I couldn't resist posting one more list. As you can tell from my last few posts, I used many lists to come up with my How Well Read Are You - American Literature? list. I really love this list from the BBC. It contains a lot more "popular" classic literature (and more women writers). Although it is a list of the favorite novels of the British, it contains quite a few American authors.
"In April 2003 the BBC's Big Read began the search for the nation's best-loved novel, and we asked you to nominate your favourite books. "
X = Read Book
M= Watched movie
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien(X) (M)
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (X) (M)
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams(X) (M)
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling(X) (M)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee(X) (M)
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne(X) (M)
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (X)
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis(X) (M)
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (X) (M)
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë(X) (M)
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks(X)
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier (X) (M)
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger(X)
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens(X) (M)
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott(X) (M)
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell(X) (M)
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling (X) (M)
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling(X) (M)
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling(X) (M)
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien(X)
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy(X) (M)
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving(X) (M)
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck(X) (M)
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll(X) (M)
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez(X)
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett(X)
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens(X) (M)
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson(X)
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen(X) (M)
39. Dune, Frank Herbert(X) (M)
40. Emma, Jane Austen(X) (M)
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery(X) (M)
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald(X) (M)
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas(X) (M)
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh(M)
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens(X) (M)
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett(X) (M)
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck(X)
53. The Stand, Stephen King(M)
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy(X) (M)
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell(X)
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden(X) (M)
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens(X) (M)
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough(X) (M)
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding(M)
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding(X) (M)
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins(X)
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens(M)
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith(X) (M)
83. Holes, Louis Sachar(X)
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac(X)
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton(X)
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer(X)
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez(X)
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson9
9. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Books Read = 50
Movies Watched = 39
My favorite reads on this list:
1. Katherine by Anya Seton. Seton is one of the best historical fiction authors that I have ever read. I have been madly searching for her books at every used book store I can find for the past 15 years. Luckily they have been getting reprinted the past few years.
2. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. I love Rebecca and have read it quite a few times. It is a psycological masterpiece and is a nice homage to Jane Eyre. I love the 1940 Oscar winning movie as well.
3. Peruasion by Jane Austen. P&P gets all of the publicity, but Persuasion is my other favorite Austen novel. I love the message that there is always hope and love never dies.
If you post this list on your blog, please leave me a comment. I love to read what others have read and what their favorite classics are!
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
How Well Read Are You - Modern Library Classics?
I lied, I am going to post one more list. I love lists (if you can't tell). It helps me to think about books I might not have thought about before and add them to my giant reading list. We looked at this modern library classics list in one of my old book clubs. I think it is interesting - especially the board list versus the readers list!
X = Read Book
M = Watched Movie
The Board's List
1. ULYSSES by James Joyce
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X) (M)
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner (I've tried to read it three times!!)
7. CATCH-22
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (X) (M)
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
13. 1984 by George Orwell (X)
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser (X) (M)
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers (X)
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut (X)
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster (X)
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James (M)
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X)
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James (M)
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner (X)
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster (X) (M)
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (M)
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway (X)
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
51. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
52. PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
53. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
54. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
55. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac (X)
56. THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
57. PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford
58. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton (X) (M)
59. ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm
60. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
61. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather (X)
62. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
63. THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever
64. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger (X)
65. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
66. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
67. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
68. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis (X)
69. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton (X)(M)
70. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell
71. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes
72. A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul
73. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
74. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway (X) (M)
75. SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh
76. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
77. FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
78. KIM by Rudyard Kipling
79. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster (X) (M)
80. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh (M)
81. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow
82. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner
83. A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul
84. THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen
85. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
86. RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
87. THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett
88. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
89. LOVING by Henry Green
90. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
91. TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
92. IRONWEED by William Kennedy
93. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
94. WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
95. UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
96. SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron
97. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
98. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
99. THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy
100. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington (X) (M)
There is a definite lack of women author's on the boards list. I do not approve.
