They may be masterworks, but that doesn&#x27;t mean everyone will--or should--like them.<p>I find it more useful to organize influential works like trees rather than as lists.  That way, you can find a branch that you like, and walk up and down its nodes.<p>For instance, if you like <i>Twelve Monkeys</i>, you could walk up the branch to <i>Brazil</i>, further up to <i>_1984_</i>, sidestep to cousin <i>_Catch 22_</i>, skip to uncle <i>_The Trial_</i>, and go up to <i>_Crime and Punishment_</i> and <i>_The Brothers Karamazov_</i>.<p>Whereas if you like <i>The Magnificent Seven</i>, you might walk up the branch to <i>The Seven Samurai</i>, sidestep to <i>Yojimbo</i>, and go back down to <i>A Fistful of Dollars</i>.<p>When you put out lists of finite length, featuring only the brightest stars in the sky, you lose quite a lot of detail in your constellations.