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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 21, 2019 14:20:19 GMT
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Post by Bargle on Sept 21, 2019 16:50:06 GMT
I've read 3 and have 2 more on my TBR list. Several of the books shouldn't be on the list. The 21st Century didn't start until Jan. 1, 2001. Books published in 2000 are 20th century books.
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Post by mmexis on Sept 22, 2019 0:51:15 GMT
5 and none of them are the young adult ones. Nickel and dimed is sitting on my desk at work, and Henrietta Lacks, and a couple of others.... sigh.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Sept 22, 2019 0:55:41 GMT
Ive read less than 5 of these books.
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Post by gw on Sept 22, 2019 3:23:09 GMT
I've read The Stories of Your Life and Others, the Harry Potter books, glimpses of Sapiens, parts of Thinking Fast and Slow, and that's pretty much it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 3:59:19 GMT
Basically a list of books that will be largely forgotten ten years from now.
Good job, Guardian!
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Post by louise on Sept 22, 2019 11:09:13 GMT
7.
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Post by Zos on Sept 22, 2019 12:09:22 GMT
7 for me and 1 more unread on my shelf.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 22, 2019 13:19:57 GMT
I've read a few. Although some were better than others, I'm not sure I'd call any of them the 'best books' of any century. The God Delusion would probably be near the top of my list; The Nora Ephron is a pale shadow of her older, sassier essays. The LeCarre was enjoyable, as he usually is. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics sounds worth picking up. Stephen King is generally entertaining when writing about writing, and this book was no exception. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was a pretty incredible type of true-life detective story, definitely. Persepolis was a quite good graphic novel, but I have to wonder of GN's really belong on these lists, no matter how well-done they are (yes, that is a bit of literary snobbism, I'll admit ). The Year of Magical Thinking was moving, and probably the best thing Didion's done in some time. The Hare With Amber Eyes was a little curio cabinet of a book. Haven't gotten around to the Knausgaard yet, but if it follows the preceding books in his series, I'll want to do so. Eherenreich's Nickle and Dimed is an excellent piece of social reportage, and one to stoke the 'outrage at capitalism' batteries to full charge. The Plot Against America showed that Philip Roth was an elder lion who hadn't lost his powers, in defiance to the critics who'd already buried him. I haven't seen a work by Kazuo Ishiguro yet that wouldn't take a high place on a best novels of the year list. I was unsurprised to see the generally over-rated likes of Gaiman, Munro, McEwan, Sebald, Coates, Zaidie Smith, Franzen, McCarthy, and Atwood turn up on this list. All of them have produced some meritorious work, but I've never found any of them to be the literary treasure-houses their fans seem to find them. George Saunders also belongs on my list of the overpraised, but I'd definitely rank Lincoln in the Bardo well above the Guardian's pick. I am stunned that none of Daniel Mendelsohn's scintillating and fiercely learned colllections of essays ( How Beautiful It Is And How Easily It Can Be Broken, Waiting for the Barbarians, Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones, or his Holocaust book, The Lost) were included. Quite amazed that Gore Vidal's concluding volume of his 'American' series, The Golden Age, was omitted (admittedly, it was published in 2000, so may technically not have been admissable to the list). Any one of these titles would have been worth half-a-dozen books of Gaiman's, Munro's, McEwan's, etc. Equally shocked that Alan Bennett was overlooked, both his latest Diaries and stories. At any rate, considering the fact that the 21st century isn't even into its second decade yet, isn't someone at The Guardian being a bit premature?
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Sept 22, 2019 14:54:30 GMT
I've read 2 on the list but I've seen about 6 movies made from these books (I didn't keep track as I was looking at the list.)
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Post by Zos on Sept 22, 2019 17:54:18 GMT
I've read a few. Although some were better than others, I'm not sure I'd call any of them the 'best books' of any century. The God Delusion would probably be near the top of my list; The Nora Ephron is a pale shadow of her older, sassier essays. The LeCarre was enjoyable, as he usually is. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics sounds worth picking up. Stephen King is generally entertaining when writing about writing, and this book was no exception. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was a pretty incredible type of true-life detective story, definitely. Persepolis was a quite good graphic novel, but I have to wonder of GN's really belong on these lists, no matter how well-done they are (yes, that is a bit of literary snobbism, I'll admit ). The Year of Magical Thinking was moving, and probably the best thing Didion's done in some time. The Hare With Amber Eyes was a little curio cabinet of a book. Haven't gotten around to the Knausgaard yet, but if it follows the preceding books in his series, I'll want to do so. Eherenreich's Nickle and Dimed is an excellent piece of social reportage, and one to stoke the 'outrage at capitalism' batteries to full charge. The Plot Against America showed that Philip Roth was an elder lion who hadn't lost his powers, in defiance to the critics who'd already buried him. I haven't seen a work by Kazuo Ishiguro yet that wouldn't take a high place on a best novels of the year list. I was unsurprised to see the generally over-rated likes of Gaiman, Munro, McEwan, Sebald, Coates, Zaidie Smith, Franzen, McCarthy, and Atwood turn up on this list. All of them have produced some meritorious work, but I've never found any of them to be the literary treasure-houses their fans seem to find them. George Saunders also belongs on my list of the overpraised, but I'd definitely rank Lincoln in the Bardo well above the Guardian's pick. I am stunned that none of Daniel Mendelsohn's scintillating and fiercely learned colllections of essays ( How Beautiful It Is And How Easily It Can Be Broken, Waiting for the Barbarians, Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones, or his Holocaust book, The Lost) were included. Quite amazed that Gore Vidal's concluding volume of his 'American' series, The Golden Age, was omitted (admittedly, it was published in 2000, so may technically not have been admissable to the list). Any one of these titles would have been worth half-a-dozen books of Gaiman's, Munro's, McEwan's, etc. Equally shocked that Alan Bennett was overlooked, both his latest Diaries and stories. At any rate, considering the fact that the 21st century isn't even into its second decade yet, isn't someone at The Guardian being a bit premature? I read the physics one and the lessons fall into the slightly annoying situation of being dumbed down okay, but at the same time not in enough depth to really satisfy.
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 23, 2019 1:41:42 GMT
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Post by Morgana on Sept 23, 2019 9:01:16 GMT
I've only read McCarthy's The Road and The Harry Potter one.
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Post by Vassaggo on Sept 23, 2019 9:33:00 GMT
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Post by mrdanwest on Sept 24, 2019 4:29:54 GMT
I’ve read 19 and have another 10 or so on my to read list
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Post by OldSamVimes on Sept 25, 2019 7:11:52 GMT
Ones I read on that list...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Oryx and Crake
Night Watch - (of course!)
..and the Harry Potter one.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Sept 25, 2019 9:53:47 GMT
Frankly, don't care much about this century. There are so many great ones from the previous one which I am yet to read.
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 25, 2019 19:08:09 GMT
Frankly, don't care much about this century. There are so many great ones from the previous one which I am yet to read. There are books from the past 3000 years I'd rather read to be quite honest.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 27, 2019 9:13:12 GMT
Only four - Harry Potter, Lisbeth Salander, The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night Time, and Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 27, 2019 13:36:23 GMT
I've read seven - Rowling, Carey, Satrapi, Piketty, Roth, Pullman and Mantel. The Carey and Roth books were both frankly tedious, the Piketty the most impressive and thought-provoking, and Pullman the most fun. I have been meaning to read the Piketty book since it came out, but it sounds like a very daunting task!
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