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So what types of books are suggested to be read to be well-read? To me, well-read has been rather vaguely defined. I've seen definitions from reads a lot of classics together with arguments over what classics along with reads Greek and Latin classics in the original language, has read authors that most people have never heard of, will never hear of and don't care to hear of, has a head full of miscellaneous bits and bobs that few care about but can be produced like a party trick, etc.
When you consider the total number of books available now compared to the number available through most of history? At one point in time, the majority of books published were theological whether books about theology or fiction based on theology. How many people in this forum has read a book of sermons in the last decade?
I consider myself as on the way to be being well-read but there is no place where I can see myself stopping and saying, "Well, self, we are now well-read", it's more of a death march.
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