Monday, October 06, 2008

Australia: Sydney Newspaper Lists 100 Top Books of All Time

I hate to say it, but this list from the Sydney Morning Herald is BS.

OK, mostly BS. But how can anybody rank Stephenie Meyer over Jane Austen, Harper Lee, and the Brontes? PFFFFTTT! La Parisienne and Kamikaze Editor, BACK ME UP!

Now if the list were about books that sold well, maybe. But the list is entitled "top 100 books of all time."

1 comment:

Pat Patterson said...

Probably because the poll was based on current popularity. The fact that Jane Austen ranked so high and so often considering the dross on the list has to be encouraging in itself. Plus it's also a good indication that the bulk of the repondents were women. Now my bete noir concerning the list is that it is missing anything by Mark Twain, SE Hinton or Arthur Conan Doyle.