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

Untitled — 2 years ago

someone had deleted the first 5 books off of here so I added them back in.

Apr 15, 03:40AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Untitled — 2 years ago

Where’s Adieu Gary Cooper? where’s Mortelle? or The blindness? where’s The catcher of the rye? gee! this list is too old!

Feb 09, 01:19AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

dandv
Sunnyvale

Give me a break... — 2 years ago

...this list is crap! Where’s Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”, the second most influential book after the Bible (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2002-09-23-ayn-rand_x.htm)?

And where are the Mars trilogy, the Foundation series, and other amazing Science Fiction novels?

Dec 28, 02:10AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

Tadeusz598
Florianópolis

I'm not doing this — 3 years ago

I’ve half-read quite a few on this list: such as Ulysses or the Dostoievsky, but found them ashtonishingly dull; the sort of books that could only really be reccomended by misanthropists.

Perhaps that should come as no surprise given that the list was produced by The Guardian, a life-hating Mancunian rag.

Nov 22, 02:34PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

SuperHussy
New York City

Nice List — 3 years ago

While I won’t deny that this list has some great work, I think that there shoud be more work from the last 50 years!

Oct 11, 06:12PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

IsntPrettyToThinkSo
Wilmington

This one is the best — 3 years ago

I’m super surprised these lists ignore amazing authors like richard yates and orhan pamuk. But I still want to read everything. Anyone in the NYC area interested in starting a guardian list book club?

Jul 27, 11:52AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

franzianne

Re-added Pride and Prejudice — 3 years ago

Pride and Prejudice had been deleted so added it. Handmaid’s Tale added but not on the list so deleted it. Also checked the list against the original and made a couple of changes in order.

Jul 11, 07:55AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

burntsienna
Swansea

Untitled — 3 years ago

there are so many books on so many of these lists that i have started but never finished. does that count as “i am consuming this” even if i haven’t picked it up in years? how bad is that?

May 09, 02:15PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

dewchic
Indiana

i feel bad — 3 years ago

i have read ONE of these books… but i have a lot of time to read the rest if feel like it

Apr 10, 12:56PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

jpinstripes
Decatur

The Aeneid — 3 years ago

Although I am sure Robert Fitzpatrick is a fine translator, Virgil wrote The Aeneid.

Apr 04, 09:55AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

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Untitled — 2 years ago

Untitled — 2 years ago

Give me a break... — 2 years ago

I'm not doing this — 3 years ago

Nice List — 3 years ago

This one is the best — 3 years ago

Re-added Pride and Prejudice — 3 years ago

Untitled — 3 years ago

i feel bad — 3 years ago

The Aeneid — 3 years ago

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