Best Book Vote
 

Grapes of Wrath

for the disappointed, remember, after all it IS the ny Times& its corporate culture after all they disappoint every day not known for accuracy either !

Ok otis

It's interesting to read how people feel about books ... each book can speak so differently to each reader. My 2 closest friends (both voracious readers) didn't like my most favorite book ever. Our differences and what we can learn from them are what makes life so wonderful.

I have absolutely no idea what your talking about

Brilliant. Thank you for my first morning smile.

John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
 

I was on a tour in the small West African country of Togo, and during a quiet moment on the motor coach, I asked Isaac, the tour guide, what he did most of his time, since there is very minimal tourism in Togo. His response?

"I'm preparing the defense of my dissertation on the issue of social injustice in the writings of John Steinbeck."

I responded that when I was in graduate school, I had written a paper on this very subject, with a focus on The Grapes of Wrath. With most other guests napping after a long day of touring, Isaac and I shared our views on a book of such significant universality (the primary reason I choose this book) with a focus on Ma Joad, who held the family together through the worst of the Great Depression. We exchanged email addresses and keep in touch.

Subsequently, I found a first edition/first printing of The Grapes of Wrath (1939) at a local library fair in excellent condition, dust jacket in poor condition, with all hard covered books 25 cents. It cost $24 to mail it to Isaac.

And Isaac earned his doctorate on April 11, 2019!

Seems to me a lot of the "favorites" on this list were required reading in school so I think the list is probably skewed by the school board/educators that selected the "great" books and the people that didn't read any other books on their own . Personally, one of my favorites is The Fountainhead by Ann Rand.

Lonesome Dove is my favorite book on that list. I have read most of those books listed.

Another list-- The 115 Best Books of All Time | Reedsy Discovery

Recommendation
 

See your urologist.😃😃😃.

Interesting list - but not sure why they picked the top 115 instead of top 100.

Probably to add on various books from different cultural traditions.

j ust don't put your faith in the NY Times

I still absolutely don’t know what your talking about

I'm surprised the NY Times would admit 1984 is one of the best books written in the last century+. Most people who revere this book do so for its cautionary tale of runaway government which for the most point has come true in the last 72 years since it was first published...