4 January 2022 | Sacnoth’s Scriptorium | John D. Rateliff
So, thanks to Janice for sharing with me the results of another ‘best books’ poll, this one looking for the best book written in the last one hundred and twenty-five years.
Here’s their list: …
The big news is of course The Lord of the Rings’ appearance in the #2 position. Significant, I think, that Tolkien and Orwell are both writers who gave the dominant contemporary mode, Modernism, a pass.…
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So, thanks to Janice for sharing with me the results of another ‘best books’ poll, this one looking for the best book written in the last one hundred and twenty-five years.
Here’s their list:
Harper Lee
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
JRRT
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
George Orwell
NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Toni Morrison
BELOVED
I feel a bit shy confessing that I’ve only read two of their top five, plus two of their subsidiary books: DRACULA (best horror) and WATERSHIP DOWN (misplaced, I wd say, in the best children’s book section).
The big news is of course THE LORD OF THE RINGS’ appearance in the #2 position. Significant, I think, that Tolkien and Orwell are both writers who gave the dominant contemporary mode, Modernism, a pass.
–John R.
–current reading: Kipling’s KIM, and wondering if I shd do a little reading up on the Sepoy Rebellion.
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