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What’s the Best Book of the Past 125 Years?

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#2 more or less spawned an entire genre that is alive and vibrant today. 

I mostly don't find these lists that interesting since they always skew to the recent and are more popularity contests than anything.

It's like asking "who is the best artist in the last 125 years?" It's a meaningless question that is just a vote on personal taste, never mind the mixing of different genres and forms of art/books.

I have, however, also read #2 several times.  😀

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I admit not subscribing to the NYTimes.  (Washington Post, yes)

and since I don't subscribe, not sure what NYT means by "greatest book"   

 

These books I recall as being impactful to me

  • The Color Purple
  • At Swim, Two Boys
  • The King Must Die
  • A Boys Own Story
  • Narcissus and Goldman
  • Watership Down
  • Giovanni's Room

 

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4 hours ago, Pete1111 said:

I admit not subscribing to the NYTimes.  (Washington Post, yes)

and since I don't subscribe, not sure what NYT means by "greatest book"   

 

These books I recall as being impactful to me

  • The Color Purple
  • At Swim, Two Boys
  • The King Must Die
  • A Boys Own Story
  • Narcissus and Goldman
  • Watership Down
  • Giovanni's Room

 

The Winner - To Kill a Mockingbird  By Harper Lee

2. The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. Tolkien

3. 1984 By George Orwell

4. One Hundred Years of Solitude By Gabriel García Márquez

5. Beloved By Toni Morrison

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On 12/30/2021 at 6:53 PM, TotallyOz said:

The Winner - To Kill a Mockingbird  By Harper Lee

When Harper Lee exposed Atticus Finch as a racist bigot...  many people refused to believe it...preferring to continue living in a dream world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/books/review-harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman-gives-atticus-finch-a-dark-side.html

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