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I have read 39 of the titles on the list! Especial favorites:
-Anne of Green Gables
-And Then There Were None
I bought this book for a friend of mine. They texted me at 10:00 pm that they were going to read a few pages before bed. They next texted me at 4:00 am that they had finished the book.
-The Da Vinci Code
-Gone with the Wind
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
-The Joy Luck Club
-Jurassic Park
-The Pillars of the Earth
-Rebecca
A number of them were assigned in school:
-Beloved
-The Call of the Wild
-The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
-Crime and Punishment
-The Great Gatsby
-Great Expectations
-Frankenstein
-Heart of Darkness
-Jane Eyre
-Invisible Man
-The Little Prince
-Pride and Prejudice
-Wuthering Heights
-To Kill a Mockingbird
And others:
-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
I'm really surprised this book, and not The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn made the list!
-I, Alex Cross
-Charlotte's Web
-The Chronicles of Narnia
-The Color Purple
-Little Women
-The Lovely Bones
-Twilight
I have read....A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
And Then There Were None
The Book Thief (my favorite book)
Flowers in the Attic
1984
Game of Thrones series
Gone Girl
Gone with the Wind
Harry Potter series
Jane Eyre
Looking for Alaska
Memoirs of a Geisha
Ready Player One
The DaVinci Code
The Godfather
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Help
The Hunger Games series
The Lovely Bones
The Notebook
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Little Prince
Call of the Wild
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1984-George Orwell
A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole
A Separate Peace-John Knowles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
The Alcemist-Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
Anne of Green Gables-Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beloved-Toni Morrison
The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
The Call of the Wild-Jack London
Catch 22-Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)-C.S. Lewis
The Color Purple-Alice Walker
Crime and Punishment-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Tie-Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown
Flowers in the Attic-V.C. Andrews
Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels-Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter (Series)-J.K. Rowling - Only Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy-Douglas Adams
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
The Little Prince-Antoine de Saint-Exurpery
Little Women-Louisa may Alcott
The Lord of the Rings (Series)-J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold
Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gaberiel Garcia Marquez
Outlander (Series)-Diana Gabaldon - Read the first two
The Picture of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde
The Pilgrims Progress-John Bunyan
Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
Rebecca-Daphne du Maurier
Siddhartha-Hermann Hesse
The Sun Also Rises-Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
1984-George OrwellA Separate Peace-John Knowles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
The Alcemist-Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
Anne of Green Gables-Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beloved-Toni Morrison
The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
The Call of the Wild-Jack London
Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)-C.S. Lewis
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time-Mark Haddon
The Giver-Lois Lowery
The Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck
Great Expectations-Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter (Series)-J.K. Rowling
Hatchet (Series)-Gary Paulsen
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy-Douglas Adams
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
The Joy Luck Club-Amy Tan
Little Women-Louisa may Alcott
The Lord of the Rings (Series)-J.R.R. Tolkien
Moby-Dick-Herman Melville
Outlander (Series)-Diana Gabaldon (most of it)
Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
The Twilight Saga (Series)-Stephenie Meyer
Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
Hello everyone. I have read 28 of the books so far.1984
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Alex Cross Mysteries ( quite a few)
Alice Adventures in Wonderland
And Then There Were None ( quite a few of hers)
Atlas Shrugged
The Call of the Wild
Catch 22
The Catcher in the Rye
The Count of Monte Cristo
Crime & Punishment
The Da Vinci Code ( plus several others of his)
Don Quixote
Dune
Foundations Series
The 1st Two Game of Thrones
The Godfather
The Grapes of Wrath
Great Expectations
The Great Gatsby
Gulliver's Travels
The Hunt for Red October
The Lord of the Rings Series
Moby Dick
The Pilgrims Progress
Siddhartha
To Kill a Mockingbird
Plus working on the Book Thief
Man I feel like such a slacker! Everyone has these long lists of read books and I have such a small one.... :(
Marnie wrote: "Man I feel like such a slacker! Everyone has these long lists of read books and I have such a small one.... :("Hi Marnie,
No worries. Full disclosure, many of the books I have read were read back during school. I find my tastes change and am not sure I would go back and re-read some of them now if I hadn't already done so , though admit they are great reads.
