The ranking below is based on what I consider the best works from a writer not some average appreciation of their corpus. Is it serious? How could it be, but there is information there. It is an ordered impression of how powerful an effect these writers can have on me as I read them. In the main it is not difficult for me to decide which of two writers I prefer and so it was straightforward to construct the list. I intend to post some photos of nice editions of some of these writers' works so I thought I'd start with this. I suspect that the majority of the readers of this blog will have trouble determining which end of the table is the best; that can be your little mystery.
