1. 1984 by George Orwell read September 2012, March 2015 2. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess read October 2013 3. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood read April 2017 4. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque -- 296 pages 5. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon read January 2015 6. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis -- 401 pages 7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie read October 2012 8. An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears read June 2018 9. Atonement by Ian McEwan read July 2014 10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath read September 2016 11. **Beloved by Toni Morrison read February 2016 12. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler read August 2014 13. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley read July 2015 14. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote read September 2013 15. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres -- 437 pages 16. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller read March 2016 17. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger -- read September 2014 18. Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee read June 2016 19. **The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse -- 254 pages 20. The Color Purple by Alice Walker read August 2016 21. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole -- 394 pages 22. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky read May 2016 23. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber read April 2015 24. The Crow Road by Iain Banks read October 2015 25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon read July 2016 26. **The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey read February 2014 27. The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank read January 2014 28. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick read September 2015 29. Dracula by Bram Stoker read October 2012 30. An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan -- 352 pages 31. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson read September 2017 32. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters read May 2017 33. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles -- 448 pages 34. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy read November 2016 35. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens read February 2015 36. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald read August 2015 37. Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski -- 288 pages 38. Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland -- 244 pages 39. **The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- 216 pages 40. **The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle -- 256 pages 41. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski read November 2015 42. Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of) by Mark Twain read with the Children's list, September 2016 43. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith read April 2016 44. If This Is A Man by Primo Levi -- 398 pages 45. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor read July 2017 46. In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin --199 pages 47. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte read October 2014 48. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy read Jan-Mar 2017 49. Life of Pi by Yann Martel -- 356 pages 50. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov read August 2018 51. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela read June 2017 52. Lord of the Flies by William Golding read September 2012 53. **The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien read summer 2014 54. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold read August 2017 55. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert read Jan-Mar 2017 56. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks read November-December 2017 57. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov read May 2018 58. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides read December 2014 59. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie read May 2015 60. ,The Monk by Matthew Lewis read November 2018 61. The Odyssey by Homer -- 560 pages 62. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck read November 2013 63. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey read November 2012 64. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez read May 2014 65. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson -- 192 pages 66. The Outsider/The Stranger by Albert Camus -- 123 pages 67. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco read June 2015 68. New York Trilogy by Paul Auster read September 2018 69. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman -- 343 pages 70. Perfume by Patrick Suskind read December 2016 71. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver -- 546 pages 72. Possession by A.S. Byatt read March 2018 73. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving read March 2014 74. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen read Jan-Mar 2017 75. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg -- 258 pages 76. **Rabbit, Run by John Updike -- 264 pages 77. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell -- 608 pages 78. The Reader by Bernard Schlink -- 218 pages 79. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier read August 2013 80. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro read December 2013 81. The Secret History by Donna Tartt read April 2014 82. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins -- 360 pages 83. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse read November 2014 84. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut read October 2016 85. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson -- 460 pages 86. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder -- 403 pages 87. Stalingrad by Antony Beevor -- 493 pages 88. **A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth -- 1,474 pages 89. **Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe read January 2018 90. **A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor -- 321 pages 91. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee read July 2013 92. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson -- 218 pages 93. **Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh -- 448 pages 94. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kindera read July 2018 95. Waterland by Graham Swift -- 368 pages 96. What A Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe -- 512 pages 97. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver read November-December 2017 98. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami read June 2014 99. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins read October 2017 100. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard -- 688 pages 101. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte read January 2016
This is not in order of "best" but merely alphabetical, to make it easier.
**Indicates books that have a sequel or are part of a series. They do not necessarily have to be read as part of their series, but can be done that way. We will discuss how to handle these books as a group as we get to each one of them. There is also a separate folder for threads if members want to go ahead and keep reading in a series.
******Read 67/101*******
(By the way, I realized later that I completely screwed up the alphabet, but it's too much work to change it, so it's as alphabetical as it's going to get!)
1984by George Orwell read September 2012, March 20152.
A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony Burgess read October 20133.
Alias Graceby Margaret Atwood read April 20174. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque -- 296 pages
5.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon read January 20156. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis -- 401 pages
7.
And Then There Were Noneby Agatha Christie read October 20128.
An Instance of the Fingerpostby Iain Pears read June 20189.
Atonementby Ian McEwan read July 201410.
The Bell Jarby Sylvia Plath read September 201611.
**Belovedby Toni Morrison read February 201612.
The Big Sleepby Raymond Chandler read August 201413.
Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley read July 201514.
