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Hoe wrote: "Full list is here:
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (1243)
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger (321)
Connie Willis: To Say Nothing of the Dog (493)
Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon (311)
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Fabulous list! I love how it includes Asian authors as well as Anglos :-)
What are the numbers in parentheses after the title?
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (1243)
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger (321)
Connie Willis: To Say Nothing of the Dog (493)
Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon (311)
D..."
Fabulous list! I love how it includes Asian authors as well as Anglos :-)
What are the numbers in parentheses after the title?
As Hayes said, it's the number of pages for the copies that I own. ;)
Very impressive list! Hayes & I love The Count.
Absolutely a fabulous list. You picked up some very lovely books, like the neverending story and sophie's world.
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England sounds great! Just added it to my want list.
Thanks! The Count was actually the first book to make it to the list. I was very sure I want to tackle it despite its sheer size. ;)
Thanks! I have very fond memories of the Never Ending Story movie as a child and I only found out it was a book much later. Now that I obtained a copy of it, it just has to be read. ;) As for Sophie's World, it was added due to my growing interest in philosophy. I'm definitely looking forward to read them. :)
Thanks! :D I'm really pumped up to get through these books now. ;)
It's nonfiction though but it's also one of those highly recommended books for anyone who is interested in that period. :)
Hoe wrote: "It's nonfiction though but it's also one of those highly recommended books for anyone who is interested in that period. :)" I remember seeing the title of
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
mentioned in the newspaper some time ago. I've added it to my wishlist TBR. Thank you for reminding me.
Hoe wrote: "Thanks! The Count was actually the first book to make it to the list. I was very sure I want to tackle it despite its sheer size. ;)"
All those pages go flying by, however. I really recommend spending the money (if your library does not have it) for the robin buss translation, the penguin edition. It's worth every penny.
All those pages go flying by, however. I really recommend spending the money (if your library does not have it) for the robin buss translation, the penguin edition. It's worth every penny.
No problem. ;) I heard a lot of good things about it too.
Yup. That's the edition I own. I looked around for recommendations for the best translation available for the Count and received a unanimous answer. So I picked up a copy a while ago when it was available, I just need to get around to reading it before the year's over. ;)
Did you ever tackle The Count of Monte Cristo? I had starting listening to an award-winning audio edition of the book a few years ago and made it through half way. I stopped, however when life got in the way and unfortunately never picked it back up. I have a print edition as well, but those 1000+ chunksters tend to get pushed back :-/
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (1243)
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger (321)
Connie Willis: To Say Nothing of the Dog (493)
Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon (311)
Dante Alighieri: Inferno (288)
E.L. Doctorow: Ragtime (236)
Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (215)
F. Spencer Chapman: The Jungle is Neutral (341)
Frank McCourt: Angela’s Ashes (460)
Gao Xingjian: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather (158)
Georgette Heyer: April Lady (243)
Ha Jin: War Trash (345)
Ian Mortimer: The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England (292)
Isabella Bird: The Golden Chersonese (352)
Jason Roberts: A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History’s Greatest Traveler (355)
Joseph Heller: Catch-22 (570)
Jostein Gaarder: Sophie’s World (427)
Kazuo Ishiguro: An Artist of the Floating World (206)
Kukrit Pramoj: Four Reigns (594)
Lin Yutang: The Importance of Living (455)
Maxime Hong Kingston: The Woman Warrior (209)
Michael Ende: The Neverending Story (455)
Murakami Haruki: Kafka on the Shore (467)
Naomi Novik: Her Majesty’s Dragon (356)
Peter Carey: My Life as a Fake (266)
Pierre Boulle: The Bridge on the River Kwai (186)
Robert Jordan: The Eye of the World (800)
Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (282)
Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children (647)
Su Tong: Rice (266)
T.H.White: The Once and Future King (639)
Tash Aw: The Harmony Silk Factory (404)
Ursula Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (304)
V. S. Naipaul: The Mystic River (207)
Xinran: Sky Burial (158)
Yu Hua: China in Ten Words (225)