Books Read = 20
Movies Watched = 13
The Reader's List
1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien (X) (M)
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee (X)(M)
6. 1984 by George Orwell (X)
7. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
8. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
9. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
10. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
11. ULYSSES by James Joyce
12. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
13. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X) (M)
14. DUNE by Frank Herbert (X) (M)
15. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
16. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
17. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
18. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
19. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger (X)
20. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
21. GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon
22. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (X) (M)
23. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut (X)
24. GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell (X) (M)
25. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (M)
26. SHANE by Jack Schaefer
27. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute
28. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving (X) (M)
29. THE STAND by Stephen King (M)
30. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by John Fowles (M)
31. BELOVED by Toni Morrison
32. THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison
33. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
34. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
35. MOONHEART by Charles de Lint
36. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
37. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
38. WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor
39. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
40. FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies
41. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint
42. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac (X)
43. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
44. YARROW by Charles de Lint
45. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft
46. ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane
47. MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint
48. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
49.THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
50. TRADER by Charles de Lint
51. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams (X) (M)
52. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers (X)
53. THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
54. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
55. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
56. ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute
57. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
58. GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint
59. ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card (X)
60. THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
61.THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis
62. STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
63. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway (X)
64. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
65. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
66. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
67. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner (X)
68. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
69. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
70. THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling
71. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
72. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Heinlein
73. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig
74. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
75. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
76. AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O'Brien
77. FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
78. ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis
79. WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
80. NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
81. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by Tom Clancy (M)
82. GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Hamilton
83. THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein
84. IT by Stephen King
85. V. by Thomas Pynchon
86. DOUBLE STAR by Robert Heinlein
87. CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Heinlein
88. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh (M)
89. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
90. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey (X) (M)
91. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway (X) (M)
92. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
93. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
94. MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather (X)
95. MULENGRO by Charles de Lint
96. SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
97. MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock
98. ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach
99. THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies
100. THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie
There is still a lack of women author's on the "reader's list." I want to know who these readers are anyway . . .why do they love Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard so much?
Books Read = 19
Movies Watched =13
I actually do better on the critics list!
Top Five Books I've read from these Lists:
1. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
2. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
3. Dune by Frank Herbert
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Top Five I'd Like to Read:
1. The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
2. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
3. Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand
4. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
5. The Stand by Stephen King
If you post this on your blog, please put the link back here in the comments - I love to see what others are reading!
X = Read Book
M = Watched Movie
The Board's List
1. ULYSSES by James Joyce
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X) (M)
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner (I've tried to read it three times!!)
7. CATCH-22
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (X) (M)
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
13. 1984 by George Orwell (X)
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser (X) (M)
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers (X)
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut (X)
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster (X)
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James (M)
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X)
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James (M)
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner (X)
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster (X) (M)
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (M)
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway (X)
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
51. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
52. PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
53. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
54. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
55. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac (X)
56. THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
57. PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford
58. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton (X) (M)
59. ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm
60. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
61. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather (X)
62. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
63. THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever
64. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger (X)
65. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
66. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
67. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
68. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis (X)
69. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton (X)(M)
70. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell
71. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes
72. A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul
73. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
74. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway (X) (M)
75. SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh
76. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
77. FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
78. KIM by Rudyard Kipling
79. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster (X) (M)
80. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh (M)
81. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow
82. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner
83. A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul
84. THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen
85. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
86. RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
87. THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett
88. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
89. LOVING by Henry Green
90. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
91. TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
92. IRONWEED by William Kennedy
93. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
94. WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
95. UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
96. SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron
97. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
98. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
99. THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy
100. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington (X) (M)
There is a definite lack of women author's on the boards list. I do not approve.
