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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

How many of these lists of "greatest books" have you read?

In honor of Voldemort II's impeding visit to Our Nation's Capital, today's blog post is dedicated to the benighted subject of literary canonization.

Is there any form of middle-brow psuedo-intellectualism lower than the old "ooooh, how many of these eleventy-eight books have you read?" twaddle?
  • http://thegreatestbooks.org/
  • http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/1000novels
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_books#Sample_list
  • http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/
  • http://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/ 
  • http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/072098best-novels-list.html
  • http://www.listology.com/ukaunz/list/1001-books-you-must-read-you-die
  • http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/books/23read.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/comments/34m5n6/reddit_what_are_some_must_read_books/ 
  • The Greatest Books in the World: Interpretative Studies, by Laura Spencer Portor
  • Overrated: Authors, critics, and editors on "great books" that aren't all that great.
  • Dialogues With/and Great Books: The Dynamics of Canon Formation

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