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Fae
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You have quite a list here! First, I'll list the books I'm planning on reading:
Animal Farm
The Blind Assassin
Lolita
1984
On the Road
A Passage to India (started, never finished)
Possession
To the Lighthouse
Now for the ones I have read...this may take awhile.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
I love this book! My mom gave it to me when I was about 11, and as an early bloomer, it really spoke to me. Every pre-adolescent girl (and boy) should read this book!
The Catcher in the Rye
I read this in school, of course. I'm due for a re-read, because I can't remember much, except that I liked it.
The Grapes of Wrath
I'm sorry, I know this is a classic that a lot of people love, but this book bored me to tears.
The Great Gatsby
This book is wonderful. There is amazing imagery and great characterization.
Invisible Man
Another book I read in school. It bored me a little bit, but I'd like to re-read it now that about 10 years have gone by.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
I read this when I was very young and I remember really liking it. I'd like to read it again, and the rest of the Chronicles of Narnia.
The Lord of the Rings
My favorite book of all time. There are too many words for it here.
Mrs. Dalloway
This is a great book. I loved the stream of consciousness style of writing, because if made the scenes flow like the real scenes of your daily life.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This book is wonderful, but sad. When I read it, I was about 16, so a few scenes were a bit disorienting, but when I later re-read it, I felt the scenes in a different way.
Slaughterhouse-5
This book is one that everyone should read.
The Sun Also Rises
This is one of my favorite of Hemingway's books. I loved the scenes in the cafes and the ambience was so rich.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Another one that I read so long ago, I can't remember much. I do remember not liking it a whole lot.
To Kill a Mockingbird
This is a classic, and it definitely deserves that title. The story is tragic, yet lovely.
I think that's it! Whew!
Animal Farm
The Blind Assassin
Lolita
1984
On the Road
A Passage to India (started, never finished)
Possession
To the Lighthouse
Now for the ones I have read...this may take awhile.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
I love this book! My mom gave it to me when I was about 11, and as an early bloomer, it really spoke to me. Every pre-adolescent girl (and boy) should read this book!
The Catcher in the Rye
I read this in school, of course. I'm due for a re-read, because I can't remember much, except that I liked it.
The Grapes of Wrath
I'm sorry, I know this is a classic that a lot of people love, but this book bored me to tears.
The Great Gatsby
This book is wonderful. There is amazing imagery and great characterization.
Invisible Man
Another book I read in school. It bored me a little bit, but I'd like to re-read it now that about 10 years have gone by.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
I read this when I was very young and I remember really liking it. I'd like to read it again, and the rest of the Chronicles of Narnia.
The Lord of the Rings
My favorite book of all time. There are too many words for it here.
Mrs. Dalloway
This is a great book. I loved the stream of consciousness style of writing, because if made the scenes flow like the real scenes of your daily life.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This book is wonderful, but sad. When I read it, I was about 16, so a few scenes were a bit disorienting, but when I later re-read it, I felt the scenes in a different way.
Slaughterhouse-5
This book is one that everyone should read.
The Sun Also Rises
This is one of my favorite of Hemingway's books. I loved the scenes in the cafes and the ambience was so rich.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Another one that I read so long ago, I can't remember much. I do remember not liking it a whole lot.
To Kill a Mockingbird
This is a classic, and it definitely deserves that title. The story is tragic, yet lovely.
I think that's it! Whew!
Anamnesis
Active Member
The ones I read were:
-Animal Farm
-The Catcher in the Rye
-Lolita
-Lord of the Rings
-The Corrections
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-Ragtime
-Revolutionary Road
The ones I enjoyed the most were Lolita and Revolutionary Road. Lolita is beautifully written and darkly funny, and Revolutionary Road is an intriguing story. I know One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is thought of as a classic, but I couldn't stand it. The style of writing just didn't appeal to me, I guess.
-Animal Farm
-The Catcher in the Rye
-Lolita
-Lord of the Rings
-The Corrections
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-Ragtime
-Revolutionary Road
The ones I enjoyed the most were Lolita and Revolutionary Road. Lolita is beautifully written and darkly funny, and Revolutionary Road is an intriguing story. I know One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is thought of as a classic, but I couldn't stand it. The style of writing just didn't appeal to me, I guess.
