Book list: https://thegreatestbooks.org/
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 6:45 am
Somebody asked, literally years ago, whether there is something like A.M. for books.
I think we were in general agreement that there isn't really – and that one possible reason that it is a difficult task may be the fact that written texts have been around for like 5000 years, while recorded music goes back only app. 2% of that period.
Now it seems that somebody made a list pretty much along the lines of Henrik's principles for A.M.:
https://thegreatestbooks.org/
There does seem to be a certain tendency that for books to make it, they must be either old or written in English, although García Márquez at no. 4 does provide an exception to the rule.
(Apologize if everybody interested knew this already, and I just haven't paid attention)
I think we were in general agreement that there isn't really – and that one possible reason that it is a difficult task may be the fact that written texts have been around for like 5000 years, while recorded music goes back only app. 2% of that period.
Now it seems that somebody made a list pretty much along the lines of Henrik's principles for A.M.:
https://thegreatestbooks.org/
There does seem to be a certain tendency that for books to make it, they must be either old or written in English, although García Márquez at no. 4 does provide an exception to the rule.
(Apologize if everybody interested knew this already, and I just haven't paid attention)