The Guardian's "100 Best Books of All Time" on Lists of Bests

Untitled — 3 years ago

To Kill a Mockingbird should be on this

Jun 02, 05:00PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Untitled — 4 years ago

Before this list, Norwegian Book Clubs made two others:

top 100 books of the 20th century

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59831

and top 100 non-fiction books of all time

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59682

Oct 17, 08:39AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Dyanna

agreed — 4 years ago

This is a fairly poor list on the surface. Once i get through all the books that I haven’t read, I’ll repost with an update.

Jun 22, 09:35AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Tarquin_Furie

ok... — 4 years ago

So of course there are a lot of great titles, of great literature. Classics, but what about the more recent stuff, what about the best fiction that most people have not heard of. Anyone could tell you that these books are ‘imortant’ to read, I’m sure they are, but I’m sure most people know this already. What about the new, less spoken about fiction? Tell me something I don’t know. Best books I haven’t heard of, or have yet to encounter. Give me something that will be a classic in fifty more years…yeah?

Jun 06, 09:05AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

rwhitney22

missing — 5 years ago

and of course no Catch-22. Hmm. There was an impressive mentioning of Dostoyevsky, though.

Jan 20, 02:34PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Yossariangirl

Untitled — 5 years ago

It’s generally thought that an intellectual or culture-vulture should be equipped with a broader mind familiar with WORLD literature, but the Guardian is obviously oblivious of the literature of small nations and languages that still count for something in the world outside the UK or the USA… Or do intellectuals live only in these countries…

Jan 12, 09:47AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Ilovebuddy

Incredibly Stupid — 5 years ago

Where is Les Miserables? Acctually, where is Victor Hugo at all? These people were probably too shallow to read any of his masterpieces.

Dec 30, 10:13AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Lisili

Lop-sided crap! — 6 years ago

I think this list is a bit biased. There are so many great books and authors – it seems weird, that in a list limited to 100 places Dostoyevsky is named 4 times and Kafka 3 times.

Moreover, most of the books are either heavy or dull (in some cases both) and I honestly doubt that any person employed at the Guardian ever read Ulysses.

May 11, 12:40PM | 4 comments | Reply to this

Lisa Hill

Untitled — 6 years ago

Oops, I accidentally deleted Pippi Longstocking, which should be on the list after The Golden Notebook. Sorry!

Apr 21, 04:11PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

The Guardian's "100 Best Books of All Time"

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