I posted on this list, too. I would say that most of the books will probably impress you about the same way that Grapes of Wrath did. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is good, though. And Orwell is sort of scary and depressing, but true..
Hm, a grand total of 4 myself.
TO THE LIBRARY!
Only 6 for me.
I suddenly feel totally illiterate! If you don't count the eight I had to read in school, I've only read three of these. The sad part is I may never get to the others what with all the other stuff on my 'must read' list.
Oh, the shame of it all!
Wow! I've actually read 9 of them. I loved Lord of the Flies by Golding. It was required reading in high school, and I flew through that book. I was always a bigger fan of "boy" books when I was younger...
Remember the source - Time magazine. I mean, you could substitute Newsweek, US News & World Report, or even People magazine - and get the same results. I'd rather see a list from gosh, now I can't come up with who I'd want to see a list from... ? Now there's a good topic. Who do you respect most? That's the source for a good list. I'd want the source to be someone who reads a lot (obviously) and whose opinion/beliefs I respect. What was Time's criteria for "best"? Anyway, there are so many good books out there and I've only recently discovered Christian fiction through Christian Book Distributors (cbd.com), and I'm hooked! You don't have to deal with the bad language and lack of any sort of hope or redemption found in other books. Sin is still present, of course, but in a better way, in my opinion.
Susan, you're so right about Christian fiction. I believe we have some of today's very best writers writing Christian fiction today, including BJ Hoff, Angela Hunt, Lisa Samson, Liz Curtis Higgs, Linda Hall, Jane Kirkpatrick and others.
Cindy...I consider myself fairly well read myself and only got 7. (Though I'll admit that there were several on the list I SHOULD have read if for no other reason than to BE well read.) But I'd also say that the list reeked of a literary snobbishness that glories in things that truly don't matter to the enlightened believer. Certainly not all of them would meet that classification, but over-all, the list is a veritable roll-call of the hoity-toity secularists who wouldn't know good literature if it bit them on the....nose.
So don't feel bad. Better yet, give us your list of the Top 25 Books you've read (or should have) and don't limit it to fiction!
LuvUrBlog....Dan
Dan, I love your assesment of Time's list! My Quote o' the Day radar is going nuts. Also, I think I WILL put together that top 25 list you suggested. And I'm going to encourage other Christian bloggers to do the same!
I was an English major and an English TEACHER, and I've read ... seven.
But then I realized that the list is of books published after 1923, and I felt better, because most of my "classics" reading is pre-20th century. Now if Time had made a list of Books No One Reads Unless They Have To or Are Nerds, I would totally rock that list!
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