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What do you guys think of the NYT’s recent book list?
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You’re not the only one thinking there’s a message being pushed – https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/books/review/best-books-21st-century-reader-response.html
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I agree with a lot of those comments. There’s a few notable exclusions from the world of popular fiction (including genre fiction) that had a significant impact. The list definitely skews into mainly literary fiction, historical fiction and selected nonfiction / autobiography. It’s not accounting for the wider world of books.
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Man, you couldn’t get away from this book when it blew up. Copies of it were everywhere. Interesting to see a new take on it after all these years.
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The Da Vinci Code Book Review: The World's Most (In)famous ThrillerThe Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown Genre: Thriller, Mystery Publisher: Anchor Release Date: March 18, 2003 Format read: Physical (Special Illustrated Edition, hardback) Source of book: This book was acquired i…
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It seems copies of it still might be everywhere – according to this article you can have too many copies of it and that’s why libraries get rid of books https://theconversation.com/librarians-have-good-reasons-to-weed-books-from-their-shelves-why-is-book-removal-so-controversial-232163
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I have to admit I haven’t read a lot of them. But I see some very common themes – a lot of books are historical fiction set in America or are contemporary books that serve as commentary on the current state of America in some way. I’m not surprised the New York Times went for a highly America-centric list but I do think a lot of it is pushing a c…Read More