The Best 222 Books of All Time
In No Particular Order
Of course this was a completely scientific and flawless elimination process…
You’ll see by the listing for The Ice at the Bottom of the World that I lobbied shamelessly for that story collection. So kill me.
But just look what other book made the list. Click here.
And, yeah, there is no justice in the world. Did your favorite make it?
Wow. If just scrolling quickly through that list wasn't a visceral reminder that I'll never, if I live to be 112, have time to read all the books I want to read...
I love that Donald Barthelme made it. That absurdity he creates... I'm a sucker for that. The School being one of my favorites. Of couse seeing Fight Club made me smile, but I'd throw Damned in there too. And I wonder where in people's mind Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground is at? That overlooked novella is Taxi Driver way before Taxi Driver.