Open Floor > Books and Authors

The Great American Read on PBS

(1/3) > >>

Outlast:
PBS has started a vote for the best novel. They compiled a list of 100 books (many of which I have never even heard of). But they got a lot of them right too from And Then There Were None to Narnia to Lord of the Rings to Outlander to Little Women to Anne of Green Gables to Jane Eyre to Rebecca to Pilgrim's Progress to Wuthering Heights...this list has most of the greatest book of all time on it.

Here's a link to the list
http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/books/#/

Here's a link to vote
http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/vote/

Snowbird:
How do you pick just one?

Outlast:
You don't have to. You can vote ONCE a day for EACH book in their top 100. There is no limit on how many books you can vote for.

Eventually I assume there will be a narrowing of the field, but for now those are the rules.

Merry Prankster:
 MP in no way intends to offend you, Outtie, but he knows of your respect for accuracy.  “THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is searching for the country’s best-loved novel.”  Quoted from the website.  The only requirements appear to be that the novel be fictional and have been published in English.  The website describes how the final 100 candidates were selected but the explanation seems vague to MP.

The list is eclectic to say the least, ranging from truly great novels to genre classics to purely commercial bestsellers to putrid novels written by authors who must have missed school on the days they taught English grammar, e.g., Fifty Shades of Grey.   Go Vote!

Outlast:
PBS is still collecting votes until October 18th and they've released a list of the top 40 vote getters so far...
https://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/blogs/inside-look/first-look-top-40-books-in-the-great-american-read/?utm_source=tgarnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=button&utm_content=2018_08_13&utm_campaign=americanread_2018&elqTrackId=38f38497b7e447df95a61323fa1e81d0&elq=7031f73eeeb64d93928fd2f01ec16ac5&elqaid=3254&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=1709

Nine of my top ten books (from their list) made the top forty and I at least know of most of the rest, many of which are indeed very good reads.

My Top Ten
Chronicles of Narnia
Lord of the Rings
And Then There Were None
Wuthering Heights
Little Women
Jane Eyre
Pilgrim's Progress
Anne of Green Gables
Rebecca
Alice in Wonderland

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page