I have read 43. They are: 1984-George Orwell
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
Anne of Green Gables-Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beloved-Toni Morrison
The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
Catch 22-Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)-C.S. Lewis
The Color Purple-Alice Walker
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Tie-Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown
Fifty Shades of Grey (Series)-E.L. James
Flowers in the Attic-V.C. Andrews
Gilead-Marilynne Robinson
The Giver-Lois Lowery
The Godfather-Mario Puzo
Gone Girl-Gillian Flynn
Gone with the Wind-Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck
Great Expectations-Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter (Series)-J.K. Rowling
Hatcher (Series)-Gary Paulsen
The Help-Kathryn Stockett
The Hunger Games (Series)-Suzanne Collins
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
Little Women-Louisa May Alcott
Lonesome Dove-Larry McMurtry
The Lord of the Rings (Series)-J.R.R. Tolkien
The Martian-Andy Weir
Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
Outlander (Series)-Diana Gabaldon
The Outsiders-S.E. Hinton
Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
Rebecca-Daphne du Maurier
Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
So cool to see everyone's responses! If I may make a suggestion, if you use the feature that allows "add book/author" it will create a hyperlink to the book. This will also create a tally in this threat that will allow us to see "BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS TOPIC," so we could look and see how many times a specific book has been mentioned i.e. appeared on a list!
Good idea that I usually do but this time it was more expedient to copy, paste and erase. :)
Books I have Read, (also movies/tv shows)1984
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Separate Peace
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Anne of Green Gables
The Book Thief
The Catcher in the Rye
Charlotte's Web
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Crime and Punishment
The Curious Incident of the Dog
[book:The Da Vinci Code
Dune
Fifty Shades of Grey
Gone Girl
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Help
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Joy Luck Club
The Little Prince
Little Women
Lonesome Dove
The Lovely Bones
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Outsiders
Pride and Prejudice
Ready Player One
Rebecca
To Kill a Mockingbird
I've read A Prayer for Owen Meany, And Then There Were None, The Catcher in the Rye, Charlotte's Web, The Color Purple, The Giver, The Great Gatsby, The Handmaid's Tale, The Help, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Twilight Saga, and Where the Red Fern Grows.
I've readCharlotte's web, the da vinci code, flowers in the attic, the handmaids tale, the Harry Potter series, the help, the hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy (series), the hunger games series, the hunt for Red October, Jane Eyre, the joy luck club, memoirs of a geisha, the notebook, the outsiders, ready player one, to kill a mockingbird,
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My favorites: To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Sawyer, Pride and Prejudice, Outlander, Memoirs of a Geisha, Charlotte's Web, Harry Potter, The Help, Jane Eyre, Curious Incident.., Joy Luck Club, Count of Monte Cristo, Pillars of the earth, Rebecca, and more.
Books I have Read:1984
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
I, Alex Cross
Alice in Wonderland
And Then There Were None
The Call of the Wild
The Catcher in the Rye
Charlotte's Web
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Da Vinci Code
Frankenstein
Gulliver's Travels
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Lord of the Rings
Ready Player One
Siddartha
To Kill a Mockingbird
When the premiere aired, I had read 39 of the books, but I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to make it 40. I also have The Pillars of the Earth in progress.Books I've read include:
1. 1984
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3. The Alchemist
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. The Book Thief
