I've read 80 from the list so far, and while I don't focus all of my reading only on this list I would say every third or fourth book is from it. I've a long list of TBR items that never would have been brought to my attention if not for this book. Many of the ones I've read so far have been very pleasant surprises.
This list seems spectacularly less popular than the 1001 books list, but having compared them I find this one much more to my liking. One, it's shorter. Two, it's purposely diverse in its authors, almost never listing the same author twice in the same category (the only exception is Dickens, under "Classics"). Three, the selections are genuinely good reads, not merely highbrow art pieces. The vast majority are very easy to find (I'm having trouble with a small number of them, esp. in the sci-fi and thriller categories.)
This list seems spectacularly less popular than the 1001 books list, but having compared them I find this one much more to my liking. One, it's shorter. Two, it's purposely diverse in its authors, almost never listing the same author twice in the same category (the only exception is Dickens, under "Classics"). Three, the selections are genuinely good reads, not merely highbrow art pieces. The vast majority are very easy to find (I'm having trouble with a small number of them, esp. in the sci-fi and thriller categories.)