Thinking about greatness in books

What makes a book great?

Having read a lot of articles on the subject, I can say three things with considerably certainty:

While there is some agreement about what books are great, there is very little agreement about why they are great. When asked what makes a particular book great, different readers pick different things, even when they’re talking about the same book.At least 98% of the articles I read picked different aspects of the writing craft when trying to describe what makes for a gre...
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Published on February 03, 2021 04:00
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Jessica As a teacher, it's nice to be reminded that we should tell students what they're doing right.


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