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I'll just say that my life is too short to read all the books that i would like to read.

So, having to be selective, and quite frankly with most of what is published today being rubbish i must say that i my pile of books to be read is filled with a lot of books that someone would consider classics, old or modern. Of course there are exceptions to this "rule" but they are few.

I read a lot of nonfiction and in that field the modern books are way more represented.

I do have a critic however to the list the author presents. I am Portuguese, so a not so small chunk of my classics are of Portuguese language authors, and i think some of them are worth the label of universal classics, so i am surprised that the list is so full of english authors. I could say the same about french, or spanish or any other language. I do think we have to look beyond our own personal, cultural and mental borders to find the best of the best.

Do i think some books are much more worth my time than others? Definitely. Do some books provide me more substance, more sublime pleasure, more enlightenment, more artistic delight? For sure!

Do these books more often than not fit in the list some critics say "classics"? A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y.