jbnj451
jbnj451 t1_ivylhui wrote
Reply to What are your "reading goals"? by basketsnbeer
I have a long term goal of reading through several lists of books:
- Time Magazine’s Top 100 English language Novels 1923 - 2005 (78/100 read)
- Modern Library’s Top 100 novels (43/100 read)
- All Pulitzer Prize Winners in fiction (17 read so far)
- All Booker Prize winners (5 read)
- BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Novels (23/100 read)
- 2022 Big Jubilee Read (8/70 completed)
But, I mix that with short term goals:
- Read 24 books a year
- Read for an hour a day, 6 days per week.
I'd say most books I read aren't on any of my bucket reading lists, and I tend to mix long books with shorter ones to reach annual goals.
jbnj451 t1_isc4rnx wrote
I started with some lists (Time Magazine’s Top 100 English language novels 1923 - 2005, Modern Library’s Top 100), which I started reading through some of those. It helped me to find authors that I enjoyed, and I checked out more of their works. I’ve expanded to several other lists… That gave me a good base of likes/dislikes/genres.
Eventually, I found some bookstagram friends who have read a number of novels I’ve also enjoyed. So, I see what they are reading.
Other times, I’ll pick a country and look up some novels of note from that country. That can be interesting.
Between the lists, and recommendations from my bookstagram friends, and just a general sense of curiosity… I have a never ending to-read list.
jbnj451 t1_j18buo6 wrote
Reply to What do you care about in a book? by pw_librarian
Three things I want in a novel:
Apart from these three things, I’m open to different genres, styles, even works that feel a bit experimental. There are many ways to form a narrative, but the books I love have all three of these things.