Re:David Bowie’s Top 100 Books (2013)
by logfromblammo on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @10:14AM
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There are more than 100 good books. Therefore, whenever anybody assembles a list of exactly 100, some must necessarily be left out. Also, each person can decide their own criteria for determining whether a book is good.
That is why I think it is more useful--and more polite--to discuss one's own favorites, rather than criticize another's set of favorites for its omissions.
And the primary utility of such an exercise is, in my opinion, to help other people discover works that may appeal to them. So the closer your set of favorites aligns with Bowie's, the more likely it is that you may enjoy those works on the list that you haven't yet read.
That is why I think it is more useful--and more polite--to discuss one's own favorites, rather than criticize another's set of favorites for its omissions.
And the primary utility of such an exercise is, in my opinion, to help other people discover works that may appeal to them. So the closer your set of favorites aligns with Bowie's, the more likely it is that you may enjoy those works on the list that you haven't yet read.