'Canada's Best' books
has anyone else seen the "Canada's Best" list that Chapters compiled?
they asked 150,000 irewards members to list their favourite Canadian books of all time (both fiction and non-fiction). however, this is a bit misleading since they don't actually say what the resultant sample size was.
it's clear to me that the entries are heavily biased towards books that were published in the last few years. for example, jPod (#11) is listed ahead of Microserfs (#58). I have a hard time seeing how that could happen unless the people who voted for jPod haven't read Microserfs.
also, some of the best books are clearly missing from the list. for example, Whale Music by Paul Quarrington should obviously be included.
BTW - two authors have ten books each in the list of 100 books: Atwood and Coupland.
here are my favourite book lists:
favourite geek books
favourite fiction books
they asked 150,000 irewards members to list their favourite Canadian books of all time (both fiction and non-fiction). however, this is a bit misleading since they don't actually say what the resultant sample size was.
it's clear to me that the entries are heavily biased towards books that were published in the last few years. for example, jPod (#11) is listed ahead of Microserfs (#58). I have a hard time seeing how that could happen unless the people who voted for jPod haven't read Microserfs.
also, some of the best books are clearly missing from the list. for example, Whale Music by Paul Quarrington should obviously be included.
BTW - two authors have ten books each in the list of 100 books: Atwood and Coupland.
here are my favourite book lists:
favourite geek books
favourite fiction books