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Originally Posted by Road-Runner (Post 2041484)

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...

I am puzzled by this posting. This is a poll that happens to be administered (if that is the right word) by the New York Times. The National Enquirer is not conducting a poll on significant books published in the last 125 years, but if they were, would the list of books reflect an "admission" of, well, I would have no idea. What "admission" is Road Runner alluding to?

Personally I feel there are books that should have been included; for example, other posters have pointed out their surprise that one of Ayn Rand's books—Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead—is not included, and I agree. If I were assembling such a list of books, I would have included Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun and/or Neville Shute's On the Beach, both dealing with a subject that seems underrepresented in the existing list. If I were asked to choose, perhaps, five books of particular significance to me, I would have surely included 1984. I myself am unable to choose just one, so I am choosing none....

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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2040303)

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

And who made them the authority on this? O, you mean NYT opinion. OK.

It’s a book list it’s meant to be subjective , something for people to expand on ,maybe read a book on it or get an idea for a book to read from someone else’s idea , it’s not meant to be attacked or politicalized

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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2042091)

It’s a book list it’s meant to be subjective , something for people to expand on ,maybe read a book on it or get an idea for a book to read from someone else’s idea , it’s not meant to be attacked or politicalized

Not even on TOTV????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

The New York Times announced the winner tonight.

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Fellowship of the Ring
3. 1984
4. 100 years of Solitude
5. Beloved