I always feel a little overwhelmed by the NYT 100 Notable Books list.
This year, I’ve read none of the 2011 Notable Books (although I did purchase “The Information” which made the list).
Looking back at the 2010 list it seems like I still am an Adam Dunne-esque 0-100.
On the 2009 list, I read Ishiguro’s “Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall” and Eggers “Zeitoun“.
2008: Lahiri’s “Unaccustomed Earth“
2007: Diaz “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao“, Alex Ross “The Rest is Noise“.
I don’t think that I’m reading the wrong things, but perhaps I’m missing out on something important? I’m thinking this is the year that I’ll coordinate my library checkouts with this 2011 list a bit… just to see what (if anything) I’ve been missing…
12/18/2011 Update: I just finished DeLillo’s “Falling Man” which was on of these lists (2007 or 2008). Progress!
