Yesterday, I gave you the top 100 favorite novels in the U.K. It's not so easy to find a list of favorites (as opposed to bests) for the U.S., as I found out. I could find lists by the editors and by the readers of the Modern Library (Modern Library books only) by two Time Magazine critics, by librarians (which I like because I've read a ton--64--of them), but a general list of favorites by actual American readers took some searching.
This list comes from Best 100 Novels of All Time, but it's not really clear who compiled the list and who voted. If you can find a better list, please let me know. I've read 52 of these, at one time or another.
How is your reading coming along?
3 comments:
Ugh. These lists are reminders of how much of my life I've wasted reading crap instead of the classics. But I'm well into Edgar Sawtelle now and just loving it!
I've actually read some of them !!! Been a while though and some I will need to look into. Thanks.
I count 55 that I've read---some were required in high school and college of course and were not read for the sheer pleasure of reading them........
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