ABC RN's The Bookshelf has published the books that came in at 101-200 on their Favourite Books of the 21st Century poll. I'm not going to repeat a full-blown analysis, but few things:
* I've only read ~30 of these, compared with 57 of the top 100.
* Two more more of the books I voted for made […]
Number of books in each 5 year period. Recency bias only apparent for the last 5 years.
Average publishing year for each quintile. Newer books tend to be lower down the list except for the top 20.
My average rating by quintile. In general I rated higher books better.
I couldn't resist doing some analysis of ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.
How much more likely were people to vote for books because they had read them in recent memory (recency bias)? You would expect that good books are spread out evenly […]
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Grabs popcorn. Waits to see who’ll go full Rumpelstiltskin coz Trent Dalton was #1 in ABC Radio National’s #top100books.
Loving the literati losing their elitist minds at the #top100books result.
Loving that the result shows the general public still reads.
Probably should have seen Boy Swallows Universe coming.
Didn’t vote (couldn't narrow it down), so can't complain. It is a great book, though
#Top100Books
I have read only 8 of the #Top100Books which I am OK with. A mix of popular (Girl
With the Dragon Tattoo) unforgettable (We need to Talk about Kevin 🏹 ) and one I hated every character in (The Slap) plus some others
Congrats to Trent Dalton on getting the number once spot AND two books in the Top 30!!
#Top100Books
#BookSky
I was close!
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Well that's just ridiculous, and it's my town! #top100books
Radio National is to be applauded for this celebration of reading, readers and authors in Australia. What books do you love that missed out on the top 10 or top 100? Which selections made you cheer! #Top100Books www.abc.net.au/listen/radio...
So now it’s a matter of the order for Boy Swallows Universe, The Book Thief, A Gentleman in Moscow, and whatever book I haven’t thought of yet.
I just hope an Australia one wins!
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OMG PREDICTION UPSET I was so sure Burial Rites would be at least in the top 5, if not win.
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Almost! No 7 for Dictionary of Lost Words when I predicted top 5 isn’t bad.
Still in with three of them…
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Thought Wolf Hall would be higher. But I didn’t love it so no complaints from me 😅
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Ok, four of my predictions for the top five are still standing as we head into the top 10…
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Well there’s my top 10 predictions starting to fall, with The Secret River at 20!
Also thought The Dry would be higher than it was.
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Craig Silvey doing a Jimmy Barnes on #top100books - two in a row so he just stays on the line 😂
I’m loving Radio National’s #top100books weekend so much. Even more than Triple J’s hottest 100 Australian songs weekend. Every book that makes it to the list is either a joy I’ve read or one I’m desperate to read.
And there's my second book in the #Top100books: #30. Stasiland by Anna Funder.
Highest per capita votes in the #Top100books was the #ACT followed by #Tasmania, with #Queensland coming in last. Can't say I'm surprised ...
And 75% of voters identified as women.
#Books #Bookstodon
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, voted in at #34 of the #Top100Books countdown, which is only my second vote on the countdown (so far).
Woo! #Top100Books
I'm looking forward to the final 40 of Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century this afternoon.
I reckon these with rank highly:
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton, and maybe also Lola In The Mirror
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Something by […]
Catching up on this today because I was busy yesterday! Radio National's Top 100 Books - ABC Radio National share.google/kH15jCWwSn60... #Top100Books
if you want to try some short stories that are so absent from the #top100books but aren't don't want to jump to spending money, here are some stories that are brilliant and freely availible online as audio and text
#booksky 📚💙📚
It's great the ABC is doing a celebration of books with #top100books, so far it's mostly novels with a smattering of non-fiction and children's books.
I fear people are missing out on short stories, so here are ten collections off the top of my head
#booksky 📚💙📚
Just woke in Dorchester - where the literary icon Thomas Hardy looms large in the streets - listening to the the Top 100 Countown of Books of the 21st Century! Love it! #Top100Books
The cover of the book Circe.
Cover of the book Song of Achilles.
Wow! @madelinemiller.bsky.social has 2 books in Australia’s #top100books of the 21st century - as voted by #ABCRadioNational listeners. And we’re only up to number 45. The count will continue tomorrow.
Apparently there is a hashtag: #top100books
Feel it should brand as RN Top 100, or ABC Top 100 to make it clear 🤷♀️
The first of my favourite books has made it into Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century: #68. Educated by Tara Westover.
Only expecting a couple more of mine to make it ...
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