I was happy to see Catch-22 and Hitchhiker's Guide in the top 100.
I'll say I've read more than most of these. Many were worth the time. Some were not.
My experience of the last year, going very deep on the cyberpunk "canon", has been that great works sometimes need context. So, picking up Gilgamesh may not really be a fruitful experience, unless you want to muck about in its milieu.
I'll wager most people will have a better experience if they go deep in a genre rather than going broad across the great works of English literature.
I was happy to see Catch-22 and Hitchhiker's Guide in the top 100.
I'll say I've read more than most of these. Many were worth the time. Some were not.
My experience of the last year, going very deep on the cyberpunk "canon", has been that great works sometimes need context. So, picking up Gilgamesh may not really be a fruitful experience, unless you want to muck about in its milieu.
I'll wager most people will have a better experience if they go deep in a genre rather than going broad across the great works of English literature.