![]() ![]() ![]() McCrum has disclosed that he will unveil the list chronologically, starting on Sunday, with titles exploring the distant past up to the present day – beginning with The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert. This time, we’re giving readers a head start by putting the question to you first. When McCrum concluded the best novel list last year, debate ensued: the perceived lack of diversity prompted this response from Rachel Cooke and the creation of this alternative list, courtesy of our readers. “The King James Bible of 1611, for instance, is every bit as influential as the greatest novelists of the past 300 years, from Austen to Waugh.” This second top 100 is a continuation of McCrum’s investigation into “the classic titles that form the core of Anglo-American literary culture: the 100 key texts that have had a decisive influence on the shaping of the ‘Anglo-American imagination’, economically, socially, culturally and politically,” wrote McCrum. ![]()
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