What have you read this year, and what did you think of it?

[Emerald Hill]

Never Let Me Go - good
Island - bad
Pride and Prejudice - terrible
Les Miserables - good
In The Country of Last Things - okay
The Remains of the Day - really good
The Little Stranger - terrible
Nine Stories - good
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction - okay
Franny and Zooey - good
Oryx and Crake - good
Breakfast of Champions - okay
Infinite Jest - mediocre
Carrie - okay
Cat’s Eye - okay
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - terrible
Of Human Bondage - okay
Dracula - terrible
An Artist of the Floating World - okay
The Blind Assassin - really good
Norwegian Wood - mediocre
To The Lighthouse - bad
Surfacing - mediocre
The Robber Bride - really good

As you can see, I've read a mix of good, bad and okay stuff. Usually now, I just stop reading a book if it's pretty bad, unless I have nothing else to read. There are plenty of good books out there, so instead read them. Favourite this year is probably The Blind Assassin, least favourite is Dracula, I think.

[wokeem]

I'm not sure if I can remember everything I've read up to this point but I'll try,

Invisible man-Incredible
The Border Trilogy-good
Suttree-Great
Blood Meridian-Incredible
2666-Good
Notes From the Underground-great
Tortilla Flat-Good
On the genealogy of morality-okay
Bluest Eye-Great
Child of God-great
Orchard Keeper-okay
Outer dark-good
Crime and punishment-incredible

[spookymulder93]

1984- Good
For Whom the Bell Tolls- Snooze fest
Razor Wire Pubic Hair- I bought it because of the title. Thought it would be hardcore. Turned out to be just bad.
Notes from the Underground- Good.
Venus in Furs- Good

[Yvain]

Divine Comedy-amazing

Beowulf-Great

Dr. Faustus-Great

King Lear-Great

[Desolation]

The Fall by Albert Camus - excellent
Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky - good
Mysteries by Knut Hamsun - good
The Red and the Black by Stendhal - excellent
Manifesto of Surrealism by Andre Breton - good
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - excellent
Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille - terrible

[Modest Proposal]

I'll say something about those particularly affecting to me, or those I actively disliked. The ones left blank I would say didn't move me.

Light In August, William Faulkner-Brilliantly written and wise.
The Loved One, Evelyn Waugh-Hilarious and quick.
The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare
Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie-One of the best of the last 30 years, maybe THE best.
The Tragedy of Mariam, Elizabeth Cary
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
The Immortal Bartfuss, Aharon Appelfeld
Marxism and Literary Criticism & Essays, Terry Eagleton
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Tragedy of Antonie, Mary Sidney
Perfume, Patrick Suskind-Interesting but not as good, I think, as was thought on its release.
And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
Camille, Alexander Dumas
Mythologies, Roland Barthes-Seminal and very interesting.
The Passion According to G. H., Clarice Lispector
The Sign of Four/The Valley of Fear, Arthur Conan Doyle
Une Semaine de Bonte, Max Ernst
Edward IV, Part I and 2, Thomas Heywood
Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky-The best, most enjoyable book I've read.
Four Novellas, Muriel Spark-Highly recommended, criminally underrated.
Henriad-Part 2, William Shakespeare-Shakespeare's best histories.
The End of Nature, Bill McKibben
Epileptic, David B.-A brilliant use of the Graphic form.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais-Astounding for its complexity and scope 15TH CENTURY!
The Spanish Tragedy, Thomas Kyd
Notes From the Underground/The Double, Fyodor Dostoyevsky-Excellent.
The Moon and Sixpence, W. Somerset Maugham-Beautiful and disturbing.
The Artist in Wartime, Harold Jaffe/FI-Complete drivel.
Simulacra and Simulation, Jean Baudrillard-Very intriguing but incomplete theory.
Scoop, Evelyn Waugh-One of my favorites at his best.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Francis Beaumont
The Shoemaker’s Holiday, Thomas Dekkar
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne
The Trial, Franz Kafka -Another of my favorites and one of their best.
Little Women, Louise May Alcott
Solaris, Stanislaw Lem-Very influential SF.
The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare-Read along Jew of Malta.
The Jew of Malta, Charles Marlowe-See above note.
Anti-Twitter , Harold Jaffe
Herzog, Saul Bellow-I was disappointed.
The Moonstone, Willkie Collins-I didn't enjoy it.
Valis, Philip K. Dick-A gem from a cult author.
Death in Venice and Stories, Thomas Mann-Genius knows no bounds.
Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow-In my opinion Bellows best.
A Humument, Tom Phillips-Some great avant guard art.
Iconology, W.J.T. Mitchell
Absalom, Absalom!, William Faulkner-The best work of Faulkner's incredible legacy.
The Innkeeper’s Song, Peter S. Beagle
Robin Hood, Paul Creswick
Arden of Ferversham, Anonymous
The History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault-Very important and interesting.
Baghdad Diaries, Nuha Al-Radi
The Wind-up Bird Chronicles, Haruki Murakami-One of the best recent novels.
The Tragic Reign of Selimus, Robert Greene
Tamburlaine Part 1, Christopher Marlowe
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carre-My first spy novel, not my thing.
Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev-I loved this, all men should read this in their lives.
The Renagado, Philip Massinger
The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers
American Earth, Assorted Authors
Norton Book of Nature Writing, Assorted Authors
Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather-Not as good as My Antonia but wonderful nonetheless.
A Winters Tale, William Shakespeare
Brighton Rock, Graham Greene-Greene is great but this is an early effort.
Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol-I didn't enjoy this and almost gave up.
After Theory, Terry Eagleton
Typee, Herman Melville
The Piazza Tales and Complete Stories, Herman Melville-Far and away the best American short story collection.
The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann-Just starting, high hopes.