Peronel
New Member
Animal Farm - George Orwell: audiobook, don't think it was abridged; it didn't seem to be. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald: eugh. Didn't like this at all. No sympathy for any of the central characters, and when pressed (like, right now for instance) I couldn't tell you any of the major events of the story. Highly forgettable, IMO
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis: read when I was little, and qite often now that I'm grown, too! Wonderful, but I always have enjoyed The Magician's Nephew the most.
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien: read in high school. Still on my re-read list
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey: I chose this for a literature course, also in high school. It blew my mind at the time, and is still one of my favourite pieces of fiction for its examination of mental health and the system around it.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - oops, my formatting's gone a bit awry. Also read this in high school, quite early, so it was the first classic I had ever read. Made me want to study the law until I realised that I'm too lazy.
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys: a uni lit. course text. I enjoyed this very much simply for what it is - a different perspective on a well-known literary character, giving us insight into her past and the reasons for her madness.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald: eugh. Didn't like this at all. No sympathy for any of the central characters, and when pressed (like, right now for instance) I couldn't tell you any of the major events of the story. Highly forgettable, IMO
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis: read when I was little, and qite often now that I'm grown, too! Wonderful, but I always have enjoyed The Magician's Nephew the most.
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien: read in high school. Still on my re-read list
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey: I chose this for a literature course, also in high school. It blew my mind at the time, and is still one of my favourite pieces of fiction for its examination of mental health and the system around it.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - oops, my formatting's gone a bit awry. Also read this in high school, quite early, so it was the first classic I had ever read. Made me want to study the law until I realised that I'm too lazy.
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys: a uni lit. course text. I enjoyed this very much simply for what it is - a different perspective on a well-known literary character, giving us insight into her past and the reasons for her madness.
Lyrica
New Member
These books I plan on reading...sometime:
American Pastoral
An American Tragedy
Animal Farm
Appointment in Samarra
Atonement
The Catcher in the Rye
Gone With the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
A Death in the Family
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Loving
To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
Midnight's Children
1984
The Great Gatsby
A Handful of Dust
The Moviegoer
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Sound and the Fury
I Have Read:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
The Sun Also Rises
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lyrica
American Pastoral
An American Tragedy
Animal Farm
Appointment in Samarra
Atonement
The Catcher in the Rye
Gone With the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
A Death in the Family
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Loving
To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
Midnight's Children
1984
The Great Gatsby
A Handful of Dust
The Moviegoer
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Sound and the Fury
I Have Read:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
The Sun Also Rises
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lyrica
jaynebosco
New Member
Books I have read:
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Possession
A.S. Byatt
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Books I plan on reading:
Beloved
Toni Morrison
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
A Death in the Family
James Agee
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Light in August
William Faulkner
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Naked Lunch
William Burroughs
Native Son
Richard Wright
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Possession
A.S. Byatt
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Books I plan on reading:
Beloved
Toni Morrison
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
A Death in the Family
James Agee
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Light in August
William Faulkner
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Naked Lunch
William Burroughs
Native Son
Richard Wright
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
angerball
Active Member
Books I am planning to read:
Catch-22
A Clockwork Orange
Gone With the Wind
Gravity's Rainbow
The Great Gatsby
I, Claudius
Lolita
Midnight's Children
Neuromancer
On the Road
Ubik
White Noise
White Teeth
Books I have read:
Animal Farm - read it years ago, when I was too young to understand the political meaning of the book.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - loved this book. I read it when I was going through puberty, and it was such a fascinating read, as were all of Judy Blume's other books.
The Blind Assassin - not my favourite of Atwood's, but I enjoyed it.
The Catcher in the Rye - I read this one after hearing all the fuss made over it. While I enjoyed it, it wasn't what I expected. I was expecting to read something very violent, and shocking. Instead it's just a coming-of-age book about a teenage boy.
The Grapes of Wrath - I don't remember too much about this one, but I know I read it because it had been highly recommended to me.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - didn't like it, just like I didn't like the other books in the series.
