It's a very padded list, I'd say - tries to represent all genres, works of historical note, source material of famous movies etc., and especially to call attention to very recent books. PUBLISHER: Throw in modern stuff people will actually buy so this doesn't look like some asshole professor's list. Keep it hip. AUTHOR: Yes ma'am.
Restricting 'books' to mean 'novels' means there's suddenly a lot fewer great ones to choose from. I'm not even sure there's 1001 books worth my time (not because my every second is such a miracle, but because it could be stuffed with such as rereading the best 501, or 101) - I'm quite sure there aren't 1001 novels.
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Date: 2010-12-17 04:08 pm (UTC)Restricting 'books' to mean 'novels' means there's suddenly a lot fewer great ones to choose from. I'm not even sure there's 1001 books worth my time (not because my every second is such a miracle, but because it could be stuffed with such as rereading the best 501, or 101) - I'm quite sure there aren't 1001 novels.