[Dark Muse]

Thus far this is what I have read:

Villette by Charlotte Bronte: I really enjoyed it, thought it was a wonderful story which strongly draws from the Gothic style.

Omerta by Mario Puzzo: Very disappointing from an author whom normally I love.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte: It was average, it started out interesting, but tended to drag at points.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger: A re-read for me, and still among my favorite books.

The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson: A dark gruesome story which I of course quite enjoyed.

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol: I loved them, they are great stories. Highly enjoyable.

Slaughterhouse-Fiver by Kurt Vonnegut: Quite an interesting book, with my kind of bazaar with a touch of darkness humor. All in all I enjoyed it.

The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl: I thought this was quite a good book, very engaging and interesting.

Tunnels of Blood by Darran Shan: Part of the Vampire's Assistant series. For what it was (a young adult book) I really liked it, for those who like their vampires to be real monsters and not Romeo's it is a great series, very dark and macabre.

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard: A book that offers a really interesting perspective upon WW2 showing it through the eyes of a young British boy living as a refugee in Shanghai. I thought it was quite an interesting book and well done.

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens: My first Dickens novel, loved his sense of humor, found the characters highly amusing.

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold: I found it quite disappointing. It stars out interesting, I liked the concept of the alternative reality between "heaven" and earth, but than it just drags on and I didn't care for the end.

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: I loved this book, and thought it was wonderfully told, giving a very different perspective of Dracula.

The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen: It was not the best writing in the world, but it was still a fast paced entertaining adventure with an unusual twist.

Out Stealing Horses by Per Peterson: I found it disappointing, the title caught my eye, but it really was not as good as I had hoped.

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood: I loved it, an amazing book with a brilliant ending I thought.

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse: Ingenious! It has made the ranks of one of my favorite books. I absolutely loved it!!

The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer: Thought they were hilarious and highly entertaining.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: Though I could not personally take the story as a serious tragedy (it was too over dramatic) I thought it was very good writing and I did enjoy the story.

Rebecca by Daphen du Maurier: Absolutely loved it, beautiful haunting and poetic writing which draws from the Gothic style.

Elysiana by Chris Knopf: It had an interesting concept, but was not well executed, and the writing was pretty bad.

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Beautiful and wonderful story which was a real page turner.

Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordan: A mystery set in the middle ages, I thought it was a fun and entertaining book to read.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov: I was not that impressed, found it did not hold my interest, and I found it difficult to stay focused on the book. It went on very slowly.

