Books, books and more books…
Stole this from Kaitlyn/Bridget. I don’t know what it’s supposed to mean but I figured it was a good way to kill time and blog space while I’m not around.
The ones I’ve read are bolded…
1. The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown) - Read doesn’t necessarily mean liked.
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell) - I actually have a first edition copy of Gone with the Wind that was my Nana’s. It’s not in great shape anymore, but I’ve read it a few times.
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien) - I think I maybe finally gave up half way through this one. I just couldn’t take any more!!
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) - Thought this one was better than DiVinci code, but that’s not saying much considering they’re basically the exact same book.
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling) - Does it still count if I read it as the Sorcerer’s Stone?
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18 The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling) - Or as I refer to it, Azkabob.
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) - This is perhaps the most forgettable book I’ve ever read. I’ve actually read it numerous times because I’ve forgotten that I’ve read it before.
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) - Ouch, but yes I’ve read it.
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella) - I’m not actually sure I ever actually finished it.
44.The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. The Bible - Cover to cover - including all the begats.
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card) - This is one of the hubsters favorites.
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58.The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According to Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96.The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford) - I have a biography of Barbara Taylord Bradford though and this is one I’ve wanted to read.
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
41. Hmm, not bad. There are probably a good 10 on there that I refuse to read - anything that’s been turned into a lame ass movie (and no, I haven’t seen the movies either and remember, my definition of “lame ass” and yours may differ). And another pretty big handful that I own in my house (between the hubster and library booksales) but haven’t read.
How’d you do? Any books that you’re dying to read or refuse to read on this list?
April 21st, 2007 at 10:12 am
I’ve read less than twenty of them, but I’m notorious for only reading what I like. :D
OMG, you haven’t read Outlander?! That’s one of my favorite books of all time.
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Interestingly eclectic list. I’ve read 45 of them. But that’s only because there were a bunch that I had to read for English in high school and college. Otherwise, my list would be much less.