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The 50 Greatest Modern Novels According to Time Magazine - Reaction (Patreon)

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Dear Book Club Readers ---

I hope you're keeping well and your reading is going well. If you're in the mood for a fun bookish discussion, then you may like to make yourself a nice drink and enjoy the above chat.

I sat down to react to Time Magazine's list of the best modern English-language novels published since the early twentieth century. I've reacted to book lists before, like this one which was pulled together by an algorithm. But this was really interesting because there was deliberate curation involved and this particular list is quite popular when it comes to lists of best books.

It would be so exciting to know what you make of the list. Your comments are always so insightful, compelling, interesting, and inspiring, so please do let us know your thoughts!

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 50 greatest modern novels list

  • 2:30 what made the top 100?

  • 7:00 novels 50-45

  • 12:55 novels 44-40

  • 20:07 novels 40-35

  • 28:13 novels 34-30

  • 33:30 novels 29-25

  • 41:05 novels 24-20

  • 46:08 novels 19-15

  • 52:20 novels 14-10

  • 59:20 novels 9-5

  • 1:06:00 novels 4-3

  • 1:10:10 novels 2-1

  • 1:14:00 your thoughts on the list

Questions for You:

1) Do any of your favourite novels appear on the list?

2) Are there any works that are missing that need to be on the list?

3) Which of the books on the list intrigued you the most?

Thank you so much for continuing to share your deep love for reading great literature with us. I appreciate you all deeply.

Happy reading, everybody!

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Comments

Angelina

No, no, no, I don't agree to cut a date and cut Joyce out. He is the cesura, the master, the leader, the groundbreaker. How foundational is he, for all the literature that comes afterwards? (This you must explain Ben, because I haven't the knowledge to do it! Yet.) Ulysses goes into the first 10. I loved to Kill a Mocking Bird and the Catcher in the Rye, wouldn't rate them so high up. I do get disturbed by comparing so different genres though. It is unsettling. I am very partial to Fitzgerald and Tolkien and Orwell and Franzen, but I think Huxley definitely needs to be in the top 50 or top 20. And our beloved Cormac needs to be represented by at least another book (The Road?). I loved to see LeCarré named, who I read in my youth. But I get it. If they get more books sold and read it's all well. I certainly come away with more TBR. Great, great video Ben. A question: how many hours do you read a day ? ;)

Tamera Cameron

This was so fun. You make me so excited to read! I added a few to my TBR including Snow Crash and Brideshead Revisited and White Noise.

Linda Collins
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Completely agree with you on Joyce. Also a huge McCarthy fan and would have added Suttree to the list.

livelaughletgo

Had a great time watching this video. So many great novels I need to dive into. Just a side note, I’m walking to Mordor too!

泰江 松岡

Many thanks. I enjoyed reading The Catcher in the Rye and Green Sagas. It may be a little out of date recently, but I still feel pains and youth in the stories. I wanted Salinger to write more about Green family.

Steven McVicar

Thanks for the putting video together, Benjamin! I really enjoyed it! Great fun! Good to see Kurt Vonnegut and William Faulkner up there. And The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. That was the book that got me hooked. No Brave New World was a bit of a surprise given the other dystopian novels on the list. Grapes of Wrath deserves to be there but if I could only keep one Steinbeck novel it would be Cannery Row.

Marguerite C.

This video was very informative and I really enjoyed learning more about the books and what you thought about each one. As a result I have added several never read authors and other books to my list of want to read: Jack Kerouac, Philip K Dick, Possession, Snow Crash and Grapes of Wrath.

Rebekah Sunday

I love that you’re reading Willa Cather! You’re going to be swept away by My Antonia! One of my most beloved American novels, it is just gorgeous in style and substance.

Estella

After this, I have a new list of books I want to read! As always, thank you for such a comprehensive and fun lecture.

Paul Servini

I'd have loved to see one of Marilyn Robinson's works in there. Perhaps not Gilead but maybe Leila or Jack. I think she's underrated as a writer.

Peter F

Thank you for posting the top 100 modern novels. I plan a re-read of “I Claudius” and “To the Lighthouse.” I had not read “Catch-22”. I am through the first 12 chapters. It is not grabbing me. There are moments and excellent insights, but the narrative wanders. I am putting this one down. If members of the club can encourage me to continue or provide key insights, that would be great.