New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

[ghost of miles]

I’ve read six and marked 28 as want-to-reads. Problem is I still have way too many books from the 20th century (and a few from the 19th) that I still need to read. Anybody on the board figured out a way to stop time yet? 
NYT 100 best books of the 21st century

 

 

[felser]

Same issue here, so many books/CD's/movies, so little time.  I think I have the Didion book (have a few by her), have not read it.  I read part of Gilead, but put it down because it was so grim, meant to eventually get back to it.  My wife has read the Frederick Douglass book.  And that's it for the culturally behind-the-times Felser household.

[jlhoots]

Is there a way around the "paywall"?

Never mind. Found it.

[mjazzg]

I love lists like this.

I've read 20, gave up on one, have had about another 15 on my 'to read' list for far too long.

Lots of intriguing titles to investigate

[Jason Bivins]

Read 25, with a few more on the shelf.

[ejp626]

I believe I have read 15 (though I can't recall if I actually read or only skimmed the Didion).

One on the list I finished but regretted bothering with, and one I dropped with prejudice after only a chapter.

There aren't that many left on the list that really feel like "must reads" to me other than Judt's Postwar.

[Rabshakeh]

It seems like quite a weak list, especially the fiction. I'd wager that more than 3/4 of these will have dropped out by the time we get to a 2050 list, assuming there are still such things by then. Not that I have many nominations with which to replace them. A comparison between any list of great books of the first half of the 21st century and any equivalent lists that might have been created for the preceding quarter centuries is going to be a sobering one.