Books Of The Century
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Library Journal, 150 Books
Books Of The Century, as nominated and voted on by the readers of Library Journal.
Library Journal is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional practice. It also reviews library-related materials and equipment.
How many people voted?
if you look at the internet archive version of the website from 1999 https://web.archive.org/web/19990209152223/http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/roundups/hundredbest.htm
it says "hundreds" voted, so I am going to go with 200
This list was originally published in 1999 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.