Frequently Asked Questions - The Greatest Literature of All Time

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Have you read every book on the list?

• Then how can you know what the greatest books of all time are?

• Are these the books everyone should read?

• What's your own favourite book?

• I mean, what's your favourite modern book?

• No, I mean your favourite book of the past fifty years.

• What's your least favourite book?

• Are there really so many modern books that should be ranked with the greatest of all time on your list?

• Why don't you include great children's literature?

• Why so few nonfiction books? They're great literature too, aren't they?

• How do you read so much?

• Do you reread books?

• Isn't all this keeping of lists this ranking of books, rather superficial? Doesn't it run counter to the spirit of true literary appreciation?

• What are your desert island books?

• What should I read next?

• No, I don't have that much time. Just tell me: What are the books I should read?

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Middlemarch
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The Great Gatsby
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The Demolished Man
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The Odyssey
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On the Road
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