Books Read = 20
Movies Watched = 13
The Reader's List
1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien (X) (M)
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee (X)(M)
6. 1984 by George Orwell (X)
7. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
8. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
9. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
10. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
11. ULYSSES by James Joyce
12. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
13. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X) (M)
14. DUNE by Frank Herbert (X) (M)
15. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
16. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
17. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
18. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
19. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger (X)
20. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
21. GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon
22. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (X) (M)
23. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut (X)
24. GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell (X) (M)
25. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (M)
26. SHANE by Jack Schaefer
27. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute
28. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving (X) (M)
29. THE STAND by Stephen King (M)
30. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by John Fowles (M)
31. BELOVED by Toni Morrison
32. THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison
33. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
34. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
35. MOONHEART by Charles de Lint
36. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
37. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
38. WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor
39. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
40. FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies
41. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint
42. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac (X)
43. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
44. YARROW by Charles de Lint
45. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft
46. ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane
47. MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint
48. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
49.THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
50. TRADER by Charles de Lint
51. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams (X) (M)
52. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers (X)
53. THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
54. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
55. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
56. ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute
57. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
58. GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint
59. ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card (X)
60. THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
61.THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis
62. STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
63. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway (X)
64. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
65. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
66. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
67. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner (X)
68. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
69. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
70. THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling
71. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
72. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Heinlein
73. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig
74. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
75. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
76. AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O'Brien
77. FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
78. ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis
79. WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
80. NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
81. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by Tom Clancy (M)
82. GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Hamilton
83. THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein
84. IT by Stephen King
85. V. by Thomas Pynchon
86. DOUBLE STAR by Robert Heinlein
87. CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Heinlein
88. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh (M)
89. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
90. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey (X) (M)
91. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway (X) (M)
92. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
93. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
94. MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather (X)
95. MULENGRO by Charles de Lint
96. SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
97. MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock
98. ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach
99. THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies
100. THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie
There is still a lack of women author's on the "reader's list." I want to know who these readers are anyway . . .why do they love Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard so much?
Books Read = 19
Movies Watched =13
I actually do better on the critics list!
Top Five Books I've read from these Lists:
1. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
2. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
3. Dune by Frank Herbert
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Top Five I'd Like to Read:
1. The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
2. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
3. Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand
4. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
5. The Stand by Stephen King
If you post this on your blog, please put the link back here in the comments - I love to see what others are reading!
How Well Read Are You in Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 New Classics List?
How well read are you in the "new classics?"
I also pulled American "Classics" off of this list of new classics by Entertainment Weekly. I'll post other lists in the future - I'm tired of lists today! :-)
X = Books Read
M= Movies Watched
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006) (X)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)(X) (M)
3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987)
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997)
6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001) (M)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)(X) (M)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87) (X)
14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)
15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000)
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)
17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988) (X)
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990)
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998)(X) (M)
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989) (X) (M)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990) (X)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002) (X)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996) (X) (M)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998) (X)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001) (X)
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992)
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001) (X)
61. Money, Martin Amis (1985)
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997)
65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)
66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997)
67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003) (X)
68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)7
3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989) (X)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006) (X)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002) (X) (M)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998) (X)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999)
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991) (X) (M)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003) (X)
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995) (X)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)
Number of "New Classics" Read = 21
Number of Movies Watched = 8
Top Five from what I've read:
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
4. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
5. Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (I know it's light reading - but it's fun!)
I would most like to read these five:
1. World's Fair by E. L. Doctorow
2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
3. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Overall I do much better with "old" classics read. I need to catch up with the new classics!
If you post this on your blog, please add your link to the comments. I always like to see what others are reading!
I also pulled American "Classics" off of this list of new classics by Entertainment Weekly. I'll post other lists in the future - I'm tired of lists today! :-)
X = Books Read
M= Movies Watched
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006) (X)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)(X) (M)
3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987)
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997)
6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001) (M)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)(X) (M)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87) (X)
14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)
15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000)
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)
17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988) (X)
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990)
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998)(X) (M)
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989) (X) (M)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990) (X)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002) (X)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996) (X) (M)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998) (X)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001) (X)
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992)
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001) (X)
61. Money, Martin Amis (1985)
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997)
65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)
66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997)
67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003) (X)
68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)7
3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989) (X)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006) (X)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002) (X) (M)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998) (X)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999)
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991) (X) (M)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003) (X)
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995) (X)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)
Number of "New Classics" Read = 21
Number of Movies Watched = 8
Top Five from what I've read:
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
4. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
5. Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (I know it's light reading - but it's fun!)
I would most like to read these five:
1. World's Fair by E. L. Doctorow
2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
3. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Overall I do much better with "old" classics read. I need to catch up with the new classics!
If you post this on your blog, please add your link to the comments. I always like to see what others are reading!
How Well Read Are you in Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction?
I've seen a lot of postings wondering where the top 100 American Lit list came from. I used a wide variety of lists to come up with ... including a list of the Pulitzer Prize winners for fiction. Lets see how I stack up with this list, I don't think it will be pretty. X for books read, M for movies watched, O for read other books by this author, S for on my shelf not read yet.
