I've read 33 out of the 100.
Not bad, not great. I need to get reading!
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I've read 33 out of the 100.
Not bad, not great. I need to get reading!
I have read 15 books from the list and I am happy that most of them are on my personal to-be-read list, so I gotta keep reading
Haha, I did much better than the Pulitzer winners list, I only got 3 of those.
I've read 35 of the works on this list. Maybe 36 if the Faust refers to Marlowe's Dr. Faustus instead of Goethe's Faust ;)
Great list, but where's The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende?
Once again, a bit of a grudge on the list. I wasn't here to vote, so my vote would be a bit different.
Pride and Prejudice was a bit over-rated, and the Illiad was too under-rated. Just my two cents.
excuse me, The Bible is not in the first place?? How come? it's definitely is far higher than these are above
@ Inka, Well, The Bible is certainly the most important book that was ever produced, because books wouldn't be published as much if it weren't for that big book (thank you, Gutenberg!), but aside from that - it is such an awful read, especially if you don't believe in God!
I am glad that Catch-22 is in the top. Also, shocked about The Fountainhead getting inside... because most of the people outside America have never heard of it : )
i really needed this list! thanks!
Didn't you spell Julius Caesar wrong?
Also, this list is awesome and pretty accurate to my own opinion.:)
LOL, I didn't mispell it, whoever nominated it did, I just copy and pasted the nominations when compliling my list. Though I suppose I should have double checked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
I've read seventy-three of the hundred, but then I've been reading for over fifty years.
I was wondering which Faust that referred to as well (I assumed the one by Goethe). Also, what does you mean by Fiction-Borges. That sounds more like your ranking an author more than a specific novel, and I say that's unfair. There's no one book that contains all the fiction by Borges anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
I occassionally lurk here as a guest. I saw the list of 100 top books and found I had read 54 of them so I decided to become a member of the forum. I love to read good literature but rarely have anyone to discuss them with.
Looking forward to being amoungst you folks.
Wonderful list, at times close to my "novels to read" list. So far I've only read 13 out of these.
I've only read 15 :( (only been reading for 3/4yrs though)
Another 14 in my "to-read" pile - and since I have a couple months free my pace will pick up ;)