[Zach J.]

This looks like a fun thread. Hmm...

Iliad by Homer -- Great
Odyssey by Homer -- Great (My first time reading these and I found it to be a wonderful experience. I read them for a class on classical epics, but that didn't stop me from enjoying both of these stories a great deal.)
Theogony by Hesiod -- Good
Works and Days by Hesiod -- Okay
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev -- Good (Turgenev describes some of the most beautiful scenery that I've read to date. If I re-read this story I feel like I would only like it more.)
Spring Torrents by Ivan Turgenev -- Good
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard -- Great ( A re-read, but these are some of my favorite stories about my favorite character by one of my favorite authors.)
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King by Robert E. Howard -- Good
Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E. Howard -- Okay (Probably me least favorite of Howard's creations. Still some good stories though.)
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard -- Good
The Bloody Crown of Conan by Robert E. Howard -- Good
The Conquering Sword of Conan by Robert E. Howard -- Great (For "Beyond the Black River" alone.)
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett -- Good (I was just introduced to hardboiled detective fiction and recommended to start with Hammett, a favorite of my aunt's. This was a fun read and it definitely made me want to read more of the author's work.)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger -- Okay (I don't mind the story itself, but I really dislike the main character. I just found him to be kind of annoying to be honest.)
The Song of Roland -- Okay (I liked the story more than the execution. The fact that it was a translation probably didn't help matters.)
The Poem of the Cid -- Okay (Same reasons as for Roland.)

[blazeofglory]

To speak to you honestly, this year I have so many books on my list and yet I could finish most of them for a variety of reasons. I have finished the Brothers Karamazov, in fact I read it repeatedly. I have read in the mean time several non-fictional works like the outlier by Malcolm, a brief history of time, and the wealth of nations - some of the books not categorized under literature, but in fact I find them full of literariness, beauty and vigor.

I have a hot-list I have yet to finish, first to begin with Ulysses, the book I have been always putting aside, the book I love and hate, the book I admired so much but have no patience to complete at all. Another book I have always been tirelessly commending yet never took the courage to complete. I have finished several of Tolstoy, for I always idolize him.

[keilj]

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger: A re-read for me, and still among my favorite books.



Muse, question for you. I read Catcher when I was about 15 - to this day it is one of my top books, maybe the top - it affected me deeply. I am afraid to re-read it for fear that it will not affect me now that I am in my late 30's, as it did when i was an adolescent?

Assuming that you are not a teenager - how did you find it, when you re-read it recently. Did you find some of his cynical musings to be immature??

[Dark Muse]

Muse, question for you. I read Catcher when I was about 15 - to this day it is one of my top books, maybe the top - it affected me deeply. I am afraid to re-read it for fear that it will not affect me now that I am in my late 30's, as it did when i was an adolescent?

Assuming that you are not a teenager - how did you find it, when you re-read it recently. Did you find some of his cynical musings to be immature??

I had the same fear when I decdied to re-read it. I first read it when I was in high school, and so I was bit worried about reading it again, but for me, upon rereading it, it only served to remind me of why I loved the book so much.

[keilj]

I had the same fear when I decdied to re-read it. I first read it when I was in high school, and so I was bit worried about reading it again, but for me, upon rereading it, it only served to remind me of why I loved the book so much.

Cool - I may have to re-read it soon. (see Holden say "goddam" a bunch of times again)

[spookymulder93]

Cool - I may have to re-read it soon. (see Holden say "goddam" a bunch of times again)

I'm not as old as you guys, but I read that book in highschool as well and I was totally disappointed. Holden was nothing but a pansy who went around complaining all the time. When I read the synopsis of the book I was all hyped up thinking he was going to be on some hardcore, punk rock, anti-Christ trip, but I must say Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey was more hardcore.

[keilj]

I'm not as old as you guys, but I read that book in highschool as well and I was totally disappointed. Holden was nothing but a pansy who went around complaining all the time. When I read the synopsis of the book I was all hyped up thinking he was going to be on some hardcore, punk rock, anti-Christ trip, but I must say Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey was more hardcore.

well - it's crowning point to me wasn't that it was hardcore - it was the palpable sense of isolation that Salinger was able to convey

[1n50mn14]

I've read many books this year, but most recently finished reading Watership Down which I never read as a child. I really enjoyed the story, especially the ending, but spent too much time looking for some sort of sub-text, as in Animal Farm. I may have to re-read it again just so I can take it at face value.

