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I think there are nine I haven't read.
I adore Crime and Punishment, and am unbelievably happy that it made the top of the list; and was closely followed by Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov (Also glad "the Idiot" made the list).
1984 is on hold for me at the library, and i have been waiting for it for quite a while, as everyone says it is fabulous.
I also love Les Mis, Hamlet, to Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and, well, all the other 53 of them that I have read!
Great work Dark Muse! Thanks for taking the time to compile this list. Happy to see On the Road in the works. You weren't just trying to please us beats were you? I better start getting serious about my reading habits. There doesn't seem to be enough time in the day!!
Thank you! Finally someone understands that the Harry Potter books are worthless and should not be seen in any assortment of good literature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Griffith
Anyways great list, except I think Milton's "Paradise Lost" should be in the top ten best books.
This is so unquestionable that nobody is even mentioning it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Jekyll
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 ;)
I've read 71 on the list (I think, I may have lost count) I tend to agree with Crime & Punishment as number one. Les Miserables in the top five? I suppose somebody has to like it!
Shocking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
WTF?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
Middlemarch ommitted (somehow).
[QUOTE=Red-Headed;814119]I've read 71 on the list (I think, I may have lost count) I tend to agree with Crime & Punishment as number one. Les Miserables in the top five? I suppose somebody has to like it![/QUOTE
i only read 30 but i agree on les miserables
Lists of these sorts are a constant reminder of how much I am Literary illiterate.
I've only read about 17.:(:bawling::eek::blush:
Surprised, but delighted Crime and Punishment is no. 1. Dostoevsky has become my favorite author. I am making my way through his works as we speak, he may have changed my life.
I've read about 70 of them. I've been reading classics all my life. Most of them are classics.
I'm currently reading Crime and Punishment. Definitely the best novel I've read so far. Part 3 Chapter 5 completely blew my mind. Trying to get through lots of the classics before I go to uni, I was always under the impression that War and Peace was considered better than C + P, but hey ho.
Surprised to see the Kite Runner in there, a good book to be sure, but not really a classic.
Well this list was not limited to only classics, though it so happens that Classics are classcis for a reason and thus many of the works upon the list happen to be classics, but the nominations were open to any book.
That list makes me realized how much I need to read! I have only read 18 of those books. I am glad to see that Kurt Vonnegut made it on the list. He was a wonderful author
("Goodbye blue Monday").
To the making of lists there is no end. But it's a sign of autism.
I'm glad Brave New World is on the list. I've been in love with that book since high school.
Hi :-). When you finish reading Crime and Punishment. Watch Match Point. It's a movie by Woody Allen and it's interesting how he incorporates some of the events from the book in the movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammyuk
Thank you so much for this DarkMuse! That's a great idea you've had and a very good job compiling all the votes.:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up
I'm reading this now, and so far, I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by fb0252
And, not to beat a dead horse, but how does Fountainhead get up so high?
(Well, I guess I know how. But, jeez!)
I adore quite a few of these (1984, Pride and Prejudice, the Republic, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, Animal Farm, Candide, Jane Eyre, Anna Kerrina) but have not read so many of them! I have some of them in my library (Lord of the Flies and War and Peace are the first ones that come to mind) that I have not gotten around to reading. I'm going to print this and make a point to read all of them! :D
"Top 100 books official list"Quote:
Originally Posted by genji
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Why does everyone spell Anna Karenina incorrectly, it's even incorrect on the original list. jeez.Quote:
Originally Posted by emfayemc
I'm also somewhat surprised at the support of Crime and Punishment being the number one book, especially as most people have read the Constance Garnett translation - which should be number one, for all time worst literary tragedies.
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Lol just because it is, as you say, a book doesn't mean in necessarily merits 10th position on the list. Chill out!
I think it probably should be up there somewhere - especially the King James translation - as it has much beautiful language and has been the foundation to so much subsequent literature. This is just trying to judge it on its literary merit without the (perhaps unavoidable) baggage attached to it.
I think that has to do with the way the name is translanted, I have seen different editions of the book spell the name in different ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by ktr
I thought it was only sometimes translated as Karenin, the final A left off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
as far as i know it has never been translated as Karinini or Karrini or anything like that.