Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

I’ve read 11, plus a lot of Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe stories. That’s more than I expected; mysteries aren’t my favourite genre.

Only 16

And I threw one of them across the room, unable to finish. It’s a stupid list.

26

I enjoyed most of the ones I read. Some I will never read, others area on my reading list.

I’m impressed that my 15 yo son has read 14 of them.

ETA: I have read 17 from the mystery list, including all of Sherlock Holmes.

21 for me, incl. Holmes, of course. Glad to see Cussler’s Raise the Titanic! on the list; it’s been a favorite of mine since I was a kid.

I think I’ve read 28 from the mystery list.

23, with about another 20 sitting on the shelves in my home as yet unread, I having married into possession of them.

Anything by Tony Hillerman could make the list, not just the one that did.

It’s a crap list. I mean, “Moneyball”? “Kitchen Confidential”?

And many of the ones they seem to suggest are outstanding in their genre certainly aren’t.