That is one of the most horrible list I've seen in a long time!
Seriously, you can tell that it is GREAT LITERATURE. It's as dull as dull can be.
"It's been a great privilege and an exciting challenge for us to reduce our longlist of thirteen to this shortlist of six outstandingly good novels. In doing so, we feel sure we've chosen books which demonstrate a rich variety of styles and themes ...."
Really?
I've read everything from cheap pulp fiction to Homer's Odyssey, and The Greek Myths by Robert Graves. I do know what variety is.
There is not a single book on that list that I would download, even if it were free.
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