Fans are far more progressive than literary critics

When it comes to modernity and gender

David Burgess
Nov 4 · 3 min read

I just wanted to find something to read that was intellectually stimulating and not too heavy. So I triangulated critics’ and fans’ top 100 fiction works (included at the end of this story), finding thirty in common. In the last two stories I looked at differences between critics and fans relating to rankings of

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David Burgess

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Corporate financial advisor, bass player, music and film geek, and nature lover. Advocate, educator, consultant for business as a force for good.

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