Are you tired of listmania? 500 places to see before you turn thirty. 100 films you must watch. Top 50 authors. 27 restaurants where you HAVE to eat. 45 skyscrapers you just gotta BASE jump from if you don’t want to be considered uncool. 17 best ways to extinguish the flames when you’ve accidentally set yourself on fire.
“1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
Nige at Thought Experiments has had enough.
To me this list looks more like 900-plus books not to waste your time with. Which brings me to my proposed list – 100 Books To Read After You Die. This is for all those ‘critically acclaimed’ or highly (and apparently reliably) recommended books you read and afterwards regretted wasting so much of your life on – books, in other words, that can safely be put off till after death.
“Keep your life for the books that really are worth the effort, save the rest till you’re dead.”
I’d start my list with any book whose title begins, “The Secret of.” Because (a) if the book got it wrong, I could snark about it for eternity, and (b) if I got it wrong, there’d still be the chance that it’s a karmic universe, and I’ll be getting another lifetime to keep from screwing up again.
(And yes, I know my previous post is a Top 150 list. Featuring my book. Obviously I’m a listmaniac.)
(Via Books, Inq.)
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