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October 22, 2005

Another Irresistible List

Time magazine critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo have picked "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present." Read the whole list here. Did they leave something off? Comment below.

Posted by Joshua Claybourn at October 22, 2005 02:16 AM

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Hey wait, where's the Da Vinci Code? LOL

Posted by: Stephen at October 22, 2005 11:42 AM | permalink

Where's "The Book of Virtues" on that stinkin' list?!

Posted by: Bill Bennett at October 22, 2005 01:16 PM | permalink

First thing I notice is that Bonfire of the Vanities is not on it, which I can't fathom for the life of me. The movie was a disaster, but the novel was brilliant. Drek like Rabbit, Run and Judy Blume are on the list, but not Tom Wolfe? Sacrilege.

Posted by: Ed Brayton at October 22, 2005 02:33 PM | permalink

Great Gatsby is overrated. Then again, I was a teen when I read it, and all great literature must knock teens into unconsciousness.

Frank Herbert's Dune should be on the list. I was 21 when I read it. :-)

Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at October 22, 2005 10:42 PM | permalink

That's the P. K. Dick (and the Dashiell Hammett) they chose? And where's Fear and Loathing instead of Judy Blume? I mean, really.

Posted by: Paul at October 23, 2005 04:12 AM | permalink

Judy Blume????? I think someone slipped that book in while the real authors weren't looking.

Posted by: Sherry at October 23, 2005 09:15 PM | permalink

No Lileks on the list, either.

Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at October 24, 2005 02:17 AM | permalink

October 22, 2005

Another Irresistible List

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