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2002-08-02

I’m considering to embark on a small quest: I really consider, after reading about the same idea at Bookslut, all the books at a best 100 books-list. Not all in one go of course, as that would force me to push back such authors as — can you guess? — Flann O’Brien for indefinite time. I wouldn’t like that, not one bit.

At first I too looked at the list at Modern Library I concluded that I won’t touch the readers’ list even if someone paid me. Just looking at the top ten makes me want to turn my head away in disgust. That list makes me scared shitless, I tell you. I’m allergic to Ayn Rand, I hate El-Ron and To Kill a Mockingbird was dreadful. James Joyce at eleventh place? Eleventh?

Basically, it is the Bookslut list with a lot of changes. That allows me to fix some errors: Dune for instance is not Great Art. It may be fun to read once or twice, but apart from that, no. Despite better judgement, I will leave Lord of the Flies alone, and keep it in the list. So far, ten books have been replaced.

I’m not even entirely sure I will read them in any particular order. Since I already own some of the books, why shouldn’t I start with them?

Update 3/8: I’ve finished a list of 100 books that I’ll read. The compilation comes from Bookslut, Modern Library and Radcliffe Publishing Course’s list. I’ve also read through mailinglists, Mornington Crescent Good Books-discussion (yes, all of it. The people there have good taste, you know?) as well as used common sense. Please comment if something seems wrong, because I would be surprised if everything on it were perfect. (I tried to keep as many authors as possible that I hadn’t heard of. Anyway, the selection process was hard.)