Breakfast at Tiffany'sby Truman Capote read September 201315. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres -- 437 pages
16.
Catch-22by Joseph Heller read March 201617.
The Catcher in the Ryeby J.D. Salinger -- read September 201418.
Cider with Rosieby Laurie Lee read June 201619. **The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse -- 254 pages
20.
The Color Purpleby Alice Walker read August 201621. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole -- 394 pages
22.
Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky read May 201623.
The Crimson Petal and the Whiteby Michel Faber read April 201524.
The Crow Roadby Iain Banks read October 201525.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark Haddon read July 201626. **
The Daughter of Timeby Josephine Tey read February 201427.
The Diary of A Young Girlby Anne Frank read January 201428.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?by Philip K. Dick read September 201529.
Draculaby Bram Stoker read October 201230. An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan -- 352 pages
31.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasby Hunter S. Thompson read September 201732.
Fingersmithby Sarah Waters read May 201733. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles -- 448 pages
34.
The God of Small Thingsby Arundhati Roy read November 201635.
Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens read February 201536.
The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald read August 201537. Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski -- 288 pages
38. Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland -- 244 pages
39. **The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- 216 pages
40. **The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle -- 256 pages
41.
House of Leavesby Mark Z. Danielewski read November 201542.
Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of)by Mark Twain read with the Children's list, September 201643.
I Capture the Castleby Dodie Smith read April 201644. If This Is A Man by Primo Levi -- 398 pages
45.
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Thingsby Jon McGregor read July 201746. In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin --199 pages
47.
Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte read October 201448.
Jude the Obscureby Thomas Hardy read Jan-Mar 201749. Life of Pi by Yann Martel -- 356 pages
50.
Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov read August 201851.
Long Walk to Freedomby Nelson Mandela read June 201752.
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding read September 201253. **
The Lord of the Ringsby J.R.R. Tolkien read summer 201454.
The Lovely Bonesby Alice Sebold read August 201755.
Madame Bovaryby Gustave Flaubert read Jan-Mar 201756.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hatby Oliver Sacks read November-December 201757.
The Master and Margaritaby Mikhail Bulgakov read May 201858.
Middlesexby Jeffrey Eugenides read December 201459.
Midnight's Childrenby Salman Rushdie read May 201560. ,
The Monkby Matthew Lewis read November 201861. The Odyssey by Homer -- 560 pages
62.
Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck read November 201363.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nestby Ken Kesey read November 201264.
One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia Marquez read May 201465. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson -- 192 pages
66. The Outsider/The Stranger by Albert Camus -- 123 pages
67.
The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco read June 201568.
New York Trilogyby Paul Auster read September 201869. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman -- 343 pages
70.
Perfumeby Patrick Suskind read December 201671. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver -- 546 pages
72.
Possessionby A.S. Byatt read March 201873.
A Prayer for Owen Meanyby John Irving read March 201474.
Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen read Jan-Mar 201775. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg -- 258 pages
76. **Rabbit, Run by John Updike -- 264 pages
77. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell -- 608 pages
78. The Reader by Bernard Schlink -- 218 pages
79.
Rebeccaby Daphne du Maurier read August 201380.
The Remains of the Dayby Kazuo Ishiguro read December 201381.
The Secret Historyby Donna Tartt read April 201482. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins -- 360 pages
83.
Siddharthaby Hermann Hesse read November 201484.
Slaughterhouse-Fiveby Kurt Vonnegut read October 201685. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson -- 460 pages
86. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder -- 403 pages
87. Stalingrad by Antony Beevor -- 493 pages
88. **A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth -- 1,474 pages
89. **
Things Fall Apartby Chinua Achebe read January 201890. **A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor -- 321 pages
91.
To Kill A Mockingbirdby Harper Lee read July 201392. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson -- 218 pages
93. **Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh -- 448 pages
94.
The Unbearable Lightness of Beingby Milan Kindera read July 201895. Waterland by Graham Swift -- 368 pages
96. What A Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe -- 512 pages
97.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Loveby Raymond Carver read November-December 201798.
The Wind Up Bird Chronicleby Haruki Murakami read June 201499.
The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie Collins read October 2017100. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard -- 688 pages
101.
Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte read January 2016This is not in order of "best" but merely alphabetical, to make it easier.
**Indicates books that have a sequel or are part of a series. They do not necessarily have to be read as part of their series, but can be done that way. We will discuss how to handle these books as a group as we get to each one of them. There is also a separate folder for threads if members want to go ahead and keep reading in a series.
******Read 67/101*******
(By the way, I realized later that I completely screwed up the alphabet, but it's too much work to change it, so it's as alphabetical as it's going to get!)