78. Rudyard Kipling, KIM

I really wanted to hate this book, honestly. After being taught in 9th grade Non-Western World History that Kipling really wasn't being ironic when he used the phrase White Man's Burden, I figured anything he wrote would probably be just as disgustingly biased. So it is with a heavy heart that I announce that this book is actually quite fair to all those involved, not least its half-Irish, half-Indian hero. It reminds me of the fantasy books of my youth a lot more than the historical document it was probably taken for, but it's a good story. In fact, I may even recommend it to someone interested in that genre, but don't quote me on it.

Ellen vs. the Modern Library: 33-67