We were dismayed to see no Australians on the New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century – so, with the help of 50 experts, we created our own, all-Australian list. You can have your say, too!

We were dismayed to see no Australians on the New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century – so, with the help of 50 experts, we created our own, all-Australian list. You can have your say, too!

  • No1English
    2·
    3 months ago

    Look, I have massive problems with these over populated lists.

    I didn’t bother counting, but it’s implied this is a list of at least 50 books of the 21st century. For those that read this genre (aussie authors) they probably have read most of these.

    For those that haven’t, holy hell, it’s just a random pick.

    I see so many lists of movies, books, recipes that are ‘top NN!’ and anything more than 10 I tap out :“Nah, I don’t have time to evaluate this”.

    So, you lost me Aussie authors ☹️

    Don’t get me started on the AI bot articles…They are ruining even tech searches for info.

    • MHLoppy@fedia.ioOP
      1·
      3 months ago

      I guess for those who don’t read much it can give you an initial filter to use and then you can just pick a few that tickle your fancy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • No1English
        2·
        3 months ago

        Sorry bruh. I’ll start with top 10, not gunna troll through 50+.

        I can sort through any reader app based on my fave genres and rating and I’d be happy.

        I’m always game to give a well rated read outside my preferred genres a go, but I’m not going to start with 50 books listed in what/which? order

        • MHLoppy@fedia.ioOP
          1·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, I’m saying you (as in “a person”, not you-you) could pick a few from these 50 - I’m not saying start reading 50 books and only finish the ones you like lol. I’d guess “experts” might pick a few of the titles different from popular ratings so there’s probably some meaningful differences vs “goodreads top 50 books by Australian authors”, but I’m not an avid reader so idk, maybe you’d have a better idea 😅

          • No1English
            2·
            3 months ago

            My bad. No offence intended.

            It’s probably more a reflection of my general topic/genre preference over author/nationality/individual.

            And if you give me 50+ random experts, I’m tapping out…