1. 2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
2. 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
3. 2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy (X)
4. 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks (X)(O)
(bonus based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott X, M,O, S)
5. 2005 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
6. 2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones (X)
7. 2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (X)
8. 2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo
9. 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
10. 2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (O)
11. 1999 The Hoursby Michael Cunningham (X)
12. 1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth (O)
13. 1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
14. 1996 Independence Day by Richard Ford
15. 1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (S)
16. 1994 The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
17. 1993 A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
18. 1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (X) (M)
19. 1991 Rabbit At Rest by John Updike (O)
20. 1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
21. 1989 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (O)
22. 1988 Beloved by Toni Morrison(O)
23. 1987 A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor
24. 1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry Mcmurtry
25. 1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
26. 1984 Ironweed by William Kennedy
27. 1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker (X) (M)
28. 1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (O)
29. 1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
30. 1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
31. 1979 The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
32. 1978 Elbow Room: Stories by James Alan Mcpherson
1977 No award was given.
33. 1976 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
34. 1975 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
1974 No award was given.
35. 1973 The Optimist's Daughter (large Print) by Eudora Welty
36. 1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Earle Stegner
1971 No award was given.
37. 1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
38. 1969 House Made of Dawn by N Scott Momaday
39. 1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
40. 1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
41. 1966 The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter (X)
42. 1965 The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
1964 No award was given.
43. 1963 The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner (O)
44. 1962 The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
45. 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (X) (M)
46. 1960 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
47. 1959 The Travels of Jaimie Mcpheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
48. 1958 A Death in the Family by James Agee
1957 No award was given.
49. 1956 Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor
50. 1955 A Fable by William Faulkner (O)
1954 No award was given.
51. 1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (O)
52. 1952 The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II by Herman Wouk
53. 1951 The Town by Conrad Richter
54. 1950 The Way West by A B Guthrie
55. 1949 Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
56. 1948 Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
57. 1947 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
1946 No award was given.1945
58. A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
59. 1944 Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
60. 1943 Dragon's Teeth I by Upton Sinclair
61. 1942 In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow1941
No award was given.
62. 1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (X) (M) (O)
63. 1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
64. 1938 The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
65. 1937 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (X) (M)
66. 1936 Honey in the Horn by Harold Lenoir Davis
67. 1935 Now in November by Josephine W. Johnson
68. 1934 Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
69. 1933 The Store by Thomas Stribling
70. 1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (X) (O)
71. 1931 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
72. 1930 Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
73. 1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
74. 1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (S)
75. 1927 Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
76. 1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (O)
77. 1925 So Big by Edna Ferber
78. 1924 The Able Mclaughlins by Margaret Wilson
79. 1923 One of Ours by Willa Silbert Cather (O)
80. 1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
81. 1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (X) (O) (M)
1920 No award was given.
82. 1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (X) (M)
83. 1918 His Family by Ernest Poole
Books Read = 15
Movies Watched = 8
Other Books Read by author =16
On my Shelf to read = 2
This is pretty sad. It's interesting how the Pulitzer Prize often goes to lesser known works by famous authors. Almost an ...well we really should have given Willa Cather an award by now. . .lets give her an award for this inferior patriotic book. What are your thoughts? If you post this list, please post a link back here on my comments. I love to see what other people are reading and learn their thoughts!
Top five reads from this list:
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
3. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
4. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Top five I would like to read:
1. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
2. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
3. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
4. Beloved by Toni Morrison
5. So Big by Edna Ferber
1. 2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
2. 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
3. 2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy (X)
4. 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks (X)(O)
(bonus based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott X, M,O, S)
5. 2005 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
6. 2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones (X)
7. 2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (X)
8. 2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo
9. 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
10. 2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (O)
11. 1999 The Hoursby Michael Cunningham (X)
12. 1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth (O)
13. 1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
14. 1996 Independence Day by Richard Ford
15. 1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (S)
16. 1994 The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
17. 1993 A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
18. 1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (X) (M)
19. 1991 Rabbit At Rest by John Updike (O)
20. 1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
21. 1989 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (O)
22. 1988 Beloved by Toni Morrison(O)
23. 1987 A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor
24. 1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry Mcmurtry
25. 1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
26. 1984 Ironweed by William Kennedy
27. 1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker (X) (M)
28. 1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (O)