Lord of the Flies - had to read it for school, years ago. Quite brutal stuff.
Never Let Me Go - read this one last year, but my memory being the way it is, I can't recall too much of it. I think it was something about cloning for organ-harvesting?
1984 - once again, read when I was too young to fully understand it. Would like to give it another go.
To Kill a Mockingbird - read when I was a young teenager, and probably didn't get the full impact of it. Another one to re-read.
Tropic of Cancer - read it because I'd heard it was "dirty". I don't recall being overly impressed with it.
AquaBlue - is this your TBR list?
Catch-22
A Clockwork Orange
Gone With the Wind
Gravity's Rainbow
The Great Gatsby
I, Claudius
Lolita
Midnight's Children
Neuromancer
On the Road
Ubik
White Noise
White Teeth
Books I have read:
Animal Farm - read it years ago, when I was too young to understand the political meaning of the book.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - loved this book. I read it when I was going through puberty, and it was such a fascinating read, as were all of Judy Blume's other books.
The Blind Assassin - not my favourite of Atwood's, but I enjoyed it.
The Catcher in the Rye - I read this one after hearing all the fuss made over it. While I enjoyed it, it wasn't what I expected. I was expecting to read something very violent, and shocking. Instead it's just a coming-of-age book about a teenage boy.
The Grapes of Wrath - I don't remember too much about this one, but I know I read it because it had been highly recommended to me.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - didn't like it, just like I didn't like the other books in the series.
Lord of the Flies - had to read it for school, years ago. Quite brutal stuff.
Never Let Me Go - read this one last year, but my memory being the way it is, I can't recall too much of it.
I think it was something about cloning for organ-harvesting? 1984 - once again, read when I was too young to fully understand it. Would like to give it another go.
To Kill a Mockingbird - read when I was a young teenager, and probably didn't get the full impact of it. Another one to re-read.
Tropic of Cancer - read it because I'd heard it was "dirty".
I don't recall being overly impressed with it.AquaBlue - is this your TBR list?
morosetoast
New Member
Most of the ones I have read were school related.
I've read:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Not my type of book)
1984 (School, Loved it)
The Great Gatsby (School related)
The Catcher in the Rye (This wasn't school related I just wanted to know why it was banned.)
Animal Farm (School related)
Lord of the Flies (Had to read it for school but I enjoyed it!)
Plan on reading:
Slaughterhouse-Five
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
I tried reading A Clockwork Orange. I just couldn't get into it. I also got tired of going in the back of the book to understand the slang they were using.
I've read:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Not my type of book)
1984 (School, Loved it)
The Great Gatsby (School related)
The Catcher in the Rye (This wasn't school related I just wanted to know why it was banned.)
Animal Farm (School related)
Lord of the Flies (Had to read it for school but I enjoyed it!)
Plan on reading:
Slaughterhouse-Five
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
I tried reading A Clockwork Orange. I just couldn't get into it. I also got tired of going in the back of the book to understand the slang they were using.
unKeMPt
New Member
I've read:
American Pastoral: the book that introduced me (and subsequently addicted) to Roth
Animal Farm: brilliant satire and a quick read
Catch-22: best book of the 20th century
Catcher in the Rye: too much teen angst for me, but not a bad read overall
The Crying of Lot 49: mind-bending and compellingly written work of paranoia and conspiracy
Invisible Man: probably second only to Catch-22
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe: I liked it when I was ten...
Lord of the Flies: the pace lags at times, but it's quite powerful
Lord of the Rings: meh
Never Let Me Go: I enjoyed the melancholy tone of the work more than its cautionary message
1984: who HASN'T read this?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: amazing book about sanity and oppression
Portnoy's Complaint: one of the funniest books ever, likely, but not for prudes
Slaughterhouse-Five: not my favorite Vonnegut, but you can't really go wrong here
The Sun Also Rises: minimalism isn't for me, but I did like the tale
Things Fall Apart
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen: for those who like their comics with smidgen of postmodernism
White Noise: about death and our encapsulation in technology -- hilarious, though
Plan on reading:
The Adventures of Augie March
All the King's Men
At Swim-Two-Birds
Atonement
Beloved
The Blind Assassin
Blood Meridian
A Clockwork Orange
The Grapes of Wrath
Gravity's Rainbow
The Great Gatsby
Herzog
Midnight's Children
Naked Lunch
Native Son
On the Road
The Painted Bird
Pale Fire
Play It As It Lays
The Power and the Glory
Rabbit, Run
Ragtime
Revolutionary Road
The Sheltering Sky
The Sound and the Fury
White Teeth
And I'm currently in the midst of Lolita. Is this a list of a hundred best English-language novels? Looks similar to Time's...
