What about "Best of" lists?

My inbox had an irresistable link: Goodreads best books of 2010. I'm a sucker, I had to open it. But as I looked at the winners, I drifted into a worst books list and was surprised to find a favorite of mine, Cold Mountain, was among that group. It's going to be 15 degrees in Atlanta tonight, so maybe it's a good thing to focus on something cold, find some redeeming value in it. But my interest was strong because I was so impressed with this book, felt it did everything a good literary novel should--take me somewhere different, with language and images that stayed with me forever. But as I read reviews I realized that Goodreads brings us all together--those who want escapist literature and those wanting a classic read. A look at the many categories of winners in fantasy, fantasy-paranormal, etc. says it all. People do want to escape and they want the vehicles to be extraordinary, preferrably extra-terrestial! It takes all kinds of readers, and I'm glad to have them all. But I'll take Charles Frazier's writing over all of them any day. His Thirteen Moons thrilled me as well, but we trod on common ground, the mountains, native Americans, pre-Civil War era and all. Read my review of Cold Mountain here; I'll do one soon on Thirteen Moons. Thanks, Charles.