29. 1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
30. 1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
31. 1979 The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
32. 1978 Elbow Room: Stories by James Alan Mcpherson
1977 No award was given.
33. 1976 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
34. 1975 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
1974 No award was given.
35. 1973 The Optimist's Daughter (large Print) by Eudora Welty
36. 1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Earle Stegner
1971 No award was given.
37. 1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford
38. 1969 House Made of Dawn by N Scott Momaday
39. 1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
40. 1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
41. 1966 The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter (X)
42. 1965 The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
1964 No award was given.
43. 1963 The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner (O)
44. 1962 The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
45. 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (X) (M)
46. 1960 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
47. 1959 The Travels of Jaimie Mcpheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
48. 1958 A Death in the Family by James Agee
1957 No award was given.
49. 1956 Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor
50. 1955 A Fable by William Faulkner (O)
1954 No award was given.
51. 1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (O)
52. 1952 The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II by Herman Wouk
53. 1951 The Town by Conrad Richter
54. 1950 The Way West by A B Guthrie
55. 1949 Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
56. 1948 Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
57. 1947 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
1946 No award was given.1945
58. A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
59. 1944 Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
60. 1943 Dragon's Teeth I by Upton Sinclair
61. 1942 In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow1941
No award was given.
62. 1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (X) (M) (O)
63. 1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
64. 1938 The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
65. 1937 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (X) (M)
66. 1936 Honey in the Horn by Harold Lenoir Davis
67. 1935 Now in November by Josephine W. Johnson
68. 1934 Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
69. 1933 The Store by Thomas Stribling
70. 1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (X) (O)
71. 1931 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
72. 1930 Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge
73. 1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
74. 1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (S)
75. 1927 Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
76. 1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (O)
77. 1925 So Big by Edna Ferber
78. 1924 The Able Mclaughlins by Margaret Wilson
79. 1923 One of Ours by Willa Silbert Cather (O)
80. 1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
81. 1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (X) (O) (M)
1920 No award was given.
82. 1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (X) (M)
83. 1918 His Family by Ernest Poole
Books Read = 15
Movies Watched = 8
Other Books Read by author =16
On my Shelf to read = 2
This is pretty sad. It's interesting how the Pulitzer Prize often goes to lesser known works by famous authors. Almost an ...well we really should have given Willa Cather an award by now. . .lets give her an award for this inferior patriotic book. What are your thoughts? If you post this list, please post a link back here on my comments. I love to see what other people are reading and learn their thoughts!
Top five reads from this list:
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
3. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
4. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Top five I would like to read:
1. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
2. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
3. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
4. Beloved by Toni Morrison
5. So Big by Edna Ferber
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
How Well Read Are You - American Literature Version
I thought it would be interesting to see how well read I was in American Literature so I combined a few top 100 lists of books pulling out the American authors. I'm posting several of these lists on my site. I tried to compile books that appeared on multiple lists (My Antonia, A Farewell to Arms, etc.) as well as put in a few Pultizer Prize winners that are a little more rare (So Big by Edna Ferber). How well read do you think you are?
Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. I saw that some are putting an M for movies they've watched so I'm adding that in!
1. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (X) (M)
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (X) (M)
3. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (-) (M)
4. Moby Dick by Herman Melville (-)
5. The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (X) (M)
6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (X) (M)
7. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (X)
8. Dune by Frank Herbert (X) (M)
9. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (X)
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (-)
11. Foundation by Isaac Asimov (-)
12. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (-)
13. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (X) (M - A Place in the Sun)
14. O Pioneers! By Willa Cather (X) (M)
15. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (X)
16. My Antonia by Willa Cather (X)
17. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (X) (M)
18. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (X) (M)
19. Little House on the Praire by Laura Ingalls Wilder (X) (M-I'm counting TV movie and show)
20. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (X)
21. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich (X)
22. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X) (M)
23. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (X)
24. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (X)
25. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (X)
26. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (X) (M)
27. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (X) (M)
28. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (X) (M)
29. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (X)
30. The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (X)
31. Roots by Alex Haley (X)
32. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (X)
33. Katherine by Anya Seton (X)
34. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (X)
35. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (X) (M)
36. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (X)
37. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (X)
38. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (X) (M)
39. The Collected Stories of Katherine Ann Porter (X)
40. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (-)
41. The Stand by Stephen King (-) (M)
42. Carrie by Stephen King (-) (M)
43. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (X)
44. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (-)
45. Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (X) (M)
46. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (X) (M)
47. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (-)
48. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (X) (M)
49. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (X)
50. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (X)
51. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (-)
52. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (-)
53. Mystic River by Denis Lehane (-) (M)
54. American Pastoral by Philip Roth (-)
55. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (X) (M)
56. Rabbit Run by John Updike (X)
57. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates (-)
58. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty (-)
59. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (X) (M)
60. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (-)
61. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt (X) (M)
62. Sandman by Neil Gaiman (-)
63. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (X)
64. World’s Fair by E.L. Doctorow (-)
65. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (X)
66. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (X)
67. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (-)
68. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (X) (M)
69. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (-)
70. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (-)
71. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (X) (M)
72. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (X) (M)
73. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (X) (M)
74. Deep End of the Ocean by Jacqueline Mitchard (X) (M)
75. John Adams by David McCullough (-)
76. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (X)
77. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult (X)
78. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (-)
79. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (X)
80. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut (X)
81. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (-)
82. Native Son by Richard Wright (-)
83. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos (-)
84. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson (-)
85. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren (-)
86. The Bridge of the San Luis Ray by Thornton Wilder (-)
87. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (-)
88. The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (X) (M)
89. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (X)
90. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey (X) (M)
91. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (-) (M)
92. Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (-)
93. Beloved by Toni Morrison (-)
94. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (-)
95. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (-)
96. So Big by Edna Ferber (-)
97. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (X) (M)
98. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (X)
99. The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty (-)
100. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Conner (X)
I think I count 62 books read and 33 movies watched. It looks like I really need to work on more modern literature!
Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. I saw that some are putting an M for movies they've watched so I'm adding that in!
1. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (X) (M)
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (X) (M)
3. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (-) (M)
4. Moby Dick by Herman Melville (-)
5. The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (X) (M)
6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (X) (M)
7. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (X)
8. Dune by Frank Herbert (X) (M)
9. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (X)
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (-)
11. Foundation by Isaac Asimov (-)
12. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (-)
13. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (X) (M - A Place in the Sun)
14. O Pioneers! By Willa Cather (X) (M)
15. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (X)
16. My Antonia by Willa Cather (X)
17. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (X) (M)
18. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (X) (M)
19. Little House on the Praire by Laura Ingalls Wilder (X) (M-I'm counting TV movie and show)
20. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (X)
21. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich (X)
22. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (X) (M)
23. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (X)
24. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (X)
25. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (X)
26. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (X) (M)
27. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (X) (M)
28. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (X) (M)
29. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (X)
30. The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (X)
31. Roots by Alex Haley (X)
32. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (X)
33. Katherine by Anya Seton (X)
34. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (X)
35. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (X) (M)
36. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (X)
37. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (X)
38. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (X) (M)
39. The Collected Stories of Katherine Ann Porter (X)
40. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (-)
41. The Stand by Stephen King (-) (M)
42. Carrie by Stephen King (-) (M)
43. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (X)
44. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (-)
45. Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (X) (M)
46. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (X) (M)
47. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (-)
48. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (X) (M)
49. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (X)
50. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (X)
51. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (-)
52. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (-)
53. Mystic River by Denis Lehane (-) (M)
54. American Pastoral by Philip Roth (-)
55. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (X) (M)
56. Rabbit Run by John Updike (X)
57. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates (-)
58. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty (-)
59. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (X) (M)
60. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (-)
61. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt (X) (M)
62. Sandman by Neil Gaiman (-)
63. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (X)
64. World’s Fair by E.L. Doctorow (-)
65. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (X)
66. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (X)
67. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (-)
68. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (X) (M)
69. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (-)
70. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (-)
71. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (X) (M)
72. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (X) (M)
73. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (X) (M)
74. Deep End of the Ocean by Jacqueline Mitchard (X) (M)
75. John Adams by David McCullough (-)
76. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (X)
77. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult (X)
78. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (-)
79. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (X)
80. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut (X)
81. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (-)
82. Native Son by Richard Wright (-)
83. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos (-)
84. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson (-)
85. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren (-)
86. The Bridge of the San Luis Ray by Thornton Wilder (-)
87. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (-)
88. The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (X) (M)
89. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (X)
90. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey (X) (M)
91. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (-) (M)
92. Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (-)
93. Beloved by Toni Morrison (-)
94. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (-)
95. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (-)
96. So Big by Edna Ferber (-)
97. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (X) (M)
98. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (X)
99. The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty (-)
100. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Conner (X)
I think I count 62 books read and 33 movies watched. It looks like I really need to work on more modern literature!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
How Well Read Are You?
