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Check out this quiz AAB bibliophiles. I was pleasantly surprised to find I have read 73/100 with 2 more on the go but remember folks I have been an obsessive reader for over half a century.

70/100 and 4/5 TBR within months. But as you say Tweedledum, I am as well an obsessive reader!!!

I've read 42 - with quite a few to read!

69 for me, and now more to go on my TBR list!

73 done for me, not counting the Complete Works of Shakespeare (which I am working on but haven't finished). I did count Watership Down which I abandoned unfinished because I hated it!

43 for me, but some I do not care to read.

55/100 for me. I didn't count a couple that I can't remember whether I read them or not.

@Petra - I'm so glad that you said that! These lists almost always have a few books whose title or (more often) cover seems familiar but that I can't say with certainty I have read - I have just blamed it on my poor memory, but I am glad to know that I am not the sole person that this happens to!!

LOL! You certainly aren't, Leslie. Join me on the couch of "I can't remember".

Only 33 for me but lots of books on the list that I've been meaning to read for ages...I must get on to it haha

Petra wrote: "55/100 for me. I didn't count a couple that I can't remember whether I read them or not."

Same here! I've considered that if I don't remeber them it is as I've not read them even if I had!!!

26 for me.

Many are on my to-read list though.

I am surprised to have read 29/100 books (which is more than the average goodreads reader)

But these are on my to-read lists:
1. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3. Bleak House – Charles Dickens
4. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
5. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
6. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
7. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
8. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
9. Emma – Jane Austen
10. Persuasion – Jane Austen
11. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
12. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
13. Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
14. Animal Farm – George Orwell
15. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
16. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
17. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
18. A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
19. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
20. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
21. Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
22. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
23. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson

80/100 for me and I've added the remaining 20 to my TBR.

50 for me

Alannah wrote: "I am surprised to have read 29/100 books (which is more than the average goodreads reader)

But these are on my to-read lists:
1. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
2. Little Women - Louisa May A..."

Alannah, you have so many books I love on this to-read list! And it looks like one of the two Austen books will be our next group classic, so a good opportunity for you to tackle those :)

I think I`ve read 30 of them.

I scored 15, have quite a few TBR though

In my case, 66. The ones I haven't read are almost all recent (post-WWWII) fiction, of which I read very little. I doubt whether there were more than two or three pre-1900 which I haven't read. (Zola I've never read, for one.)

But like others, I've been reading regularly for more than have a century, so over that span of time the books do mount up.

Everyman wrote: "In my case, 66. The ones I haven't read are almost all recent (post-WWWII) fiction, of which I read very little. I doubt whether there were more than two or three pre-1900 which I haven't read. (..."

Why never Zola? I'm quite liking his Rougon Marquart books...

37, with about another 10 that I aim to read over the next few months

LauraT wrote: "Why never Zola? I'm quite liking his Rougon Marquart books... "

Really, no particular reason. He has just never come up in my radar. He wasn't in the curriculum at St. John's college or even mentioned there that I recall. For a time my reading was largely guided by Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan, the Harvard Classics, and the Britannica Great Books reading plan, none of which include any of his works. He isn't generally discussed in the same places that my primary interests are discussed, and I almost never come across references to his work. So basically he just doesn't swim into my view when I'm adding to my already overwhelming TBR shelves.

20 for me.

Everyman wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Why never Zola? I'm quite liking his Rougon Marquart books... "

Really, no particular reason. He has just never come up in my radar. He wasn't in the curriculum at St. John's coll..."

Try him then!

If you got a low score don't feel so badly. I got 11. But to my defense (a) I only discovered my love of reading 5 years ago and (b) I own about half of those books, just haven't gotten around to reading them yet :)

I've read 40 and have to go back and take a closer look.

I've read 25 and there's a few on my to-read list.

I've read 47. But couple of them are confusing like Hamlet and complete works of Shakespeare and the chronicle of narnia and also lion, the witch and the wardrobe listed separately. Isn't that redundant?

Meera wrote: "I've read 47. But couple of them are confusing like Hamlet and complete works of Shakespeare and the chronicle of narnia and also lion, the witch and the wardrobe listed separately. Isn't that redu..."

Yes, I noticed that too. It is redundant!

