This is a really outstanding post! I have been similarly obsessed with the Times 100 list. Any list that includes "Bel Canto" is immediately suspect, although I realize that's a very unpopular view. I'm a voracious reader, but I have read only 17 books on their list. It was an interesting exercise, in any event. I paid some attention to the individual lists of the various people they profiled, too, on the assumption that authors I admire might be reading books that would interest me. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness in how you put this together, and how you review and comment on what you read.
This is a really outstanding post! I have been similarly obsessed with the Times 100 list. Any list that includes "Bel Canto" is immediately suspect, although I realize that's a very unpopular view. I'm a voracious reader, but I have read only 17 books on their list. It was an interesting exercise, in any event. I paid some attention to the individual lists of the various people they profiled, too, on the assumption that authors I admire might be reading books that would interest me. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness in how you put this together, and how you review and comment on what you read.