I think it is kinda English-centered. They don't have books from any East countries, China, Japan, korean, Indian, and even books from Russia authors on those two lists are not that satisfying. some books about ex-Soviet Union are pretty good as well. but guess few people know about them, and give no credit to those books. A pretty wellknown poet, Tagore, from Indian is missed out as well.
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How Many Have You Read?
- Thread starter Inderjit S
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As to the lists being Western centric. Well, yes, they would be. It's a British newspaper, printed in English, Published in Britain and read by English speaking people. Why wouldn't it be? 
I don't think they mean to disregard great novels and authors from around the world or offend anybody or by not including them are saying they are inferior.
They only have so much space in the newspaper and they are writing for their readership. They are not going to print a HUGE list of authors from Inida, Japan, Russia and so on that nobody has ever heard of and will never probably read. They write for their audience. They are in the paper business to make money
If a similar article was printed in Japan you could expect many of the writers to be Japanese or far easten writers and for the same reasons. Not becauase they do not regard western writers to be inferior or that they are slighting western nations but because their readership is going to be interested in Japanese and eastern writers.
I don't think they mean to disregard great novels and authors from around the world or offend anybody or by not including them are saying they are inferior.
They only have so much space in the newspaper and they are writing for their readership. They are not going to print a HUGE list of authors from Inida, Japan, Russia and so on that nobody has ever heard of and will never probably read. They write for their audience. They are in the paper business to make money
If a similar article was printed in Japan you could expect many of the writers to be Japanese or far easten writers and for the same reasons. Not becauase they do not regard western writers to be inferior or that they are slighting western nations but because their readership is going to be interested in Japanese and eastern writers.
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i didn't count, because i am lazy. but i know my number is not high. but i thought i would share this list with you, which i found some time ago. i've read a number of the books on this list, but many more were on my "to read" list:
truly erudite?
truly erudite?
