Incomplete Reading List

[-Carlos-]

I have some "blank" places on my to-read list. Viewing the types of novels I enjoy, can you fill in the gaps (empty) with novels you think I might like? Thanks in advance. Here is the incomplete list:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. Run, Rabbit by John Updike
3. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
4. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
5. Rabbit Redux by John Updike
6. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
7. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
8. Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
9. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
10. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
11. Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
12. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
13. The Enemy by Lee Child
14. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
15. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
16. Killing Floor by Lee Child
17. The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
18. False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
19. Die Trying by Lee Child
20. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
21. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
22. Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggin
23. Tripwire by Lee Child
24. Mr. Ives' Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos
25. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegue
26. Running Blind by Lee Child
27. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
28. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
29. Echo Burning by Lee Child
30. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
31. Out by Natsuo Kirino
32. Without Fail by Lee Child
33. The Forge of God by Greg Bear
34. The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
35. Persuader by Lee Child
36. The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe
37. Days Between Stations by Steve Erickson
38. One Shot by Lee Child
39. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
40. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
41. The Hard Way by Lee Child
42. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
43. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
44. Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
45. The Fourteen sisters by Oscar Hijuelos
46. Dune by Frank Herbert
47. Prey by Michael Crichton
48. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
49. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
50. Time and Again by Jack Finney
51. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
52. Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
53. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
54. Independent People by Halldor Laxness
55. God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
56. The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
57. (empty)
58. Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
59. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
60. (empty)
61. Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert
62. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
63. Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
64. Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
65. The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
66. (empty)
67. Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
68. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
69. (empty)
70. Beggars Ride by Nancy Kress
71. Dispatch by Bentley Little
72. (empty)
73. A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
74. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
75. (empty)
76. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
77. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
78. (empty)
79. A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
80. Birdy by William Wharton
81. (empty)
82. A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
83. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
84. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
85. (empty)
86. Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
87. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
88. (empty)
89. The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
90. Palindrome Hannah by Michael Bailey
91. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
92. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
93. Gorgeous Lies by Martha McPhee
94. Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
95. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
96. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
97. (empty)
98. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
99. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
100. (empty)
101. Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake
102. (empty)
103. (empty)
104. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
105. A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
106. (empty)
107. The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
108. Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
109. (empty)
110. The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
111. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
112. (empty)
113. The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
114. (empty)
115. (empty)
116. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
117. (empty)
118. (empty)
119. The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
120. The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
121. (empty)
122. The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks
123. Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk
124. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
125. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
126. (empty)
127. (empty)
128. The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
129. (empty)
130. (empty)
131. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
132. (empty)
133. (empty)

 

[jennifer1975]

I'm totally confused.

 

[Stewart]

Why not just remove those marked empty and then have a complete list?

 

[abecedarian]

My reading list should be called 'The Always Incomplete Reading List.'

 

[Kenny Shovel]

Why not just remove those marked empty and then have a complete list?

This one goes up to eleven...

 

[-Carlos-]

Why not just remove those marked empty and then have a complete list?

Well because in those cases I would like two (2) novels before and after books in a series. Thus the empty spaces must be filled. I should of expressed that point in the beginning.

 

[abecedarian]

Well because in those cases I would like two (2) novels before and after books in a series. Thus the empty spaces must be filled. I should of expressed that point in the beginning.

I understand that line of thinking. Thanks for clearing that up!

 

[jennifer1975]

Still confused. Are the actual listed books ones you've read? Or are they recommendations? And why are the blank spaces scattered so?

 

[-Carlos-]

Still confused. Are the actual listed books ones you've read? Or are they recommendations? And why are the blank spaces scattered so?

I normally read two books at the same time so the list has (mostly) two "empty" spaces in any given area. When I read a series I also read two books between each book in that series- old habit.

This thread is simple to understand: What I would like is for readers in this forum to recommend novels that I may enjoy. From the books listed, one can view what kinds of novels I like reading.

I just hope that this thread would not be neglected. I need recommendations.

 

[ions]

I recommend you remove some of the cruft from your list.

 

[-Carlos-]

I recommend you remove some of the cruft from your list.

Lee Child and such. Is that what you mean?

 

[ions]

I don't want to name names, everyone has a right to their taste and all that, but you have multiple books by the same author repeatedly. Doesn't say much for variety. Plus it's not until book 57 that there's a 'space' available. Not much impetus to make a suggestion.

"Hey I think the 57th book you read from now should be Moby Dick!"

My suggestion: shorter with greater variety.

 

[abecedarian]

I think if you gave him a chance, you'd like Umberto Eco. He's not a stuffy writer at all, just a very good one. Foucault's Pendelum is has adventure and intrigue aplenty.

 

[ions]

Do you have a good foundation in the classics AquaBlue? What of Dickens? Tolstoy? Dostoevsky? Hardy? Dumas? Homer? Etc? Since we're making a long list of authors let's throw in Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Don Delillo, Italo Calvino and a personal favourite of mine from Canada, Wayne Johnston.

 

[-Carlos-]

Do you have a good foundation in the classics AquaBlue? What of Dickens? Tolstoy? Dostoevsky? Hardy? Dumas? Homer? Etc? Since we're making a long list of authors let's throw in Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Don Delillo, Italo Calvino and a personal favourite of mine from Canada, Wayne Johnston.

Thank you for your input ions.

 

[FrodoLIVES]

I can't think of anything satisfactory to reccommend, but there's a lot of great books on your list. It would never work out for me...I can't have a set schedule for reading. What if you find a book at the bookstore/library that looks really good? Does it go to the bottom of the list or do you ignore the list for the meantime? I'm just an unorganized person though...

 

[-Carlos-]

Ions: Which novels from these four authors (in your post) do you recommend:

• Orhan Pamuk
• Salman Rushdie
• Italo Calvino
• Wayne Johnston
  
  
  
  

 

[ions]

Well take this post for what it's worth as I haven't read all of these authors.

I have Snow by Pamuk and that will be my first of his. Apparently Istanbul and My Name is Red are also very good. He did win the Nobel this year after all.

For Rushdie his best is supposedly Midnight's Children for which he won the Booker of Bookers. The Satanic Versus is also very highly recommended. Many are divided on the rest of his work but those two seem to be universally acclaimed.

Italo Calvino. If on a Winters Night a Traveller seems to be his masterpiece. Marcovaldo is a beautiful novella. Beyond that I can't tell you much.

Wayne Johnston. Hmmm. Start with The Navigator of New York or The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. Colony is one of my favourite books this year and I've read roughly forty books this year. I wish Wayne international success. Canada has a lot of talented writers and Wayne is at the sharper end in that group.

These are talented writers. Authors where it's hard to go wrong. Read. Explore.

 

[-Carlos-]

Thanks a million ions!

 

[ions]

No problem, I hope I've helped you find authors you will enjoy. Be sure to let us know how it goes.