The Great Books Corner discussion

Welcome, and bear with me as I figure out the workings of creating a group on Goodreads. This page will improve as the pages turn. ;)

Great Books refers to a curriculum and a book list, as well as a method of education. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for what constitutes a Great Book:

the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times;

the book is inexhaustible; it can be read again and again with benefit;

the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries


Any recommended set of great books is expected to change with the times, so there will books of many styles and genres listed here.

Wow, looks like you have put a lot of work into this already! Lots of books listed. I know I've read a lot of them, but as I got older I got so I disliked fiction and I stopped reading the classics. :/

Hi Wanda, There are lots of Great Books that are nonfiction. :) Eventually I'll make up lists according to genre and style, etc. Thanks for joining the group! Peace, MAM

Thanks for inviting me to join, Mary Alice. Looks like this is going to be a challenging and educational group!

Welcome, Kay! this group has a great start, and I hope it will be both educational and fun.

Sounds like a fun group!

This does sound like a fun group!

Hello I'm new!

is the group still progressing?