Introduction by J. Peder Zane
THE TOP TOP TEN
The Top Top Ten List
On the Top Top Ten by Sven Birkerts
THE LISTS
Only Ten? by Mary Gaitskill
Reading the Lists by David Orr
The Writers’ Picks
A GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S BEST BOOKS
Appendix: Literary Number Games
Index of Authors by Initials
Index to Book Descriptions
Acknowledgments