Comments on: Newsweek’s top 100 books of all time http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/ I make stuff. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:55:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/#comment-5367 Ben Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:32:56 +0000 http://bencrowder.net/?p=3707#comment-5367 Fair enough. It's still coming... :) Fair enough. It’s still coming… :)

]]> By: Tristin Roney http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/#comment-5339 Tristin Roney Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:36:47 +0000 http://bencrowder.net/?p=3707#comment-5339 Oh c'mon, don't cop out on us completely. At least make tiers (best ten, next ten, etc.). But I guess I'll take what I can get. Can't wait for it! Oh c’mon, don’t cop out on us completely. At least make tiers (best ten, next ten, etc.). But I guess I’ll take what I can get. Can’t wait for it!

]]> By: Ben http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/#comment-5338 Ben Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:28:13 +0000 http://bencrowder.net/?p=3707#comment-5338 When I come up with my list, I'm thinking I won't actually number it; instead of being "Ben's top however many books, in order," it'll just be "Ben's favorite books," ordered by genre and then probably alphabetically. When I come up with my list, I’m thinking I won’t actually number it; instead of being “Ben’s top however many books, in order,” it’ll just be “Ben’s favorite books,” ordered by genre and then probably alphabetically.

]]> By: Liza http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/#comment-5337 Liza Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:08:16 +0000 http://bencrowder.net/?p=3707#comment-5337 This list is completely lame. Why is Hamlet before King Lear? Why is War and Peace before Anna Karenina? Why are A passage to India and Lolita before Death Comes for the Archbishop? Most importantly, where is Villete?! This list is completely lame. Why is Hamlet before King Lear? Why is War and Peace before Anna Karenina? Why are A passage to India and Lolita before Death Comes for the Archbishop? Most importantly, where is Villete?!

]]> By: Ben http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/#comment-5334 Ben Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:28:52 +0000 http://bencrowder.net/?p=3707#comment-5334 Not to mention that <i>Jane Eyre</i> is also absent. Tsk, tsk, Newsweek. I'm working on my own list and yes, I'll post it. :) Not to mention that Jane Eyre is also absent. Tsk, tsk, Newsweek. I’m working on my own list and yes, I’ll post it. :)

]]> By: Tristin Roney http://bencrowder.net/blog/2009/07/newsweeks-top-100-books-of-all-time/#comment-5328 Tristin Roney Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:13:11 +0000 http://bencrowder.net/?p=3707#comment-5328 Agreed. There is something off about this list. It could be that there are four Shakespeare works in a row right in the middle of the list. Or that Lolita is so much higher than Lord of the Flies. Or that Walden is absent altogether. Grrr! I think the only purpose of lists like this is to get people riled up and thinking about their own lists. There must be some (marketing?) value to be found in eliciting a hundred thousand simultaneous cries of "How dare they?!?" from their readers. I hope you will seriously consider posting your own list--at least a top 20--because you are probably the most well-read person I know. I'm curious to see if your list really would be dominated by Project Gutenberg books, as I suspect it would. Agreed. There is something off about this list. It could be that there are four Shakespeare works in a row right in the middle of the list. Or that Lolita is so much higher than Lord of the Flies. Or that Walden is absent altogether. Grrr!

I think the only purpose of lists like this is to get people riled up and thinking about their own lists. There must be some (marketing?) value to be found in eliciting a hundred thousand simultaneous cries of “How dare they?!?” from their readers.

I hope you will seriously consider posting your own list–at least a top 20–because you are probably the most well-read person I know. I’m curious to see if your list really would be dominated by Project Gutenberg books, as I suspect it would.

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