Times: Top 100. Lithub: 71 More. Small Beer: 101+

Wed 17 Jul 2024 - Filed under: Not a Journal. | Posted by: Gavin

The NYT, not a paper I’ve given money to in years because despite their usually solid work I find them terrible on US politics — did they ever stop prevaricating and just state that Tr*mp lies? Ugh — and can be awful on minorities and trans people. They have millions of subscribers and don’t need me.

Anyway, their latest complicated listicle is something along the lines of some hundreds of writers come up with 10 books from this century they admire and they made a Top 100 out of that list: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

I’ve enjoyed some of the books on the list and there are definitely some I intend to read. Hilariously Lithub then published What the New York Times Missed: 71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century. I don’t know if there is any crossover. So that’s 100+71 books. What about the 101+ Small Beer books? Always 10% off on Bookshop.org — shipping free today.

In the meantime, I’m reading Ben Francisco’s Val Vega: Secret Ambassador to Earth which is a pageturner and now our kid wants to steal it from me before I finish. Eek. I recommend it and am open to suggestions for what to read next.