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The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
The Guardian ' s 100 Best Novels Written in English (2015) [3] Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (1999) [6] See also. Literature portal; Books portal; Category:Top ...
They’ll read classics in high school, but those books shouldn’t be their only required reading. The post 50 Best Books for Teens of All Time appeared first on Reader's Digest.
One of the most frequent complaints was that, of the 100, only 21 were by women. One reviewer desired Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Erica Jong's Fear of Flying, Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, books by Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, Willa Cather and Margaret Kennedy.
The BBC started the Big Read with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS, and telephone. The show attracted controversy for adopting an allegedly sensationalist approach to literature , but supporters praised it for raising the public awareness of reading. [ 5 ]
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
The American Library Association's (ALA) Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division. It is for "fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are ...
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