What are the 1000 best novels? The Guardian thinks it knows. This list was put together by The Guardian’s review team and a panel of experts. As you’ll see, the definitive list is helpfully subdivided into themes: love, crime, comedy, family and self, state of the nation, science fiction and fantasy, war and travel.
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1000 is too many.…it’s too much of a list and not one that is realistically readable. Then again…maybe that is the point.
The list has J K Rawlings on the same list with Cormac McCarthy and Margaret Atwood, among others. THe Harry Potter series was wonderful, but Rawlings doesn’t write nearly well enough to be on this list.
It’s “Rowling,” for Pete’s sake: “Rowling.”
what?
The definitive list appears to contain 998 works. What are the missing 2?
The missing two spots are for the books I am about to write. Im probably the best writer ever, so they will obviosly be at the top of the list.
Good question. They should change the name to the 998 “Novels everyone must read”. That is until Iwrite my books.