Leslie wrote: "Meera wrote: "I've read 47. But couple of them are confusing like Hamlet and complete works of Shakespeare and the chronicle of narnia and also lion, the witch and the wardrobe listed separately. I...
Yes, I noticed that too. It is redundant! "

It often happens in this type of list!

Oh dear... Only 20 for me! But I'm still relatively a young'un, plus I fell behind on my fun-reading the 6 years that I was at university, because I simply had no time or energy. But I'm catching up! :)

For this tally I only counted ones that I had finished, but there were a few "honorary" ones I could half-count to myself. For instance I read Fellowship of the Ring but not the other two in the trilogy. A Tale of Two Cities I skimmed. Also I read the stage play of Grapes of Wrath but not the novel.

As for the redundancy, I think they do that because, for example, not everybody has read the entirety of Narnia, but many people have read The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe because it's so famous, so they want to give that option. That book in particular is often considered a stand-alone.

32/100 for me, and most of the ones I haven't read are already in my TBR. I feel like rereading all of the ones I have read too x)
Am I the only one who gets a bit annoyed every time I see Bridget Jones's Diary on these kinds of lists? It really doesn't fit in with the classics..

Jakurino wrote: "32/100 for me, and most of the ones I haven't read are already in my TBR. I feel like rereading all of the ones I have read too x)
Am I the only one who gets a bit annoyed every time I see

Hmm... I think I disagree there. Is it just Bridget Jones you dislike or are there others?

I would say there are a few books on the BBC list I would define as a classic (for example I think Possession is one of the worst books I've ever written). Bridget Jones has won prizes, sold over 2million copies and has been adapted into a hit film and musical so I think it could be argued it is a classic. I guess it's just a matter of opinion as to how you define a classic

28/100
Books I have read from the list:
1. Wuthering Heights
2. 1984
3. Great Expectations
4. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
5. Rebecca
6. Catcher In The Rye
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
8. Brideshead Revisited
9. Crime And Punishment
10. Alice In Wonderland
11. David Copperfield
12. Winnie The Pooh
13. Anne Of Green Gables
14. Atonement
15. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
16. The Lovely Bones
17. The Count Of Monte Cristo
18. Jude The Obscure
19. Moby Dick
20. Oliver Twist
21. Dracula
22. The Secret Garden
23. Possession
24. A Christmas Carol
25. Cloud Atlas
26. Madame Bovary
27. The Three Musketeers
28. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Jakurino wrote: "Am I the only one who gets a bit annoyed every time I see Bridget Jones's Diary on these kinds of lists? It really doesn't fit in with the classics..."

Not all the books on the list were classics. Seemed more like a list of best-selling or widely-read books. I can see why it might look strange to have Bridget Jones included because it's a humor book, but it is VERY good! To me, anyway! :)

I'm not sure it's a list of "classics" really. Just a list of books someone in the BBC has dreamed up - and who thinks the average person has only read six of them.

Although I've seen the films, I've never read any of the Bridget Jones books - is there any point, now I've seen the films?

Shirley wrote: "I'm not sure it's a list of "classics" really. Just a list of books someone in the BBC has dreamed up - and who thinks the average person has only read six of them.

Although I've seen the films, ..."

NOOOO!!!

There are differences particularly in the second book but I think the 1st is very similar. Probably not worth it but they aren't bad books

Heather wrote: "Jakurino wrote: "32/100 for me, and most of the ones I haven't read are already in my TBR. I feel like rereading all of the ones I have read too x)
Am I the only one who gets a bit annoyed every t..."

@Heather .... did you mean " Possession is one of the worst books ever written? "

A courageous comment on AS Byatt! But I think I know what you mean. I was determined to finish it (Possession) because I loved the film and the concept. In the end I decided that Byatt was deliberately imitating the obsessiveness of some second class Victorian authors who were obsessed with their own self importance. I haven't read any other AS Byatt... This rather put me off but I have a friend who really loves her writing. Of course she is officially up there with the giants of C20 women writers. I wonder what other AABs think...

Perhaps worst book ever written was a bit much but I hated it! It was dry and as you said, seemed to go out of its way to be literary and confuse the reader rather than telling a story. I wouldn't try any other Byatt because that book alone took far too many hours of my life away! I too kept going but I wish I hadn't

Jakurino wrote: "32/100 for me, and most of the ones I haven't read are already in my TBR. I feel like rereading all of the ones I have read too x)
Am I the only one who gets a bit annoyed every time I see [book:B..."