[keilj]

I've read many books this year, but most recently finished reading Watership Down which I never read as a child. I really enjoyed the story, especially the ending, but spent too much time looking for some sort of sub-text, as in Animal Farm. I may have to re-read it again just so I can take it at face value.

yeah, I just took it at face value and really liked it

[JuniperWoolf]

I've read many books this year, but most recently finished reading Watership Down which I never read as a child. I really enjoyed the story, especially the ending, but spent too much time looking for some sort of sub-text, as in Animal Farm. I may have to re-read it again just so I can take it at face value.

When it comes to Watership Down, I'd say take it at face value.

[victorianfan]

Pride and Prejudice - terrible
Dracula - terrible
Norwegian Wood - mediocre


Pride & Prejudice - one of my top 10 favorite books :biggrin5:
Dracula - I agree. It's a terrible novel. Have you seen the movie from 1992with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keeanu Reeves? It's really great. :nod:
Norwegian Wood - didn't like it at all


Crime and punishment-incredible

Yes, Crime and Punishment is a great novel! Have you read Brothers Karamazov by any chance? It's my favorite by Dostoevsky! :wave:


1984- Good


Just good?! :shocked: I think it's one of the most powerful books that I've ever read! :wave:

[ariella]

Haunted-chuck palahniuk...it was ok but the chapters between the stories were dull and seemed unnecessary IMO..and what was with all the stupid names. Felt like the author was taking the piss abit.

Choke-chuck palahniuk- not really my thing, i suppose. couldn't relate to anyone in it and all the american insults were ridiculous.

Fight Club- chuck palahniuk-talk about OVERRATED...i haven't actually seen the film..but after reading these 3 books i've got to say that Chuck is not all he is made out to be, maybe it's just not my style

Alone in Berlin- Hans Fallada - i liked this maybe it's because it's about nazi germany but quite depressing probably because most of the characters die

The Belljar-Sylvia Plath -Really, really liked it

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo-Stieg Larsson -overrated. It isn't that bad but the only reason i bought it, is that it was on offer, It is really uninteresting at first, some bland thing about corporations and then there is more of an actual story but it seems the author self inserted himself as the main male character, slept with these women and was so cool...It really is quite lame IMO especially all the apple mac and hacking references. maybe it's because it's translated from swedish that it's lame. Really predictable as well. but saying that, i have actually thought about reading the sequels.

Prozac Nation-Elizabeth Wurtzel- I really, really liked this, some places it is abit tedious and I knew how apparently whiny and self-centered the author was in it but I still found it hard not to like her, to say she was sooo depressed but yet still managed to get into harvard, work for newpapers, go to the bar get drunk, meet lots of people & take drugs is inspiring.

[spookymulder93]

Just good?! :shocked: I think it's one of the most powerful books that I've ever read! :wave:

I say it was a GOOD read because I don't think it was better than Fahrenheit 451 which is one of my favorite novels of all time.

Just got done reading One Hundred Years of Solitude. It was great for the 100 pages and then I stopped caring about the characters because the same things kept happening over and over again, and I realize that's the point of the book but I still think it would be better as a movie.

[Babak Movahed]

Another Country, pretty good
The Doctor is Sick, quite funny
The Idiot, good but not Dostoevsky's best
The Blind Owl, beautiful
The Turn of the Screw, wasn't a fan
Despair, alright
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, not bad
The Fur Hat, ****ing hilarious
The Day of the Locust, I enjoyed it
Anna Karenina, good but I didn't feel like it lived up to its hype
The Stranger (re-read), love it
Lucifer at the Starlight, quite lovely
The Caretaker & The Dumb Waiter, Pinter is incredible
King Lear, liked it but I'm more of a Hamlet fan
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, Fo deserved his Nobel Prize
The Red Letter Plays, hated them
Cryptogram, I didn't quite get it but I'm a fan of Mamet's language
Mother Courage and Her Children, way to much explication
A Light in August, Faulkner is a genius
Bonjour Tristesse, it had its moments
Siddhartha, absolutely amazing
Jesus' Son, not bad
and now I'm currently reading A People's History of the U.S. which is really good so far.
Oh I forgot to mention Heart of a Dog, quite good

