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The list in real live newsprint rather than online!

NYTBR came out with their Readers Choice list of the 100 best books of the 21st century, and this feels much more in line with what books people actually read. I have a problem with calling a list “the best” when it includes so many obscure selections (how can they be the best when hardly anyone has read them outside academia/publishing?). The original list I only had read 9 from, but this list I have read 53/100! Just in the top ten I‘ve read 7!

Very surprised by the selection of books in this list. First, why are we already canonizing the best books of the 21st century after only 25 years? Second, I get that the NYTBR is very high brow compared to the taste of the average reader, but I was still confused by the not insignificant number of books in translation that were originally published prior to 2000, but translated after.

Plus, The Goldfinch was ranked way too low in my opinion!

Some puzzling omissions on this list but these always spur some good discussions! now to take a look at my tbr and figure out what to prioritize-out of the 34 I want to read-I always want to read the latest buzzy titles tho.

Apparently I‘m better at buying the books than I am at reading them!

In case you can‘t read the covers:
The Corrections
The Overstory
Atonement
Americanah
White Teeth
H is for Hawk
Demon Copperhead
An American Marriage
Station Eleven
Bel Canto

Which one do I need to read first?

#100bestbooksofthe21stcentury #tbr

Here‘s my list of books I‘ve read, although I included a few bailed on. Thanks to @Bookwomble for making this accessible! Like others, I was not into number one at all and didn‘t even finish it.

My TBR from #NYTBest100: about 12 are available in audio in my library and weren‘t already on my list.

After I read through the 100 books again, I chose 29 I may want to read at some point. A few I already own. #TBR #NYTinesBookReview

I‘ve read 20 of these and didn‘t care for two of them (The Goldfinch and The Plot Against America). There are also several on the complete list that I have no interest in reading.

Modern Mrs. Darcy‘s gift link: https://modernmrsdarcy.com/links-i-love-461/

And here‘s my TBR from the #NYTBest100 list! I just postponed a library hold for Demon Copperhead, and eight others are on my shelves already—maybe I‘ll get to those sooner, maybe not 😆