I hesitated to include Anathem on the list because it isn't like the others. I didn't love it because it a masterpiece of the novel form, but rather because I f

I hesitated to include Anathem on the list because it isn't like the others. I didn't love it because it a masterpiece of the novel form, but rather because I found so many ideas in it fascinating. Perhaps if I had a more comprehensive background in a couple of areas (math, philosophy) I would have already been exposed to many of them and wouldn't have enjoyed the book so much. But as it turns out I didn't and I did.