Best Books – Catcher in the Rye
Can you build a reading list of the best books from a mathematical equation?
“A list of Books” takes best seller list collects dozens of 100 best books lists and combined them with a formula to bring you the best books of all time.
You be the judge. Look at this list of the 13 best books list and the 623 that they came up with.
Look at the process, and then comment below on whether it comes anywhere near to what you expected.
Could you read the all?
Would you want to?
13 “Top 100 Books” lists combined and condensed in to one master list, for the benefit of your reading pleasure. 623 books in all — can you collect them all?
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Michael March 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Lord of the rings is very highly ranked, where is Robinson Crosoe and Peace and war? Expected them to be ways better. But good list!
warren March 1, 2013 at 5:41 pm
I bought LOTR when everyone else was doing it in college, but that right at the point I found there were so many things I didn’t know about and some personal development books that taught me I have a choice. So never got around to reading the fantasy stuff, but my gut feeling has been that they aren’t on par with some of the tomes missing from the list.
Harold Gardner March 1, 2013 at 5:17 pm
I scrolled the list quickly and noticed that I had not read the Rushdie novel. One of my personal disappointments with me is that I just don’t read novels anymore. Tough to block out the hours of quiet time. Probably should start knocking out a few…good for the soul.
warren March 1, 2013 at 5:27 pm
The Rushdie novel would be one to read for reasons way beyond the enjoyment of fiction. It’s on my own “would be nice to read list”
I haven’t read fiction since college. I did listen to the “Idoru” by William Gibson due to all that Neuromancer did to articulate AI. I have to say that it’s one of the things that has shaped my thinking more than most.
I read Cory Docktrow’s “Down and Out in The Magic Kingdom” to get me thinking about a future abundance without the need for money.
A partner on a ARG (alternate reality games) project talked as if the world was based on “Ender’s Game” so I read the first of that series.
Other than that.. 40 years of non-fiction. I watch plenty of movies and study story construction in real time while watching the most inane TV show.
Writing this, I think like you, I may be better off with more fiction, but still not convinced that it need be the books a English teacher would choose or what’s popular. “American Idol” and “CNN” are popular
Chris Sandys March 2, 2013 at 9:44 am
So happy to see Great Gatsby at #1. Just started reading 1984 last night. It’s been a couple of decades since I read it the initial time.
Atlas Shrugged at #306?
BTW: Someone slipped a bonus in there. There are now 624 books on the list.
Vladimir Gutenmaher March 2, 2013 at 1:31 pm
Most of the books on the list have to be read before looking for a job! Shift happens during these days so that young people are looking for video content, so that movies based on the original novels are on high demand.
warren March 5, 2013 at 8:23 pm
I know many who have not read the list and are gainfully employed. They’d be equally good at any time.
harry March 5, 2013 at 9:09 pm
sorry, im more into self improvement, biographies & technical reads… this list wasnt for me
. i am a math geek however so i would love to know the equation.
warren March 6, 2013 at 8:55 pm
no need to be sorry. Read whatever you like!
The company did not post anything about their equations
Wendy Cooley April 24, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Interesting but I thought I would see a few self help books such as Think and Grow Rich. Great list though!
warren April 26, 2013 at 5:40 pm
I think the people that did the list have a list of self-help books.
Oliver Nguyen May 4, 2013 at 6:40 am
Looks like a good list. Thankfully, I had read several of them back in my high school / college days. I remember reading ‘The Sound and The Fury” and being lost in the mind of the idiot … quite frustrating, possibly had permanent effects. I have a much harder time reading good works these days as I’ve needed to keep up with tech changes and world news.