Other lists [OCLC - OCLC Top 1000]

…in which we reveal the existence of other lists, and compare them.

We know we are not the first to develop a list of “top” titles of one sort or another. Here for your enjoyment are a few others we have discovered.

• 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
• BBC’s Big Read
• CounterPunch’s Top 100 (and a few more) Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century
• Daniel Burt’s Literary 100
• Daniel Burt’s Novel 100
• Great Books canonical lists
• Guardian Review’s Top 100 Books of All Time
• The Image Top 100 Books of the Twentieth Century
• The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
• Martin Seymour-Smith’s 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
• National Education Association’s Kids’ Top 100 books
• National Education Association’s Teachers’ Top 100 books
• National Review 100 Best Non-Fiction Books Of The Century
• Project Gutenberg’s Top 100
• Radcliffe Publishing Course 100 Best Novels
• Random House’s 100 Best
• Sports Illustrated Top 100 Sports Books of All Time
• TeachersFirst.com’s 100 Best Books for Children
• Time Magazine’s All-Time 100 Novels
• USA Today’s Top 100 Selling Books of 2004
• Waterstone’s Top 100 Books Of The Century

Since the OCLC Top 1000 list was first published in November 2004, others have referenced it, sometimes using it as a touch point for lists of their own:

• Gayle Madwin’s LiveJournal discussion of Women Writers (includes several lists)
• Jonathan Dresner’s “History and Culture: Library List” entry on History News Network’s CLIOPATRIA blog
• Mary Whisner’s post to Law-Lib Electronic Discussion List
• Ellen Detlefsen’s post to Medical Libraries Discussion List
• “Few Sci/Tech Books in OCLC Top 1000” entry on Edward W. Felten’s Freedom to Tinker blog
• “Victorians in the OCLC Top 1000“, from The Little Professor blog

Neither of these lists of lists is comprehensive. They simply represent sites we have found which we consider to be interesting in one way or another. There probably are others we’re not aware of. Feel free to send us your favorite. We can’t promise to include it here, but unless we’re completely inundated, we promise to take a look!

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