[wokeem]

Yes, Crime and Punishment is a great novel! Have you read Brothers Karamazov by any chance? It's my favorite by Dostoevsky! :wave:



I need to! I own The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot so I will definitely get to it at some point. It seems that the majority of Dostoevsky fans that I speak to hold Karamazov up as one of their all time favorites. Honestly I'm just making a point this summer to read as many classic novelists as I can (especially those that I haven't read yet), and I'm in the middle of Nausea by Sartre at the moment. However Crime and Punisment and Notes From the Underground were both works that I enjoyed immensely and I want to read more Dostoesvky as quickly as possible, so I imagine that The Brothers Karamazov will be my next read. :nod:

[victorianfan]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë: so-so, slightly disappointed I expected more

Tess of the d'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy: great novel, 2nd time reading

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: wonderful, in my top 10 favourite novels

War and Peace by Tolstoy: magnificent work, 3rd time reading

The Dying Animal by Philip Roth: average; the movie is much, much better

Adam Bede by George Eliot: way too much moralising

A Hero of Our Time by Lermontov: my the favourite book for almost 15 years now; I don't know how many times I read it

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: unconvincing characters, but many inteligent thoughts

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: too naive

Julie & Julia by Julie Powell: bad stuff

After Dark by Haruki Murakami: an interesting book, love the plot and the end

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez: my 2nd reading; beautifully written, colorful ambient

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: excellent book

Alice Through the Looking-Glass & What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll: not so thrilled, the previous one is better

A Passage to India by Edward Morgan Forster: very good novel; beautiful thoughts

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami: horrible

Silas Marner by George Eliot: lovely, warm and compasionate

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe: an interesting novel

Baltazar and Blimunda by José Saramago: love the style and writer's irony

Cold Skin by Albert Sánchez Piñol: very exciting novel

Bleak House by Charles Dickens: loved the characters; one of the Dickens' best works

The Gaudi Key by Esteban Martin & Andreu Carranza: unimaginative

Impure Blood by Borisav Stanković: wonderful descriptions of time and characters

The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil: average

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan: mediocre

Novellas by Yoko Ogawa: wonderful

La Bête humaine by Émile Zola: excellent

A Heart So White by Javier Marías: so-so

Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović: profoundly philosophical

Fatelessness by Imre Kertész: optimistic look on painful experience; very good read

The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov: boring

The Way to Paradise by Mario Vargas Llosa: average; love the vividness


The Idiot, good but not Dostoevsky's best
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, not bad
Anna Karenina, good but I didn't feel like it lived up to its hype
Siddhartha, absolutely amazing


I agree with you on The Idiot and Siddhartha, however, in my opinion, One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is pretty amazing and Anna Karenina is among my top 5 favourite books and I read it 5 or 6 times. :skep:

[Babak Movahed]

I agree with you on The Idiot and Siddhartha, however, in my opinion, One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is pretty amazing and Anna Karenina is among my top 5 favourite books and I read it 5 or 6 times. :skep:

Well I did think that Anna Karenina was good but in my opinion I felt like it could have been better if Tolstoy cut some of the explication down. I understand Realism is capturing real life but I don't think an author needs to capture that much. As for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich really the only part of it that I found interesting was how well the jail represented the soviet union.

But hey we're all entitled to our own opinions. I was reading your list and was wondering what would be a good Murakami book to start with.

[TheFifthElement]

But hey we're all entitled to our own opinions. I was reading your list and was wondering what would be a good Murakami book to start with.
I'd recommend Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, it's very good.

