WTF! Modern Library's Reader's list of best books -- !? [View all]

The board's top 10 is:

ULYSSES - James Joyce
THE GREAT GATSBY - F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN - James Joyce
LOLITA - Vladimir Nabakov
BRAVE NEW WORLD - Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY - William Faulkner
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
DARKNESS AT NOON - Arthur Koestler
SONS AND LOVERS - D.H. Lawrence
THE GRAPES OF WRATH - John Steinbeck

I might not agree with all the choices but they are understandable.
But then here is the reader's list of the top 10:

ATLAS SHRUGGED - Ayn Rand
THE FOUNTAINHEAD - Ayn Rand
BATTLEFIELD EARTH - L. Ron Hubbard
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - J.R.R. Tolkien
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Harper Lee
1984 - George Orwell
ANTHEM - Ayn Rand
WE THE LIVING - Ayn Rand
MISSION EARTH - L. Ron Hubbard
FEAR - L. Ron Hubbard

Who the hell are these readers?

http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/