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I came across this quote as I was searching for quotations to use in an office-decorating project that I've yet to fully finish imagining. It made me think of all those "best-of" lists that can never make anyone happy. Shoot, if I made a list of the hundred best books, and revisited it a year (or even a month!) later, *I'd* even disagree with it.
Do you have a favorite "best of" list? Are you reading from any one in particular? I like to browse them, and then feel woefully under read ;-)
4 comments:
I think if I had to make a "best of" book list it would have to be VERY specific. "Best of 1996" or "Best of books with green covers" There's no possible way to create a list of the best books because there are so many good ones!
I don't have a list, but I love books like "The New Lifetime Reading Plan" by Fadiman and Major, which lists and discusses 133 world classics. I also have more specific list-type books, like "Book Lust to Go" by Nancy Pearl, which suggests reading to go with travel destinations. Then there are, of course, the Norton anthologies, which I can simply sit and browse through or pick up when I want ideas. You're right, of course; there can be no one perfect list, but they're all fun to explore!
I don't have any favorite lists. But I love looking through lists of books, no matter whose opinions they're based on or how much I disagree with them. I usually find a few books that interest me.
I like the lists but mostly because I'm "listy" by nature. I don't put much stock in them or ever expect to read through a list of any variety. My reading is far too dictated by mood for that.
Thanks for the food for thought!
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