Time Magazine Top 100 Novels
by Rob
Time Magazine has published it’s Top 100 Novels from 1923 to present.
Now, you’ll probably think I’m a complete ignoramous (spelling?) if I tell you I’ve personally only read about 6 of these books – show us how clever you are by letting us know in the comments how many you’ve read.
October 19th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
Good to see “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac – has it got anything by Brett Easton Ellis…
October 20th, 2005 at 2:16 pm
But how many of them have you read, Sean?
October 21st, 2005 at 9:14 am
So far I’ve counted about 20
October 24th, 2005 at 5:45 pm
I’ve read about 10 or so, I think in the most part the list is suprisingly good. Sticking to english language books has proved quite a good idea as it has kept the list fairly consistent.
That said, there are still a few token gestures and notable absentees. Confederacy of Dunces and Brave New World aren’t included and the Philip K Dick book selected seems to have been selected almost at random so as to include him (as he should be, but surely A Scanner Darkly and Do Androids… are the best books)
anyway I’ve read 10, started an additional 4 that I’ve never finished and wierdly was in the middle of Slaughterhouse 5 when I saw the list.
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