Forgotten books

The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler is very much in keeping with the Library Challenge, containing a long list of books to read (and I have already read one of them since I finished it, not included here). I like the idea of The Book of Forgotten Authors, and I had never heard of 96 of the 99, and I think only read a book by one. However, the date range of the forgotten authors was very narrow. Almost all of them were active in the first half of the 20th century. Barely a book from the 19th century was mentioned, and nothing before that. There must be loads of Victorian authors whose works are perfectly readable to the modern reader, the same applies to most of the 18th century too. It seems to be the books mentioned would still be recalled coming out by people alive today, or at least owed by them or their families when they were growing up. So the title is a bit of a misnomer. What's more nearly every book mentioned is available on Open Library for free, there's no need to go hunting for a physical book.  6/10