Whether on noted lists or not, these books should be on yours Many great books aren’t on lists such as those of The Guardian and Time Magazine. They should be 23 April 2021 There are certain books I like to pretend, even to myself, that I have read. That list of 100 you must read before you keel over. I read most of them studying English lit at varsity, but honestly, some I have not finished and others I don’t remember. James Joyce’s Ulysses is one, The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon is another (there are loads more). I still have no idea what those novels are about thematically or otherwise. I don’t think I will revisit them, so they will always remain a big question mark for me. But I’ll happily tick them off as being read when I look at those lists...