[lalalauren]

Fall 2009

Love in Excess - Eliza Haywood--> Boring but not as bad as other 18th-century novels I read
Pamela - Samuel Richardson-->Boring
Fanny Hill - John Cleland --> Very naughty, so of course entertaining
Evelina - Frances Burney --> Boring
Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett --> Semi-humorous
Middlemarch - George Eliot--> Went on my favorites list
The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin--> Very enlightening, fascinating how you can apply it to Victorian literature
On Liberty - John Stuart Mill --> Love. Reshaped a lot of my personal beliefs
The Subjection of Women - John Stuart Mill-->Good
Caleb Williams - William Godwin-->Interesting but some boring parts
The Italian - Ann Radcliffe-->Boring
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy --> Went on my favorites list

(can you tell I don't like 18th-century fiction? lol)

Spring 2010

John Donne: Reformed Soul - John Stubbs--> Not bad for a biography
Vanity Fair - William Thackeray--> Love. Definitely a favorite, extremely funny
Bleak House - Charles Dickens-->Good
Home and the World - Rabindranath Tagore--> Very thought provoking
Cracking India - Bapsi Sidhwa-->Very entertaining
Sultana's Dream - Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain-->Boring
Haroun and the Sea of the Stories - Salman Rushdie-->Love.
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger-->Good light read
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot-->Plot was kind of boring but love Eliot's writing
Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai-->Interesting
God of Small things- Arundhati Roy-->Interesting but very strange writing style
The Warden- Anthony Trollope-->Pretty boring but a few funny moments

[spookymulder93]

Just got done reading Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American History Textbooks got Wrong and it was a good read.

I'd heard the horror stories about when Columbus came to America but I didn't know it was THAT bad.

[spookymulder93]

I finished A Tale of 2 cities 2 weeks ago and it was good. I mean the story wasn't all that interesting but the writing was great.

I just got done reading Watership Down and so far it's the best book I've read this year. General Woundwort is the baddest mofo since Genghis Khan!

[ElBennet85]

For whom the bell tolls Hemingwey-I don't particulary like his style of writting and it was a little slow at the beginning but the story was powerful and the ending was amazing.
The sun also rises-Hmmm I didn't like it much thought it was boring.
Les miserables - Amazing.Too bad I knew the plot it spoiled part of the fun
Discworld The light of magic Terry Pratchett- Haha hilarious, well written, amazing fantasy
The grapes of wrath Steinbeck - Amazing story I was constantly outraged while reading it, thinking was can happen in this world.
Ena padi metraei t'astra (a boy is counting the stars) Loudemis- My favourite Greek writer.I love this book sooooo much.
Agelasti anoixi Loudemis- Loved it
Synnefiazei Loudemis - Nice
Oi kerasies tha anthisoun k fetos Loudemis-Loved it
Kato apo ta kastra tis elpidas Loudemis- Very good
Sti fylaki tou kato kosmou Loudemis -Good enough
Narzib und Golmung Hesse- Very good
1984 Orwell - Masterpiece.Maybe the most shoking and thrilling book I've ever read.
La sirene rouge Maurice G.Dantec- Not so good as I expected
The last Jew Noah Gordon- good
Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins-Amazing (if you like his weird style of writting)
Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins- Very very good
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Stephen King -Amazing
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three Stephen King-Very very good
Needful things Stephen King- I've read better from King
Gentlemen & Players Joanne Harris- I didn't finish it.I don't like her as a writer.
The age of innocence Edith Wharton- Very good.Great ending...
Wormwood G.P.Taylor -Good enough.I didn't expect it though
The blindness Jose Saramago- Really interesting and out of the ordinary idea...
Killing Rommel Steven Pressfield- I liked it but my best remains The gates of fire
I, robot Isaak Asimov- Great piece of science fiction, really mind provocative

:smile5:

[dicer]

Here are some that stand out right now:

Notes from the Underground (Dostoevsky) - excellent.
Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky) - above.
Madame Bovary (Flaubert) - above.
Remains of the Day (Ishiguro) - above.
Memoirs of a Geisha (Some Guy) - okay but not great, half-hearted conclusion
Villette (C. Bronte): amazing!
Hard Times (Dickens): great
Oliver Twist (Dickens): awesome
Fathers and Sons (Turgenev): really good
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson): really good
The Reader (Bernard Schlink): terrible
In Cold Blood (Capote): great