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Unpacking the best: The NYT's best books of the 21st century • #163

2024/7/30
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@Kate : 我喜欢 New York Times 的书单，因为它引发了许多讨论。夏天总是阅读推荐的好时节，而这份书单就像一份持续不断的礼物，引发了无数的对话和文章。我邀请了三位我最喜欢的朋友来讨论书单，他们分别是 @Sarah Oliver、@Phil Chafee 和 @Laura Potter。书单的设计就是为了分享、讨论和辩论，这让我感到非常快乐。我会分享 New York Times 书单的链接，并鼓励大家订阅，因为我喜欢我的 New York Times 订阅，因为它提供了很多有价值的内容。 Sarah: 我很喜欢 New York Times 的书单，因为它是互动的，可以标记已读和想读的书籍。我对书单的排名感到惊讶，尤其是第一名。我可能会因为这个书单去读 Roberto Bolaño 的书。 Phil: 我喜欢 New York Times 的书单，特别是可以查看作者的推荐书单，这比书单本身更有趣，可以获得意想不到的推荐。我对 Elena Ferrante 评价很高，但书单提醒了我一些我应该去读的书。书单提醒了我去读一些我一直想读的书。 Laura: 我觉得这个书单系统很蠢，因为没有明确的评判标准。这不是最好的书，而是英语世界里最热门的书。书单的排名很随意，我希望 New York Times 的图书编辑解释一下他们是如何得出这个书单的。我同意书单在语言方面不够清晰，而且过于以美国为中心。我希望书单能更全球化一些。

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We love a list, and we love an excuse for a conversation about books, and so we couldn't have been more delighted when the New York Times released their list of the best books of the 21st century, so far. From 503 top tens submitted by authors and other literary world folk, and a bit of statistical magic, they boiled it down to their definitive top 100. And we had to hand it to them, it's a damn good list. Still, we might argue with a few of their choices, and of course have some thoughts of our own.

And so in this episode you'll get our own Book Club Review top 20 books, some of which were on the NYT's list, most of which were not. They're the books we felt had been overlooked, books we loved and were desparate to talk about, books we want to share with you.

And so join me (Kate) and Sarah in London, Phil in New York and Laura in Vancouver as we spend a delightful hour considering the best of the best. I guarantee you'll come away with at least one book for your TBR, and hopefully you'll love it as much as we did.

No booklist, as I thought you might like to find out as you listen, but you'll find all the books discussed at the episode page on our website, thebookclubreview.co.uk

Here's the link to the NYT's list

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