Yes I saw The Fountainhead, but I must have overlooked Atlas Shrugged because surely it is near the top and I just missed it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
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Yes I saw The Fountainhead, but I must have overlooked Atlas Shrugged because surely it is near the top and I just missed it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
I've only read 28 of these. I would have thought I'd read more. Well...back to the library. :yawnb:
I've read the top ten books on that list. I must have a good taste in literature lol
If I counted correctly, I've only read 26 from the list :(. Isn't it ironic that doing an English Literature degree means you have no time to read...Ah well lots of reading to do after my exams!
I've only read 24 of these :(. This list is a great reference for what to read next though
I would suspect she wouldn't be in the top 1000 list of sophisticated readers.
I definitly have alot of reading to do! Only 17 out of the hundred *tsk tsk*. Thanks Dark Muse!
Even though my username is Dostoyevsky I think Catcher in the Rye should be #1 ahead of C&P. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and House of Leaves should also be on that list.
I've read 34, not too bad but I'd like to be up to 50 by Summer's end.
42, but some were read years back and completely forgotten.
LOL!Quote:
Isn't it ironic that doing an English Literature degree means you have no time to read... -Dark Lady
Only . . 12? Well, an even dozen, then. Hopefully more later, though! I have a few on my shelf.
And I wonder about Diary of Anne Frank? Did no one nominate that, or does it count as a "book"?
It's funny how people don't realise that these aren't the top 100 best books of all-time, but the TOP 100 FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THIS VERY SAME LIST! IS THAT CLEAR?! There are no 100 best books of all-time. There isn't even ONE book everyone in the world take as their favourite!!!!! So which is the best: "The Brothers Karamazov", "War and Peace", "D. Quixote", "The Bible", Shakespeare's works? You don't know! You just know the one you like the best, so you should respect the other opinions, even if they come from people who aren't as intelligent or educated as you. Unfortunately, not everyone is like that, but they also deserve to read, I think. I am also sad not to see "David Copperfield" on the list, but what can I do? I'm not going to die because of it, anyway, and I know how much I like that one book. I won't even think about this anymore after I post this stupid message!
Oh Amen!
Oh! How you,guys,love to make lists! As for me, C&P is too popular, you know what I mean, although it is amazing book. 1984 is just good, not for 2nd place.
No, what do you mean? Too popular? Are we having the Oprah's Book Club discussion again??Quote:
Originally Posted by Tukkanen
I'm about 50 pages from finishing Crime and Punishment and I am in shock that it was nominated number one. It's good but I personally think it shouldn't be number one. Thanks for the great list. You should be commended for your great work.
I am particularly surprised to find that I have read 31 of those books. And there are 11 of them that I haven't read that are currently on my shelf in my "to read" pile. Guess I know what I'll be going for next! I am surprised that there are some of them that aren't up there.
sweet, more or less than 45 read. Surprised at the lack of Virginia Woolf and how The Fountainhead appears.
I've read 27. The Divine Comedy and Lolita are next on my list. Two of my favorites made it (Wuthering Heights and Madame Bovary), but my other favorites (White Oleander, Like Water For Chocolate, Gone With The Wind) didn't make it.
Yeah, I would have thought Mrs. Dalloway would be on there.
DM this is great... thank you so much for all your hard work :)
Well, I can't believe 1984 was no 2... and to kill a mockingbird no 6, and even more bizarre how did Lord of the Flies even get onto this list especially as high as 28 and that's just the beginning.. but I'll drop it, as for the most part it's quite a good list... I am disappointed to see that no Canadian writers got on this list, like maybe Mistry's A Fine Balance... and where are the south american writers? Cortazar jumps to my mind, Marquez's short stories are amazing... and Calvino? and though I don't like it all that much the Booker of all Bookers Midnight's Children is surprisingly absent as well :p and so many others haha... it would be interesting to see every book that got a vote.. a list of everything...
I've read 81 of the 100 and wish I hadn't spent the time on a good number of those.. as for the other 19, most I have no desire to open...
It's a shame that none of Easton Ellis' work made the list.
Awesome, a new list to go through, :)
Yes. I read a few of them. But others I have been learning about at school. So I know them, even though just as a student of literature. Which gave me a lot of knowledge during the last few years.
