I have read only 36, perhaps I should get busy reading. Some of them I have in my head to read, others, I haven't perhaps, so this is a nice place to start.
Thank you for compiling the list.
I have read only 36, perhaps I should get busy reading. Some of them I have in my head to read, others, I haven't perhaps, so this is a nice place to start.
Thank you for compiling the list.
HMMM..little disappointing I didn't get much of a response from those additional authors but then I only posted yesterday..
Maybe more folk will come along and post here.
Off to check out other sections of the site.
Can't believe that Gargantua and Pantangruel is in top 100.
Good list to reference to when in need. I need to get my hands on "Sometimes a Great Nation"!
Nice list. Only read about 17, but half read about another 7 and have another 20 or 30 on the shelf.
T for Tea.
I have read 49 (including first 13) but then the list becomes a bit iffy towards the end. 'Kite Runner' in top 100! 'The Brothers Karamazov' was my suggestion for number 1 but I think the shorter and more fast-paced book received more votes. There are many in this list which I started but could never finish.
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-- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett
'Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy'?
I've read about 20 of the books on this list.
I'm also missing 'Atonement' and 'Saturday' by McEwan, and 'His Dark Materials' by Pullman. Edit: And 'Hiroshima' by Hersey, more article than book but still.
And needless to say, many books on that list just aren't my taste, it's all quite subjective.
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A very good list, I have a number of those on my Christmas list. Sure looking forward to it.
I've read about 13 on the list, hah, so I really need to get reading!
I will be reading Don Quixote soon in Spanish class, though.
"I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking."
65 of these I've read. I have to say that my list differs greatly. I think I will have to make it up...
First off I would've made the category more exclusive, and I would've excluded the Bible, The Republic, In Cold Blood, Notes from the Underground as being either non-fictional and novellas.
noticeably absent are Balzac, Carlyle, Mann, Gide, Pynchon, DeLillo, DFW, Sartre.. actually most of my favorite authors aren't elided...
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It didn't make the cut?!Originally Posted by Mopey Droney
I dont see The Color Purple by Alice Walker either...
Last edited by ScribbleScribe; 01-06-2011 at 03:31 PM.
great list of books..
sahil
The Three Musketeers definitely belongs on this list.
meh...Dumas was the steven king of the 19th century
Having read both, neither are worthy of top 100 (of all time)
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