I found this on Tif Talks Books and thought I'd pass it along and found out how well I stacked up.
How well read are you? Well, at least how well read are you as according to the BBC? The BBC believes that most people will have only have read 6 out of the 100 books on the list below. This intrigued me, so I thought I'd see how I stacked up! How do you think you will do? Have you read six or more?
Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (X)
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (X)
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (X)
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (X)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (X)
6 The Bible (-) (only parts)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (X)
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell (X)
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman (--)
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (X)
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott (X)
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy (X)
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (--)
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (--)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier(X)
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (X)
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk (X)
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (X)
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (X)
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot (--)
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell (X)
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (X)
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens (--)
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (--)
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (X)
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (--)
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (X)
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (X)
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame( --)
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (X)
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (X)
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (X)
34 Emma-Jane Austen (X)
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen (X)
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis (X)
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossein (X)
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres (--)
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (X)
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne (X)
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell (--)
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (X)
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (X)
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving (X)
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (X)
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery (X)
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (--)
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood (--)
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding (--)
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan (X)
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel (--)
52 Dune - Frank Herbert (X)
53 Cold Comfort Farm (--)
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (X)
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth (--)
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (--)
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (X)
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (--)
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon (--)
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (X)
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (X)
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (--)
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt (--)
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (X)
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (X)
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac (X)
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy (--)
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding (X)
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie (--)
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville (--)
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (--)
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker (--)
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (X)
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson (--)
75 Ulysses - James Joyce (--)
76 The Inferno – Dante (--)
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome (--)
78 Germinal - Emile Zola (--)
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray (X)
80 Possession - AS Byatt (X)
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (X)
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (--)
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker (X)
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (--)
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (X)
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry (--)
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White (X)
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom (X)
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (X)
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton (--)
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (--)
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery (--)
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks (--)
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams (--)
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (--)
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute (--)
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (--)
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare (X)
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (--)
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (X)
I have 55! Not too bad and a lot more than 6! I still have room for improvement. Many of these books are either on my giant pile of books to read or are at least on the list! A few are books I've never heard of (The Wasp Factory?). I'll have to investigate them more. It would be fun to do this with a list for mostly American literature.
How well read are you? Well, at least how well read are you as according to the BBC? The BBC believes that most people will have only have read 6 out of the 100 books on the list below. This intrigued me, so I thought I'd see how I stacked up! How do you think you will do? Have you read six or more?
Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (X)
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (X)
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (X)
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (X)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (X)
6 The Bible (-) (only parts)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (X)
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell (X)
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman (--)
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (X)
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott (X)
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy (X)
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (--)
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (--)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier(X)
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (X)
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk (X)
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (X)
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (X)
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot (--)
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell (X)
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (X)
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens (--)
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (--)
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (X)
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (--)
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (X)
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (X)
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame( --)
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (X)
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (X)
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (X)
34 Emma-Jane Austen (X)
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen (X)
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis (X)
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossein (X)
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres (--)
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (X)
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne (X)
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell (--)
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (X)
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (X)
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving (X)
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (X)
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery (X)
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (--)
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood (--)
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding (--)
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan (X)
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel (--)
52 Dune - Frank Herbert (X)
53 Cold Comfort Farm (--)
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (X)
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth (--)
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (--)
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (X)
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (--)
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon (--)
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (X)
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (X)
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (--)
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt (--)
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (X)
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (X)
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac (X)
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy (--)
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding (X)
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie (--)
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville (--)
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (--)
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker (--)
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (X)
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson (--)
75 Ulysses - James Joyce (--)
76 The Inferno – Dante (--)
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome (--)
78 Germinal - Emile Zola (--)
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray (X)
80 Possession - AS Byatt (X)
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (X)
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (--)
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker (X)
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (--)
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (X)
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry (--)
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White (X)
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom (X)
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (X)
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton (--)
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (--)
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery (--)
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks (--)
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams (--)
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (--)
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute (--)
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (--)
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare (X)
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (--)
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (X)
I have 55! Not too bad and a lot more than 6! I still have room for improvement. Many of these books are either on my giant pile of books to read or are at least on the list! A few are books I've never heard of (The Wasp Factory?). I'll have to investigate them more. It would be fun to do this with a list for mostly American literature.
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