I know the feeling Jakurino but The Lovely Bones is on the list too... I mean at least Bridget Jones has become a household name. There are few people who do not know who she is....

I loved/hated the book. Enjoyed the film more which captured the character so perfectly.

Heather wrote: "Perhaps worst book ever written was a bit much but I hated it! It was dry and as you said, seemed to go out of its way to be literary and confuse the reader rather than telling a story. I wouldn't ..."

I knw that it is considered a really great book, but I didn't like it so much - even if I wouldn't day the worst ever written - I've rad a lot worst than this!! - especially in the end: it seemss it'll never finish!

35--More on my TBR list for the next year.

That is some load of books!

71 for me (Shakespeare is listed twice - I haven't read all of his works, but I've read about 3/4. That was my summer between Junior and Senior in high school. Read all of Ian Fleming's Perry Maon novels in my Sophomore summer, as well as every Steinbeck I could find in our library. Those ladies knew me well, gave me books I probably shouldn't have had ;) )

Some of those I'll never read, like The Lovely Bones. Saw the movie, cried my eyes out, won't subject myself to that again!

Others there are on my very large To-Read Shelf here at home. No Hobbit, Lord of the Rings? No Gormenghast!?! Loved Confederacy of Dunces though I had no idea where it was going, initially...

I've read AS Byatt but not the one listed. Liked what I read (would have to go check my library shelves to tell you the title.

Btw, I'm nuts. My books number 5925 at this moment... Not counting comics. I've not read about 300 of them... Working my way thru them! Goodreads has NOT been "good" for my addiction/compulsion!

I thought I'd done this one! Must have been posted when I was a bit fed up with lists... Here goes then:

Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter Boxset
To Kill a Mockingbird
Holy Bible: King James Version
Wuthering Heights
1984
His Dark Materials
Great Expectations
Little Women
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Catch-22
The Complete Works
Rebecca
The Hobbit
The Time Traveler's Wife
Middlemarch
The Great Gatsby
Bleak House
War and Peace
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Live
Brideshead Revisited
Crime and Punishment
The Grapes of Wrath
Alice in Wonderland
The Wind in the Willows
David Copperfield
The Chronicles of Narnia
Emma
Persuasion
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Memoirs of a Geisha
Winnie-the-Pooh
Animal Farm
The Da Vinci Code
The Woman in White
Anne of Green Gables
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Handmaid's Tale
Lord of the Flies
Life of Pi
Dune
Cold Comfort Farm
Sense and Sensibility
A Suitable Boy
A Tale of Two Cities
Brave New World
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Of Mice and Men
Jude the Obscure
Bridget Jones's Diary
Oliver Twist
Dracula
The Secret Garden
The Bell Jar
Swallows and Amazons
Vanity Fair
Possession
A Christmas Carol
The Remains of the Day
Charlotte's Web
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Faraway Tree Stories
The Little Prince
Watership Down
The Three Musketeers
Hamlet
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

69 - now I see why I didn't post before! I have included all Shakespeare, and all the Bible, although in both cases I reckon it's just more than half. I have not included other books I did not finish, or know from a dramatisation, namely:

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Ulysses
Heart of Darkness

I did think this list is heavily prejudiced in favour of English readers, but then maybe that was to be expected.

only 32/100
:(

I've read about a quarter of them, but there are quite a number of unread ones either on my to read list or already on my bookshelves. I know we read some Shakespeare at school but other than Macbeth I can't remember which ones.

2 - The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
8 - Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
10 - Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
13 - Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
16 - The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
22 - The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
25 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
28 - Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29 - Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30 - The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
36 - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
40 - Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41 - Animal Farm – George Orwell
42 - The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
49 - Lord of the Flies – William Golding
51 - Life of Pi - Yann Martel
57 - A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
59 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
70 - Moby Dick – Herman Melville
74 - Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
81 - A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
91 - Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
94 - Watership Down - Richard Adams
99 - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

I 'think' I've read, but can't be sure:
77 - Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
97 - The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

42/100 for me. About 7 of them on my TBR list. Saw film adaptations of another 8 or so of them. I have to read a book before seeing the film for once I've seen the film I just never seem to get around to reading the book, yet I love to see the films after reading!