It's funny to me that Fitzgerald is getting a ton of praise again. It wasn't long ago that his wife's work was receiving more attention than his own and some were arguing that The Great Gatsby shouldn't be included in the canon.
Atlas Shrugged is certainly not the worst book ever written by any stretch. In fact in one recent reader's list it was voted most influential book ever or something like that. I like Rand's ideas and the novel is captivating but gets tedious and redundant long before you get to Galt's 50 page monologue.
I think To Kill a Mockingbird should be up there. It should replace The Great Gatsby. I find it interesting that these authors who created the list esteem that book so highly.
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