Nice to see Ulysses right down at number 42. :)
I have just re-read Crime and Punishment after a gap of several decades and it is certainly a great novel, but number 1? I also recently read or re-read Hamlet, The Tempest, A Midsummer's Night Dream, The Cossacks (Tolstoy), Don Quixote, Nicholas Nickleby, and would like anyone to tell me why C&P is better than these?! Also why only one Dickens novel, and one of his lesser ones at that? C&P might just make the top 50, but number 1?
I like this list for the most part. I just don't know how I feel about Crime and Punishment being the number one book. Why do I get the feeling that the people who voted C&P over The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot, only voted that way because C&P is the only Dostoevsky book they've read? If they had read TBK then they never would have voted C&P over it.
Also, I feel that The Count of Monte Cristo is much too low. The reason is probably because not many people here have read it, maybe they think it's too long. Everyone I know who has read it will tell you that it's one of their top favorite books of all time. Don't be fooled by The Count of Monte Cristo being so low on the list and skipping over it for a book higher on the list, it's a true masterpiece.
Why then do only 1 out of 125 "leading writers" in "Top Ten" pick it? That "leading" writer is Scott Turow ("Presumed innocent"). Is he even a leading writer? I've seen the films of the books and both plots move along well, and Turow praises Dumas for that. But great literature needs more than that. (Neither Dumas or Turow are on Bloom's list). If I'm to read 1500 pages a book needs to tick more boxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaterskagg1
Have you read Dickens or Tolstoy? I found reading Tolstoy's "The Cossacks" after Dostoevsky C&P to be a great relief, Dostoevsky is deep & brilliant, but Tolstoy knows how to create expansive, clear visions and great plots, while also being deep & brilliant. Maybe you are just reacting to the simple pleasure of a racy plot after Dostoevsky's rather convoluted narrow plots? So how does Dumas' long book compare to Tolstoy's long book (War & Peace)?
1. Crime and Punishment
10. The Bible
11. Lolita
13. The Stranger
19. The Grapes of Wrath
20. On the Road
24. The Catcher in the Rye
25. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
28. Lord of the Flies
29. The Lord of the Rings
30. The Odyssey
34. Frankenstein
39. The Old Man and the Sea
40. Slaughterhouse 5
41. The Sun Also Rises
43. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
45. Dracula
50. Of Mice and Men
53. The Trial
56. Cat's Cradle
74. Perfume
77. Watership Down
87. In Cold Blood
95. A Clockwork Orange
I have read these. Not too bad. I could have included a list of those I started but never finished. That might be just as long. :)
i also liked the gambler very very much, and for me is one of the top 10, but better not push Dostoevsky, there are already 3 book in the list. well the man is a genius :D
Cool to see Crime and Punishment at the top.
Have only read 34 of these so I have some serious reading to do...:eek:
I have 49 of these books somewhere in my library....but I've only read 28 of them :(
It only comes in at number 16 in Zane's "The Top Ten". This is based on the choices of 125 leading writers. Seems about right (if only one book per author!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallulah
Oh, I have to do some reading, I 've read about twenty of the books, but many of them I've always wanted to read, but never found/made the time for it. So, I'll see which ones I'll start with.
Thanks for making the list!
You are correct. "In Search of Lost Time" seems to be the preferred translation, at least that's the translation that Penguin uses. Anyone read the old Kilmartin/Moncrieff translation and the new translation? Any thoughts of which one is likeliest to keep one reading? I gave up half way through the Kilmartin translation some time ago, but I liked the first volume very much so might try to go the whole hog with the latest translation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallon
Some of my favorites didn't make the list. Still, looks like a decent list.
Okay. Ive read a pretty big majority of that list before seeing it, and the best are
1. War and peace
2. The brother karamazov
3. Watership down
4. Anna karenin
5. The idiot.
6. A clockwork orange
7. One flew over the cukoos nest.
What I was suprised to find included...
the sound and the fury...worthless..i could
have n ever read that book and not missed a thing.
Madame bovary was "interesting" but I was disappointed.
And where is
everything is illuminated and the world according to garp?
This list always makes me feel so bad!
Only like, 28 on that list! And I've got a BA in Lit.
The trial is a trash and should not be in a top 10.000 books. If you overlook this absurd, the list can be acceptable. At least i did not find Twilight and Harry Potter.
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