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 children's literature?

• 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?

• I don't have that much time. Just tell me: what are the few books I must read?

• I counted them and today you have 1,001 titles on your list of the "999 Greatest Works". What gives?

First FAQ answer

The Really Long List

Selected Critiques

Selected Authors

Movies for Great Readers

FAQs

See also:

Creating the Greatest Literature of All Time list

What does "Greatest" even mean

Does it matter which translation you read?

What is science fiction?

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