6. The Catcher in the Rye
7. Charlotte's Web
8. The Clan of the Cave Bear
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
10. The Da Vinci Code
11. Fifty Shades of Grey
12. Flowers in the Attic
13. A Game of Thrones
14. The Giver
15. Gone Girl
16. Gone with the Wind
17. The Grapes of Wrath
18. The Great Gatsby
19. The Handmaid's Tale
20. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
21. Hatchet
22. The Help
23. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
24. The Hunger Games
25. Jane Eyre
26. The Little Prince
27. Looking for Alaska
28. The Lovely Bones
29. The Martian
30. Memoirs of a Geisha
31. Outlander
32. The Outsiders
33. The Picture of Dorian Gray
34. Pride and Prejudice
35. Ready Player One
36. The Shack
37. To Kill a Mockingbird
38. Twilight
39. Wuthering Heights
40. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Read May 29, 2018
41. The Color Purple - currently reading
42. The Pillars of the Earth - currently reading
1. 19842. Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland (and Through the Looking Glass)
3. The Call of the Wild
4. Charlotte's Web
5. Clan of the Cave Bear (entire series)
6. The Color Purple
7. The Count of Monte Cristo
8. Crime and Punishment
9. The Da Vinci Code (books 1-4, still have to read Origin)
10. Flowers in the Attic (entire series)
11. Frankenstein
12. Gone Girl
13. Gone With the Wind
14. Great Expectations
15. The Great Gatsby
16. The Handmaid's Tale
17. Harry Potter (1-7)
18. The Help
19. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
20. Jane Eyre
21. Little Women (& Little Men)
22. Looking for Alaska
23. The Lord of the Rings (series including The Hobbit, Untold Tales, Children of Hurin)
24. The Lovely Bones
25. The Notebook (& The Wedding)
26. The Outsiders
27. The Picture of Dorian Gray
28. Pride & Prejudice
29. To Kill a Mockingbird
30. War and Peace (currently reading)
31. Wuthering Heights
I've read:1984
The Book Thief
The Catcher in the Rye
The Da Vinci Code
A Game of Thrones
The Giver
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid's Tale
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hunger Games
Ready Player One
The Stand
The Sun Also Rises
The Twilight Saga
Wuthering Heights
I'm working on Dune
And some of The Chronicles of Narnia
Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Hitchhiker's and Book Thief are my favorites of that list.
I have read exactly half of the 100 books on the list. I am looking forward to adding a few more this summer!Some of my favorites were . . .
The Great Gatsby
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia series
Don Quixote
The Harry Potter series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Ready Player One
To Kill a Mockingbird
I've read 50 and about 25 more interest me. I am not really interested in the series, except maybe The Outlander Series.
I'll just list the ones I've read several times:Pride and Prejudice (and all of Austen's books)
And Then There Were None
Anne of Green Gables (series)
Count of Monte Cristo (but not in years)
Dune
Foundation trilogy
Gone with the Wind (in middle school 3 years running)
Harry Potter
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Lord of the Rings
Some I've read as part of our book discussion group.
I've read:1.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
2.The Alchemist
3.And Then There Were None
4.The Call of the Wild
5.The Catcher in the Rye
6.Charlotte's Web
7.Chronicles of Narnia
8.Crime and Punishment*
9.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
10.The DaVinci Code
11.Don Quixote
12.Fifty Shades of Grey
13.Frankenstein
14.The Giver
15.Gone with the Wind
16.Great Expectations
17.The Great Gatsby*
18.The Handmaid's Tale
19. Harry Potter series*
20.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
21.The Hunger Games series
22.Jane Eyre*
23.Little Women
24.The Lovely Bones
25.Memoirs of a Geisha
26.Moby-Dick*
27.The Outsiders
28.Pride and Prejudice
29.Rebecca*
30.The Sun Also Rises
31.Things Fall Apart
32.To Kill a Mockingbird
33.The Twilight Saga
34.Wuthering Heights
*Indicates my top favorites
And I'm currently reading The Book Thief
I've read 66 of the books on the list. :) Wow! That made me feel accomplished. I majored in English and also read a lot of them as a child/teenager.