American Pastoral: the book that introduced me (and subsequently addicted) to Roth
Animal Farm: brilliant satire and a quick read
Catch-22: best book of the 20th century
Catcher in the Rye: too much teen angst for me, but not a bad read overall
The Crying of Lot 49: mind-bending and compellingly written work of paranoia and conspiracy
Invisible Man: probably second only to Catch-22
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe: I liked it when I was ten...
Lord of the Flies: the pace lags at times, but it's quite powerful
Lord of the Rings: meh
Never Let Me Go: I enjoyed the melancholy tone of the work more than its cautionary message
1984: who HASN'T read this?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: amazing book about sanity and oppression
Portnoy's Complaint: one of the funniest books ever, likely, but not for prudes
Slaughterhouse-Five: not my favorite Vonnegut, but you can't really go wrong here
The Sun Also Rises: minimalism isn't for me, but I did like the tale
Things Fall Apart
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen: for those who like their comics with smidgen of postmodernism
White Noise: about death and our encapsulation in technology -- hilarious, though
Plan on reading:
The Adventures of Augie March
All the King's Men
At Swim-Two-Birds
Atonement
Beloved
The Blind Assassin
Blood Meridian
A Clockwork Orange
The Grapes of Wrath
Gravity's Rainbow
The Great Gatsby
Herzog
Midnight's Children
Naked Lunch
Native Son
On the Road
The Painted Bird
Pale Fire
Play It As It Lays
The Power and the Glory
Rabbit, Run
Ragtime
Revolutionary Road
The Sheltering Sky
The Sound and the Fury
White Teeth
And I'm currently in the midst of Lolita. Is this a list of a hundred best English-language novels? Looks similar to Time's...
silverseason
New Member
I have read many, but it takes years
A good list, with some inspiration for the future. So far I have read
All the King's Men
Animal Farm - worth rereading if it has been a while
Appointment in Samarra
The Assistant
Atonement
Beloved - tough to get through
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
Brideshead Revisited
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Call It Sleep
The Catcher in the Rye
The Day of the Locust
Death Comes for the Archbishop - excellent Cather
The Death of the Heart - Bowen is not appreciated enough - I loved this one
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Golden Notebook
Gone With the Wind - as good as the movie
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
A Handful of Dust - read recently - what a pleasure
The Heart of the Matter
Herzog
Housekeeping
A House for Mr. Biswas - best of the Naipaul books
Invisible Man
Lolita
Lucky Jim
Midnight's Children - too long, but good
Mrs. Dalloway
Native Son
Never Let Me Go - found it provocative
1984
A Passage to India - a classic that has not dimmed
Portnoy's Complaint
Possession - loved it, including the poetry
The Power and the Glory
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Rabbit, Run
Ragtime
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
To Kill a Mockingbird
To the Lighthouse
Under the Net - a party all the way
White Noise
White Teeth
Wide Sargasso Sea
A good list, with some inspiration for the future. So far I have read
All the King's Men
Animal Farm - worth rereading if it has been a while
Appointment in Samarra
The Assistant
Atonement
Beloved - tough to get through
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
Brideshead Revisited
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Call It Sleep
The Catcher in the Rye
The Day of the Locust
Death Comes for the Archbishop - excellent Cather
The Death of the Heart - Bowen is not appreciated enough - I loved this one
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Golden Notebook
Gone With the Wind - as good as the movie
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
A Handful of Dust - read recently - what a pleasure
The Heart of the Matter
Herzog
Housekeeping
A House for Mr. Biswas - best of the Naipaul books
Invisible Man
Lolita
Lucky Jim
Midnight's Children - too long, but good
Mrs. Dalloway
Native Son
Never Let Me Go - found it provocative
1984
A Passage to India - a classic that has not dimmed
Portnoy's Complaint
Possession - loved it, including the poetry
The Power and the Glory
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Rabbit, Run
Ragtime
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
To Kill a Mockingbird
To the Lighthouse
Under the Net - a party all the way
White Noise
White Teeth
Wide Sargasso Sea
mehastings
Active Member
Wow. Interesting list. What is it for? You've got a really diverse selection on there, so I'd love to know how you came about it. I don't have a ton of time right this second, so I'll just tell you which ones I've read. If I have time later I'll come back and give opinions. I think I got them all...
