So what exactly do the top 125 authors of today find as the 10 greatest books?
In 2007 J. Peder Zane, the book editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, asked 125 top writers to name their favorite books — writers like Norman Mailer, Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Claire Messud, and Michael Chabon. Here is the list from those efforts.
To find additional top 10 list from Zane's efforts check-out his book The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books. It includes additional list for categories and dates for example.
The five-year span kicking off in October 2012 should give me time to complete these. With the exception of if I will actually read In Search of Lost Time in this period, at over 4000 pages I am unsure if I want to commit to this read yet.
Article was found at openculture.com.
In 2007 J. Peder Zane, the book editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, asked 125 top writers to name their favorite books — writers like Norman Mailer, Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Claire Messud, and Michael Chabon. Here is the list from those efforts.
To find additional top 10 list from Zane's efforts check-out his book The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books. It includes additional list for categories and dates for example.
The five-year span kicking off in October 2012 should give me time to complete these. With the exception of if I will actually read In Search of Lost Time in this period, at over 4000 pages I am unsure if I want to commit to this read yet.
Article was found at openculture.com.
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