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That seems a decent list. Stephen Send a noteboard - 20/01/2013 05:26:11 PM
Then again, I suppose the half-dozen or so that are most active here might generate at least some approaching this, if not something more diverse and less inclined to list multi-volume fantasies in a literary "top 100."


A few quirks like A Song of Ice and Fire and Ayn Rand being present are explainable enough. The near ubiquity of Game of Thrones these days ensures a lot of people have read the books recently and so the series is fresh in peoples' memories when voting. As for Ayn Rand, everyone knows her fans are a bunch of rabid dingbats.

There are very few books on that list I haven't heard of, though I've only read around a quarter of the list, and many of my choices for my favourite books appear on it.

I would think it would be possible to do a similar project ourselves provided it got mentioned on the other boards to funnel people here.
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If this board had more activity, I'd propose doing a list similar to this one - 19/01/2013 11:34:41 AM 685 Views
A good list, though some of the choices are surprising. - 19/01/2013 02:36:20 PM 470 Views
That was my general take when I blogged about it a few days ago - 19/01/2013 02:42:33 PM 584 Views
The utter lack of Eliot is a scandal. - 19/01/2013 11:12:52 PM 445 Views
You could do a list - 19/01/2013 02:38:12 PM 424 Views
I suppose I could - 19/01/2013 02:46:20 PM 446 Views
Re: I suppose I could - 19/01/2013 04:25:33 PM 438 Views
Some of those wouldn't be "obvious" for me - 19/01/2013 04:58:15 PM 553 Views
I dare say any non-English novel that would appear on such a list, would be available in translation - 19/01/2013 10:39:04 PM 435 Views
That seems probable - 20/01/2013 04:11:22 AM 419 Views
That seems a decent list. - 20/01/2013 05:26:11 PM 436 Views

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