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
Beloved
Toni Morrison
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984
George Orwell
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
Beloved
Toni Morrison
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984
George Orwell
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
steffee
Active Member
Why?
Read
Animal Farm George Orwell
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume
Atonement Ian McEwan
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies William Golding
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
Money Martin Amis
Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
1984 George Orwell
On the Road Jack Kerouac
Revolutionary Road Richard Yates
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf
White Teeth Zadie Smith
blueboatdriver
Member
I've read:
Animal Farm When I was at school. I do know the story and it's been on the shelf waiting for a re-read for a couple of years now
Catch 22 One of the greats; hilarious; dark; depressing and loads more. I couldn't get into the sequel though, should give it another try sometime
The Catcher In The Rye Great main character; I did expect more problems from him by the end though.
The Crying of Lot 49 This was my first Pynchon novel. Can't really remember the 'plot' (ha) but can remember having to reread big chunks of this one......worth it though.
The Grapes of Wrath Love Steinbeck. Great historical novel which educated me in US history.........stunning end; hits you right there.
Gravity's Rainbow Crickey........better check this out
The Great Gatsby Well worth reading but not characters I'd want to hang out with.
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Brings back childhood memories (reading by torchlight under the covers). I've since read them all to my son.......still as good as they were back then.
Midnight's Children Long fairly difficult novel. Did enjoy it but really need to read it again and absorb it all a little more than the first time.
Money Great fun read; totally unbelievable for me.
1984 A classic everyone should look at at sometime
The Sheltering Sky Loved this one; great feeling of being in desert conditions. An easy read and quite short from what I remember.
To Kill A Mocking Bird Wonderful characters that will stay with you..........I still need to see the film of this.
White Teeth OK I suppose; was glad to get to the end though.
Where'd the reading list come from? Not planning on reading too many of the others.
Animal Farm When I was at school. I do know the story and it's been on the shelf waiting for a re-read for a couple of years now
Catch 22 One of the greats; hilarious; dark; depressing and loads more. I couldn't get into the sequel though, should give it another try sometime
The Catcher In The Rye Great main character; I did expect more problems from him by the end though.
The Crying of Lot 49 This was my first Pynchon novel. Can't really remember the 'plot' (ha) but can remember having to reread big chunks of this one......worth it though.
The Grapes of Wrath Love Steinbeck. Great historical novel which educated me in US history.........stunning end; hits you right there.
Gravity's Rainbow Crickey........better check this out
The Great Gatsby Well worth reading but not characters I'd want to hang out with.
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Brings back childhood memories (reading by torchlight under the covers). I've since read them all to my son.......still as good as they were back then.
Midnight's Children Long fairly difficult novel. Did enjoy it but really need to read it again and absorb it all a little more than the first time.
Money Great fun read; totally unbelievable for me.
1984 A classic everyone should look at at sometime
The Sheltering Sky Loved this one; great feeling of being in desert conditions. An easy read and quite short from what I remember.
To Kill A Mocking Bird Wonderful characters that will stay with you..........I still need to see the film of this.
White Teeth OK I suppose; was glad to get to the end though.
Where'd the reading list come from? Not planning on reading too many of the others.
Landslide
Well-Known Member
I've only read The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
I do plan on reading some of the books in the list, many of them I already own:
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Atonement
Ian McEwan
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
1984
George Orwell
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
I do plan on reading some of the books in the list, many of them I already own:
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Atonement
Ian McEwan
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
1984
George Orwell
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov