my copy of my own book. I put my blood, sweat and tears into its creation. Couldn't let it go up in flames.

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caztricks.bsky.social•101 days ago

I’m not leaving without them all! 😱

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kcatticus.co.uk•102 days ago

Hearing Red - Nicole Maser

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striketherightnote.bsky.social•101 days ago

The book with the inventory of all my possessions, including books, to give to the insurance company.

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bookbint.bsky.social•102 days ago

Jay Kristoff's special edition signed copy of The Empire of the Vampire

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onioneater.bsky.social•101 days ago

That’s why I keep all 5,412 of my ebooks on my phone

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jadecookies.bsky.social•102 days ago

Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood. Such a beautiful book and really personal to me

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awesomeannemarie.bsky.social•102 days ago

I love my books but I believe that would be the furthest from my mind. Sorry if that doesn't sit well with anyone. 😬😒

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niknak001.bsky.social•102 days ago

Nope..too tough.

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z876.bsky.social•102 days ago

It's probably going to be the one that's taught me one of life's most useful lessons - Animal Farm
But it's tough call- It's running neck n neck w The Shipping News, Angela's Ashes, and Nervous Conditions for me🙆🏾‍♀️

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neoblaque.bsky.social•102 days ago

DIY House Plans.

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malkumtend.bsky.social•102 days ago

My phone cause I use kindle and audible.

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wsthd.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Curse of Lono by Hunter S. Thompson, with Ralph Steadman. A masterpiece of literature and art.

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mhbluesky.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke.

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leatherwick.bsky.social•102 days ago

How to Put Put House Fires

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happychipper.bsky.social•102 days ago

I die inside with my books, like the old lady in Fahrenheit 451.

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busacey-bando.bsky.social•102 days ago

My Sandman Omnibus.

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blotterrag.bsky.social•102 days ago

Signed copy of Steinbeck’s “The Red Pony”.

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ian-mcgarrett.bsky.social•102 days ago

If I understand the spirit of the question I would normally answer with "Pride and Prejudice." But I just checked: I don't currently have a copy. At the moment I'm reading the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime so I might take that along to read while the house blazed.

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theternery.bsky.social•102 days ago

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billcrum.bsky.social•102 days ago

The book containing a list of all my other books, so I can replace them later. Too meta?

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mjboyle.bsky.social•101 days ago

I guess, it would have to be the one I am halfway through reading ....😉

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becklovesbooks.bsky.social•102 days ago

Mine is my signed SE of A Day of Fallen Night and Priory by @samanthashannon.bsky.social - I'd have to grab both there's just no alternative!

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aisuru-blaize.bsky.social•102 days ago

The linnet bird 💚

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unclebantam.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Lord of the Rings

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pennymorgan.bsky.social•78 days ago

Gave it away. And then the next one too. The end.

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betounlp.bsky.social•102 days ago

Pedro Paramo ( yeah in spanish)

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jlowthrop.bsky.social•102 days ago

I can’t do it! I can’t just save one, I’m going back inside to save them all! 🔥 📖

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thatgingergiant.bsky.social•102 days ago

David eddings pawn of prophecy. First book I ever read

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xamyelle.bsky.social•101 days ago

This book is 100% irreplaceable.

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verahester.bsky.social•102 days ago

Ironically, Rebecca

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martinapugliese.bsky.social•102 days ago

My nice edition of that awesome novel that is "Auntie Mame", 'cause it may be difficult to source it again

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cje2323.bsky.social•102 days ago

The System of the World by Neal Stephenson - very nourishing

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valkan03.bsky.social•96 days ago

House of Leaves because it is my Everest

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singularity8.bsky.social•102 days ago

Mother Goose I got when I was little in 1973.

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rmcc92.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Alchemist

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3fsmiff.bsky.social•102 days ago

The nearest too the fire eacape.

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matt-crab.bsky.social•102 days ago

This one from 1886! (And definitely wouldn't cheat by grabbing everything in the top shelf)

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marioncita.bsky.social•96 days ago

It's gorgeous ! Would you mind showing the title page ?

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matt-crab.bsky.social•96 days ago

Why thanks! And of course, here it is:

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marioncita.bsky.social•96 days ago

I love it ! Thank you for sharing 😊

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matt-crab.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yeah it's definitely a favourite, the illustrations are wonderful throughout! Do you have anything similar?

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marioncita.bsky.social•96 days ago

I do ! I am a huge book nerd and have a whole shelf dedicated to 19th century books !
I'll take pics tomorrow 😊

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nickymaund.bsky.social•102 days ago

Why would you do it? Why?

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rachaelclark32.bsky.social•102 days ago

I’d grab my Harry Potter set, I’ve had them since I was a child and teenager and they hold so much sentimental value.

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mrbuckwheats.bsky.social•102 days ago

🖤

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waterstones.bsky.social•102 days ago

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russ-hughes.com•102 days ago

"How to put out a house fire"

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cantweallgetalong.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Satsuma Complex

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rosshardy.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Origin of the Species.

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thekarlkolchak.bsky.social•102 days ago

Family bible

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mckasp.bsky.social•102 days ago

That’s ok. 95% of my books are in the library in my garden. The house can burn 😂

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listenbannedbooks.bsky.social•102 days ago

I need to know more about a garden library.

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chrissie90.bsky.social•102 days ago

I also have a garden library!!

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mckasp.bsky.social•102 days ago

(But in the spirit of the game, probably “The Power” by @naomialderman.bsky.social)

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whiskeyj29.bsky.social•102 days ago

My childhood copy of Ted huges the iron man, I've read this 📖 to all of my children it's tabby & barely holding together but it holds so many memories

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stevesheehan.bsky.social•96 days ago

Complete Sherlock Holmes. But only because it's near the front door.

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crossandlotus.bsky.social•102 days ago

Thankfully my library is almost entirely digital, so the choice is easy! Dante’s Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum

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clearanceclarence.bsky.social•102 days ago

My grandfather’s copy of the Complete Burns Poetry, which he bought during WW2 as a sailor and has his name and military number written inside the cover.

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racheyreads.bsky.social•102 days ago

Technically it's a box set so that counts as one book right? My hardback collection of The Lord of the Rings 💕

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