Books I've read:1. 1984
2 A Separate Peace
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. Adventures of Tom Sawyer*
5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6. And Then There Were Nine
7. Anne of Green Gables*
8. Another Country
9. Atlas Shrugged
10. Beloved
11. The Call of the Wild*
12. Catch-22*
13. The Catcher in the Rye
14. Charlotte's Web*
15. Chronicles of Narnia*
16. The Color Purple
17. The Count of Monte Cristo*
18. Crime and Punishment
19. Don Quixote*
20. Dune
21. Foundation
22. Frankenstein
23. A Game of Thrones
24. The Giver
25. The Godfather
26. Gone With the Wind
27. The Grapes of Wrath
28. Great Expectations*
29. The Great Gatsby
30. Gulliver's Travels
31. Harry Potter*
32. Hatchet
33. Heart of Darkness*
34. The Help
35. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
36. The Hunt for Red October
37. Invisible Man
38. Jane Eyre*
39. The Little Prince*
40. Little Women*
41. Lonesome Dove*
42. The Lord of the Rings*
43. Moby-Dick*
44. One Hundred Years of Solitude
45. Outlander*
46. The Outsiders*
47. Picture of Dorian Grey*
48. Pilgrim's Progress
49. Pillars of the Earth
50. Pride and Prejudice
51. Rebecca
52. Siddhartha*
53. The Stand
54. The Sun Also Rises
55. Their Eyes Were Watching God
56. To Kill a Mockingbird*
57. War and Peace
58. Where the Red Fern Grows
59. Wuthering Heights*
* Denotes books I've read more than once
Haha, I thought listing the 46 that I'd read would be too much for people to read through.Great, I won't be the only one! :D
1984 (I would be willing to re-read, as I read it in hs)
A Separate Peace
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories
And Then There Were None (may be re-reading this for fall, anyway)
The Da Vinci Code
The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set
Bless Me, Ultima
The Book Thief
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Call of the Wild
The Catcher in the Rye
Charlotte's Web
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The DaVinci Code: A Quest for Answers
Don Quixote
Doña Bárbara
Dune (first three)
Flowers in the Attic (most of the series)
Gone Girl
Invisible Man
Gone with the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
Great Expectations (2-3 times)
The Great Gatsby
Gulliver's Travels (would re-read)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (only the first one)
Hatchet
Invisible Man
Jane Eyre (2-3 times)
The Little Prince (2 times)
Little Women (2 times)
The Lord of the Rings
Memoirs of a Geisha
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Outsiders
The picture of dorian grey:
The Pillars of the Earth (in Spanish, long story)
Pride and Prejudice (maybe 2 times)
The Stand
The Sun Also Rises
Things Fall Apart
White Teeth (maybe, or it was "On Beauty")
Wuthering Heights (2 or 3 times)
I can't locate the list, but so far looking at others lists, I have read many.The GAR is on PBS tonight ( early AM)
I haven't counted yet, but I have read:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
Alex Cross series partially (six of them)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
And Then There Were None- Agatha Christie
Anne of Green Gables-Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beloved-Toni Morrison
The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Call of the Wild-Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)-C.S. Lewis
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Color Purple-Alice Walker
The Count of Monte Cristo
Crime and Punishment-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Tie-Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown
Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
Game of Thrones (first three)
The Giver
Gone Girl
Gone with the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck
Great Expectations
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels-Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter (Series)-J.K. Rowling - all
The Help
The Hunger Games
Hunt for Red October
Invisible Man
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
Joy Luck Club
The Little Prince-Antoine de Saint-Exurpery
Little Women-Louisa may Alcott
Lonesome Dove (trilogy)
The Lord of the Rings (Series)-J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold
The Martian
Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gaberiel Garcia Marquez
Outlander (Series)-Diana Gabaldon - Read the first two
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Pilgrims Progress-John Bunyan
Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
Ready Player One
Rebecca-Daphne du Maurier
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
Watership Down
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
Those in bold I've read. Some I've read more than once and have noted that after the title.1. 1984
2. A Confederacy of Dunces
3. A Prayer for Owen Meany (on my 3rd reading)
4. A Separate Peace
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
6. Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
7. Alchemist, The
8. Alex Cross Mysteries (series)
9. Alice in Wonderland x3
10. Americanah
11. And Then There Were None
12. Anne of Green Gables
13. Another Country
14. Atlas Shrugged
15. Beloved
16. Bless Me Ultima
17. Book Thief, The x2
18. Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, The
19. Call of the Wild
20. Catch 22 x2
21. Catcher in the Rye, The
