Good Books: Some top 100 must read lists

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Been looking at some books to read, came across the following:

Best list from Time Magazine:

The Novel 100: The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
The BBC's top 100:
BBC - The Big Read - Top 100 Books
Another List:

The Novel 100: The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
Top 150 novels

Modern Librarys 100 best fiction:
The Modern Library | 100 Best | Novels
100 best non-fiction:
The Modern Library | 100 Best | Nonfiction

Radcliffe Publishing list:
The Modern Library | 100 Best | Rival List
Top Fantasy/Science Fiction books:

Fantasy 100 - Top 100 Fantasy Books
Top 100 Fantasy Books - FantasyBookReview.co.uk: 1 - 10
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/6113/t100256.txt
The 100 Best Fantasy Books

The Guardians lists:
1000 novels everyone must read: Science Fiction & Fantasy (part one) | Books | The Guardian
1000 novels everyone must read: Science Fiction & Fantasy (part two) | Books | The Guardian
1000 novels everyone must read: Science Fiction & Fantasy (part three) | Books | The Guardian

Sci-Fi Only:
Sci-Fi Lists - Top 100 Sci-Fi Books
Listology: David Pringle's Best 100 Science Fiction Novels
Top 15 Great Science Fiction Books - The List Universe

List Collection:
ClassBooklists
Yes, I had some time and am looking at what to read :bleh:
 
The BBC list includes a lot of classics. Pleasant surprises were The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton and 4 of pratchett's Discworld books :hap2: Discworld is easily the best series I've ever read. Being consistantly brilliant over more than 30 books is really applaudable :clap: Compared to say, Wheel of Time which lost it after just 3 books. :no:
 
I have read half the discworld series. Now confused whether to continue or start again :P Some are just too funny :)

Will probably just continue, since theres not much continuity to maintain ;)
 
Looks like no one like Indian Literature.
Has any one ever tried Premchand, I am big fan of his style and read most of his work. Ocassionaly I read hindi poetry too.
 
47Shailesh said:
Looks like no one like Indian Literature.
Has any one ever tried Premchand, I am big fan of his style and read most of his work. Ocassionaly I read hindi poetry too.
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I did read some once, but I am an english fiction person, that too Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres :)
 
47Shailesh said:
Looks like no one like Indian Literature.
Has any one ever tried Premchand, I am big fan of his style and read most of his work. Ocassionaly I read hindi poetry too.
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Premchand is very good. Up there with Tolstoy and Maxim. But unfortunately, he is the only world class writer India produced before post-modernists like Rushdie, Ghosh, Seth and Roy arrived.
 
^^ I didn't find Jonathan Stroud's "Bartimaeus Trilogy" in the top 100 list. I found the book really interesting. Have to start on James Barclay and Robin Hobb though :)

Edit: @ shailesh, I read Hindi literature too, on and off. But the problem is, in metros, they are hard to find. I was trying to find a hindi translation of "Manto's" work (he is an Urdu writer), and am still looking for it. If the books were more accessible, and if the current breed of writers wrote something interesting, I would certainly go for it. I have even read the "Chandrakanta" series, which is fascinating :)

But yeah, me too towards primarily Fantasy these days.
 
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