The Infinity of Lists is a 2009 book by Umberto Eco on the topic of lists. It was produced in collaboration with the Louvre.
The examples of lists in the work range from Hesiod's list of the progeny of gods to Rabelais's list of bottom wipes.
Reception Simon Schama, writing for Financial Times, described the book (in list form) as a delight: "profuse, plethoric, prolix, plentiful, playful, populous, picaresque, picturesque; copious, cornucopian, congested, clotted; incontinent, infested, infectious; omnivorous, orgiastic, odd; abundant, redundant; multifarious, multitudinous; glutted, gargantuan, inclusive, elusive, and...exhaustive." However, Schama also described it as exasperating: "If its pleasures easily overwhelm its irritants, that's because the book has the charm of extreme greed."
See also The Book of Lists List of lists of lists
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