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The College Board publishes a recommended reading list, while emphasizing that it "does not mandate any particular authors or reading list." The reading list contains four major categories: Poetry, ranging from the 16th century (William Shakespeare) to contemporary poets (Seamus Heaney);
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
Each year, Goodreads, members cast votes for their favorite books, which are then curated into a list of around 15 of the year's best page-turners.This year, nearly 6 million (!) votes were cast ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [7] 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". [8]
The idea of the Harvard Classics was presented in speeches by then President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University. [1] Several years prior to 1909, Eliot gave a speech in which he remarked that a three-foot shelf would be sufficient to hold enough books to give a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.
"Classic Books" reading lists are used at some universities [2] [3] and have been in modern vogue since at least the early part of the 20th century, with the additional impetus in 1909 of the Harvard Classics publishing imprimatur having individual works chosen by outgoing Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot.
This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.