50 of My Favourite Books

There have been a few posts circulating lately in response to the New York Times list of the 100 best books of the 21st century. Not everybody agreed—of course!—and there were accusations about literary snobbishness and such a huge response to the article that the New York Times then compiled a second list, based on the votes of its readers. Interestingly, only 39—less than half!—of the books chosen by readers were also on the list chosen by the NYT.

We all know there’s no definitive list of the ...