A Learning in Motion Top Ten Selection

Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

Subject Area:

Language Arts

Address/URL:

http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100best/index.html

Description:

Have you ever tried to figure out what your 10 favorite books are? Modern Library had a board of prestigious literature reviewers compile a list of the 100 best novels. It caused a lot of controversy because there are only 8 women authors, few minorities, and a majority of the authors have been long dead on the list they created. Here you can find the original list, a list created from a readers poll, and Radcliffe Publishing Course's list.

How You Can Use This Source:

Find all the books that you have read on each of the lists. From which list have you read the most books?
Write your own list of 10 best novels? Does your list contain any of the books from the official lists?
Write about what makes a novel great.
Be sure to also check Modern Library's Talking Points to get more ideas on how to explore the topic of making a list of best novels.

Go to Modern Library's 100 Best Novels.