It’s actually really interesting from a literature perspective. Every other paragraph, you realize some word, phrase, idiom you know originated from that exact paragraph.
This feels like a list of books that you tell people you read if you want them to think you have taste.
Obviously any top list is subjective, but what I think we have here is an aggregate of readers on a forum who are trying to impress each other. A circle jerk.
These books are great, but they are pretty standard canon. And the bible? No other religious text?
It's fun to compare it with the Goodreads top literary 100, for sure a lot of overlap, but some interesting deviations and substitutions.
Good one!
This is like the list of films on Rotten Tomatoes that rate 100%, and are all foreign, art-house shit.
And now tell us the list of books that people have actually read before feeling they ought to recommend them.
As json https://dpaste.com/HV3HB9QSV
A real RETVRN list. The Unabomber is the giveaway.
What does that mean?
American Psycho at #55? Impressive, very nice. Now let's see the list from r/books.
Looks like a lot of English teachers browse /lit/ :)
Nobody else likes Moby Dick lol. Or James Joyce.
Plenty of other great choices imo though
James Joyce I agree with you about, but Moby Dick is great.
Maybe you need to have a yearning for the sea inside of you for it to connect?
I like both Pale Fire is a lot better than Lolita and should be switched
I know that reviews are subjective, but I still want to know if the Bible being ranked 10th is too high or too low.
It’s actually really interesting from a literature perspective. Every other paragraph, you realize some word, phrase, idiom you know originated from that exact paragraph.
Depending on how they're doing their scoring, the bible might get artificially boosted because everyone knows it
Way to high. People don't read it or don't understand it apparently.
This feels like a list of books that you tell people you read if you want them to think you have taste.
Obviously any top list is subjective, but what I think we have here is an aggregate of readers on a forum who are trying to impress each other. A circle jerk.
These books are great, but they are pretty standard canon. And the bible? No other religious text?
It's fun to compare it with the Goodreads top literary 100, for sure a lot of overlap, but some interesting deviations and substitutions.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13086.Goodreads_Top_100_...
And even more fun to compare it to their top rated of all.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/153860
I guess it shows how you rate things if you don't think anyone is looking or judging you.
I don't think that top rated list is worth much. Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive is the #1 highest rated series... with 250 votes.
> No other religious text?
Bhagavad-Gita is number 96.
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