Lists of 100 best books
Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria. This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books 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 Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988. The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy.
Lists
| Publisher | Name | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Crime Writers' Association | The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time | 1990 |
| Grafton Books by David Pringle | Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels | 1988 |
| Larry McCaffery | 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction | 1999 |
| Le Monde | Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century | 1999 |
| Modern Library | Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction | 1998 |
| Modern Library | Modern Library 100 Best Novels | 1998 |
| Mystery Writers of America | The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time | 1995 |
| New York Times Book Review | New York Times 100 Notable Books | annually |
| Norwegian Book Club | Bokklubben World Library | since 2002 |
| Nimbus Publishing | Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books | 2009 |
| Tidningen Boken | Världsbiblioteket | 1991 |
| Time | Time's List of the 100 Best Novels | 2005 |
| The Guardian | The Guardian 100 best novels | 2015 |
| Shūkan Bunshun | Tozai Mystery Best 100 | 1985 |
| Xanadu by David Pringle | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels | 1985 |
See also
- Category:Top book lists
- Western canon#Examples, a broader list of lists
- List of best-selling books
- List of literary awards
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.