It seems like there is some kind of consensus at least: There are many books which are both on BBC's and ABC's lists.
BBC's List
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It seems like there is some kind of consensus at least: There are many books which are both on BBC's and ABC's lists.
BBC's List
I've read 45 of them ... the others look interesting, except for the children's books. Since the posted book quiz told me I was "The Poisonwood Bible", I have got to read that now.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx is my favourite of hers. Sometimes you only like one by an author. And then you read one with quotes from another author and discover a whole other series, which is great, and entertains the local librarians & booksellers as you try to track it down.
The best book-search experience I had was in Waterstones.
All I could remember was that it was four syllables long (the title), and that my sister's ex had lent it to me a few years back. It was like a game of charades in the shop.
I could remember bits of the plot, which was about a king who wanted to live forever, a perfume, bees, and a genius waitress who kept getting deliveries of beets to her doorstep.
Straight away, two of them said "Jitterbug Perfume!" and went right to the shelf where they had a copy. Now that's a well-read bunch!
My sister & I both wanted to get "Jack The Bodiless" the minute it came out, and the looks we got from staff who'd never heard of it! This was before Amazon & online searches. You had to ask for the book you were after.
Even harder was my mother's search for Bob Geldof's autobiography, called
"Is That It?".
Imagine a customer who keeps saying "I'm looking for a book; is that it?"
"What, where? What is it?" were the puzzled replies she got for the most part.
<g>
- Dil
Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space outranks Anna Karenina?
What a world......
23 of those, about. I see several that are on my extensive "to read" list :)
About thirty of them... The ABC was kind of lighter than the BBC list, don't you think?
I'm surprised that To Kill A Mockingbird made it so high. It's got a great theme, but I don't really think it is such an outstanding piece of literature.
Am not surprised the bible made it up on the chart.It's the only book I read everyday from childhood.
I've read 10 on the list-not a great record if you ask me.
Among my favourites are War and Peace,Crime and Punshment,Wuthering Height etc.
The ones I aspire to read would include;Anna Karenina,100 years of solitude,The Grapes of Wrath etc.
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i am sanjukasula.you have a very good list of favorite books.
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i am sanjukasula.you have a very good list of favorite books.
its great to login here and my best hobbie is to read books.:yawnb: :yawnb:
I read 34....I can't say I agree with some of the titles I've read that was included in the list...particularly...
9. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown- it's a good book, but i won't go so far as to call it GREAT....
23. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt - Kinda boring
37. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - same as #23
52. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - boring too
73. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
95. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - ...zzzzzz.....
26 books that I've read from the list:
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. The Bible (Various Contributors)
6. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling
8. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
9. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
13. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
15. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling
17. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
18. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
20. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
26. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
32. Perfume: The Story Of A Murder by Patrick Suskind
36. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling
40. Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
43. Persuasion by Jane Austen
48. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
59. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2) by J. K. Rowling
65. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
68. Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
70. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
75. Emma by Jane Austen
78. Matilda by Roald Dahl
87. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
89. Watership Down by Richard Adams
93. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) by J. K. Rowling
98. Goosebumps by R. L Stine
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Watership Down, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, The Bible, Matilda, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Harry Potter-series would have probably been on my personal list, too.
Anna Karenina, The Secret History, Wuthering Heights, The Da Vinci Code, Goosebumps, Emma and The Catcher in the Rye wouldn't have made it to my list.
David Copperfield is the book I've never finished reading, though I've started it at least three times, and Alice's Adventures in the Wonderland is a book I'm currently reading :D
I've read about 30 of those. Good to see Artemis Fowl is doing well down under!