What have you read

[Dark Muse]

After Book Jones posted about thier reading project for the top 100 books in the English Langauge for the 20th centruy and Scheherazade was nice enough to acutally post the list, I got this idea.

Which books from this list of you read?

ULYSSES by James Joyce

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce

LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley

THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner

CATCH-22

DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler

SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence

THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry

THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler

1984 by George Orwell

I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut

INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison

NATIVE SON by Richard Wright

HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow

APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara

U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos

WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson

A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster

THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James

THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James

TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald

THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell

THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James

SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser

A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh

AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner

ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder

HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin

THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

DELIVERANCE by James Dickey

A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell

POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley

THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway

THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad

NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad

THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence

WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence

TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller

THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer

PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth

PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov

LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner

ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac

THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett

PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton

ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm

THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy

DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones

THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess

OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad

MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton

THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell

A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes

A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul

THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West

A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway

SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark

FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce

KIM by Rudyard Kipling

A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh

THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow

ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner

A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul

THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen

LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad

RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow

THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett

THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London

LOVING by Henry Green

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie

TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell

IRONWEED by William Kennedy

THE MAGUS by John Fowles

WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys

UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch

SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron

THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain

THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington

[aabbcc]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
1984 by George Orwell
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
Anglophone literature, as presented, is not exactly my thing. :):blush:
Though I skimmed through / tried to read roughly half of the list, and there are some works on the list I want to read in the future.

[Erichtho]

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham

As you can see, I read anglophone literature very extensively. :p
The list would be even shorter if 1984 and The Catcher in the Rye had not been compulsory reading for my English class.
Some novels on this list I definitely intend to read, but the vast majority I will very likely never touch.

[Virgil]

ULYSSES by James Joyce

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
1984 by George Orwell
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad


There were some I've started and never finished. Some of those on that list don't seem so important.

[jgweed]

ULYSSES by James Joyce
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
CATCH-22
DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
1984 by George Orwell
I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara
U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
THE MAGUS by John Fowles

There may have been others on the list, but I am fairly certain of these.

[Etienne]

ULYSSES by James Joyce
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London

This is partly due to the fact that when I but English literature I want it to be in English, and in second hand bookstores here, you don't get so much of it.

[Dark Muse]

Ok, here is what I have read thus far


THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
CATCH-22
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
1984 by George Orwell
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
THE MAGUS by John Fowles

And I am currently in the process of reading THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James

[Leabhar]

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce

THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner

THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

1984 by George Orwell

AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner

Heres mine. I'm also in the process of reading a few which I didn't list, Faulkner and Joyce, at the moment.

[johann cruyff]

ULYSSES by James Joyce
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
CATCH-22
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
1984 by George Orwell
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie


I'm not a big fan of Anglophone literature, I only liked a handful of these, really. Also, I'm aware of the painfully obvious lack of D.H. Lawrence on my list...:blush:

I've been meaning to read The Alexandria Quartet for some time now, so that's probably next.

[Dori]

LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov

1984 by George Orwell

:lol:

[papayahed]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
1984 by George Orwell
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway

Not to bad.

[Scheherazade]

My list:

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce

LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley

THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner

CATCH-22

SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence

THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

1984 by George Orwell

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut

WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson

TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner

HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

DELIVERANCE by James Dickey

ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad

A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh

THE MAGUS by John Fowles

[qimissung]

Here's my list:

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
RAGTIME by E. L. Doctorow
SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron

[snowangel]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
CATCH-22
1984 by George Orwell
I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys

I try to read 4-5 of the Modern Library 100 every summer and hope to finish the list in a few more years--saving Joyce for last. This year I've only read Roth and Maddox Ford. The Good Soldier was fantastic, Portnoys Complaint couldnt have been more worthless.

[monad]

My list ('*' next to personal favorites):

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce

*LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley

CATCH-22

DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler

*SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence

1984 by George Orwell

*I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut

NATIVE SON by Richard Wright

A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway

WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence

*TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller

*ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac

THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

*OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham

*HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad

A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes

A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway

*KIM by Rudyard Kipling

*MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie

*THE MAGUS by John Fowles

THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles


I'm slightly embarrassed to admit I have a good 80% of this top 100 list on my bookshelf, many untouched or unfinished.

[LadyWentworth]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington

Well, this list is a lot shorter than I thought it would be. :) I don't think I missed any but maybe I did. :)

[book_jones]

Here's the ones I've read so far.

1. Ulysses by James Joyce
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
6. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
10. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
11. Under the Volcano by Malcom Lowry
15. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
17. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
18. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
24. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
31. Animal Farm by George Orwell
35. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
36. All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
37. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
54. Light in August by William Faulkner
60. The Moviegoer By Walker Percy
64. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
67. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
69. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
73. The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
74. A Farewell to Arms by Earnest Hemingway
77. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
93. The Magus by John Fowles
98. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
100. The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington


I think some of you are ahead of me, but then again I've only started reading piles of books in the last few years. And if you haven't, you guys need to read The Bridge of San Luis Rey. That book is amazing.

[HerGuardian]

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
HEART OF DARKNESS by Conrad


I also have some of the rest on my list but not familiar with many of the rest.

[thelastmelon]

I've only read the following five books from this list (even though I own some of the other books and have them in my bookshelf, just haven't read them yet) :

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

[PeterL]

ULYSSES by James Joyce
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
CATCH-22
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
1984 by George Orwell
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London


I thought I read these, but I can't recall for certain.

INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright


I started these but could not finish them. I think that Booth Tarkington wrote several better novels than the Ambersons, and I'm not sure that anyone can really read Finnegans Wake. Conrad should have become a machinist or maybe a dentist.

