100 Notable Books

The New York Times has run a list of the 100 most notable books of 2005-there are a lot of interesting titles, I've only read the new Cormac McCarthy, but I plan to read Collapse and Freakanomics at some point in time.

Update: I looked at the list again and noticed How Hungry We Are by Dave Eggers and Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami, which are two other books I've read this year as well. I guess I got thrown off by the number of non-fiction books-all my reads were fiction.

Comments

[Bruno-Ken]

dude, are you talking about No Country for Old Men? if so, how was it? do you know that the Coen Brothers are turning that it into a movie?

[MC]

I liked it, but it wasn't his best, but it seemed really cinematic-as if he were thinking ahead about the movie rights as he was writing it. Check my Books archive section to see my more detailed impressions of the book.

Maybe it's a chance for the Cohen Brothers to do something akin to Blood Simple-the last two films are probably their weakest to date.

[Kraig]

I saw the guy who wrote Freakonomics speak at a conference. Smart guy with a lot of interesting stories. He spoke about cheating in schools and how to reward teachers.

[MC]

Sounds like an interesting talk-perhaps an expensive one as well. What was the context of the talk? A business conference?

[phatrick]

While it wasn't my favorite of his books, I can see "No Country for Old Men," being a really good movie. To be honest I sort of liked the movie version of "All the Pretty Horses," though I heard Matt Damon say that the studio cut that was actually released was a poor compromise compared the the director's version. (I think Billy-Bob directed it, but I may be wrong.)

[MC]

I agree with you about "No country for Old Men." And I've heard the same from Billy Bob, he was upset by the studio cut. It wasn't bad, but sounds like it could have been better.