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
THE MAGUS by John Fowles
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington

[Annamariah]

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess

Those are the ones I've read. There were surprisingly many books I'd never even heard of before. :eek:

[Dark Muse]

The Magus, I could barely put down once I picked it up. It is ranked among my favorties. I thought it was incrediable.

I have to agree with you on Lord Jim though, I could not finnish it either

[aeroport]

ULYSSES by James Joyce *
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson *
THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James *
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth


Not many, I guess, really. The asterisks mark books I've only read parts of.

[clumsy angelle]

none...

[kelby_lake]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh



Small, i know :)

And part of Catch 22

[Jozanny]

I've read nearly all of them, so I guess I'm somewhat overtly anglo-centered, but I've read African literature in translation, Chinua Achebe included, even though his concerns do not easily move me as a Western reader--and a smattering of Asian and Indian authors. I do try to pay attention to multi-cultural reconstructions and challenges to the dreary old white men canon ;).

Can I say dreary old white men? Oy!

[Erichtho]

[...] but I've read African literature in translation, Chinua Achebe included, even though his concerns do not easily move me as a Western reader--and a smattering of Asian and Indian authors. I do try to pay attention to multi-cultural reconstructions and challenges to the dreary old white men canon ;).

Can I say dreary old white men? Oy!

Most "African" literature is either anglophone, francophone or lusophone, Achebe being part of the former (and the majority of Indian literature to which attention is paid abroad is also anglophone).

[Jozanny]

Most "African" literature is either anglophone, francophone or lusophone, Achebe being part of the former (and the majority of Indian literature to which attention is paid abroad is also anglophone).

lusophone? On Achebe, I think it depends, as he aged he became anti-anglophone, and I am not sure When Things Fall Apart is anglo or franco, despite the last chapter.

[Erichtho]

lusophone?

Writers from Angola, Mozambique?


On Achebe, I think it depends, as he aged he became anti-anglophone, and I am not sure When Things Fall Apart is anglo or franco, despite the last chapter.

It was written in English (and I don't think he wrote any of his books in French, but maybe I'm mistaken).

[Kafka's Crow]

ULYSSES by James Joyce

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce

LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov

1984 by George Orwell

I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves

A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster

AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner

THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway

THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad

A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway

FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie


I read English and American novels very, very reluctantly as I am very time-poor and reading a novel is a huge investment for me in terms of time. I like to read Russian and French novels. I like reading American and English drama though.

[djy78usa]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
CATCH-22
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
1984 by George Orwell
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes

The Great Gatsby, Slaughterhouse Five, and The Naked and the Dead are my favorites from the list.

[Mark F.]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
1984 by George Orwell
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain


There are also quite a few on that list on my bookshelves waiting to be read.

[DapperDrake]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
CATCH-22
1984 by George Orwell
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
KIM by Rudyard Kipling

Very few as you can see, I dare say i'll read more on the list in the next few years but to be honest I'm not a massive fan of books this recent, with a few exceptions.

[LitNetIsGreat]

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
CATCH-22
1984 by George Orwell
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron


15/100 is a very poor showing for someone living in England with a primary interest in literature. To be fair I would have read much more if it had been a 100 from 19th century literature, but that is little excuse.

[jgweed]

Well, Neely, you could start another thread and provide a list of 100 "Victorian" Novels. I think it would be interesting.
Cheers,
John

[LitNetIsGreat]

That's a good idea, I will try to find a top 100 list from a respected source. Though I bet many on here will still put me to shame on that one too, still it is not a race, all the more to read.

Maybe a top 100 list from another language would be interesting?

[Dark Muse]

Well, Neely, you could start another thread and provide a list of 100 "Victorian" Novels. I think it would be interesting.
Cheers,
John

Ooh I like that idead.


Maybe a top 100 list from another language would be interesting?

I thought about starting something like that. As I have just recently started getting into reading more translated works.

[Janine]

Of the posted list, I have read these:


A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley

CATCH-22

SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence

THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf

A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence

WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence

DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather

A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh

THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London

WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys


What, no Thomas Hardy, no Shakespeare, no Lady Chatterly's Lover, no Brontes sisters or Jane Austen? No Tolstoy or other Russian authors? Strange list....

I must admit I have seen many of the Henry James adaptations (films) and have the novels on my bookshelves, yet to read. I also read many novels by some of these authors, but not the ones that are listed. I read two of James that are not listed and many more of Willa Cather, and tons of Hardy - he is not even listed here.

[Dark Muse]

Well the list is for 20th Century Enliglish Literature, so that is why those names mentioned above were not included.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Of the posted list, I have read these:

What, no Thomas Hardy, no Shakespeare, no Lady Chatterly's Lover, no Brontes sisters or Jane Austen? No Tolstoy or other Russian authors? Strange list....


No, it's a top 100 20th century list only. I have tried to find one for the 19th century but with little success.

[Equality72521]

To know what I have read I want you to take these lists, cut them in half, then cut that in half, and then cuth that in half, and then cut that into fourth and take that fourth that you just cut and that's what I've read :p

haha

Nah, I read whatever I can get my hands on.

[Rawrealism]

ULYSSES by James Joyce

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald

LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley

THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner

CATCH-22

SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence

THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

1984 by George Orwell

I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut

INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison

NATIVE SON by Richard Wright

HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow


A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster

THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James

THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James

TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh

AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner

ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren

HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster

THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

DELIVERANCE by James Dickey

POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley

THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway

THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad

NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad

THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence

WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence ( im reading it right now almost done

PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth

PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov

LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner

ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac

THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett

THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess

OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad

MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis

A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes

A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul

A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway

FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce

KIM by Rudyard Kipling

A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster

THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow

A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul

LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad

RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow

THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie

IRONWEED by William Kennedy

THE MAGUS by John Fowles

THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
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