22. Charlotte's Web x2
23. Chronicles of Narnia, The (series)
24. Clan of the Cave Bear
25. Coldest Winter Ever, The
26. Color Purple, The
27. Count of Monte Cristo, The
28. Crime and Punishment
29. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime, The x2
30. Da Vinci Code, The
31. Don Quixote
32. Doña Bárbara
33. Dune
34. Fifty Shades of Grey (series)
35. Flowers in the Attic
36. Foundation (series)
37. Frankenstein
38. Game of Thrones (series)
39. Ghost
40. Gilead
41. Giver, The
42. Godfather, The
43. Gone Girl
44. Gone With the Wind
45. Grapes of Wrath, The
46. Great Expectations
47. Great Gatsby, The x2
48. Gulliver's Travels x2
49. Handmaid's Tale, The
50. Harry Potter (series) (the first 3)
51. Hatchet (series)
52. Heart of Darkness
53. Help, The x2
54. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
55. Hunger Games, The (series)
56. Hunt for Red October, The
57. Intuitionist, The
58. Invisible Man
59. Jane Eyre
60. Joy Luck Club, The
61. Jurassic Park
62. Left Behind (series)
63. Little Prince, The x2
64. Little Women
65. Lonesome Dove
66. Looking for Alaska
67. Lord of the Rings, The (series)
68. Lovely Bones, The
69. Martian, The
70. Memoirs of a Geisha
71. Mind Invaders
72. Moby Dick
73. Notebook, The
74. One Hundred Years of Solitude
75. Outlander (series)
76. Outsiders, The
77. Picture of Dorian Gray
78. Pilgrim's Progress, The x2
79. Pillars of the Earth
80. Pride and Prejudice
81. Ready Player One
82. Rebecca
83. Shack, The
84. Siddhartha
85. Sirens of Titan, The
86. Stand, The x2
87. Sun Also Rises, The
88. Swan Song
89. Tales of the City (series)
90. Their Eyes Were Watching God
91. Things Fall Apart
92. This Present Darkness
93. To Kill a Mockingbird x2
94. Twilight Saga (series)
95. War and Peace
96. Watchers, The
97. Wheel of Time, The (series)
98. Where the Red Fern Grows
99. White Teeth
100. Wuthering Heights
Good morning!It's after midnight, but unlike Eric Clapton, I'm not letting it all hang out. I've read 35 or 36 of the books on the list, many of them in high school, and I remember the titles of most of them.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the five-book trilogy) by Douglas Adams
The Stand by Stephen King
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
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Ack! How could I have missed Waterhip Down?! I've read that one as well. Several times. (And my husband had a cat named Fiver)
Parker wrote: "Ack! How could I have missed Waterhip Down?! I've read that one as well. Several times. (And my husband had a cat named Fiver)"You didn't. My bad.
Someone else had mentioned it, so I edited my list. Then went back and saw that it's not on the PBS list. Will go remove it.
Paula wrote: "Those in bold I've read. Some I've read more than once and have noted that after the title.1. 1984
2. A Confederacy of Dunces
3. A Prayer for Owen Meany (on my 3rd reading)
4. A Separate Peace
5...."
I like that you posted the whole list here for folks! Nice way to do it!
I've read 15 books that I'm sure of. There are some that I think I read, but I don't remember the story line at all, so I left them out just in case.1 -The Book Thief - One of my favorites
2-And Then There Were None
3 The Color Purple
4 Charlotte's Web
5 The Count of Monte Cristo
6 Crime and Punishment -
7 - The Great Gatsby -
8 - The Handmaid's Tale
9 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Loved the entire series.
10 - The Help
11 - The Hunger Games
12 - Jurassic Park
13 Rebecca
14 The Stand Also one of my favorite books.
15 To Kill a Mockingbird
I've read 33 of the list:A Separate Peace
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Alchemist
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
And Then There Were None - a favorite
Crime and Punishment
Dune
Frankenstein
The Giver
Gone Girl
Gone with the Wind -I know not politically correct now but was a favorite!
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid's Tale
Harry Potter
The Help
The Hunger Games
The Hunt for Red October
Jane Eyre - FAVORITE
The Joy Luck Club
Jurassic Park - a favorite
Little Women
The Martian
Moby Dick
Outlander (bks 1-4) a Favorite series
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pillars of the Earth
Rebecca
The Stand
Their Eyes are Watching God
Things Fall Apart
Watchers
Wuthering Heights
Alex Cross -but only the first in the series
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Allison, you must be in heaven right now! Three great books in a row. I loved Pillars of the Earth, but it's hefty, so it can't be rushed.
I can't enjoy a long book if I'm under time pressure to finish.
I'm reading the Outlander series too. I think I'm up to book 7. I can take these slowly and read a little each night if I can be patient.
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It's after midnight, but unlike Eric Clapton, I'm not letting it all hang out. I've read 35 or 36 of the books on the list, many of them in high school, and I remember the titles of ..."
Ha, I had that song in my head for hours the other day. Now I see where it came from! Thanks Jim!
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I like that you listed it that way. You can quickly glance down and be reminded. I have all the books in a GAR shelf but it's not as easy to read.
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Wow Cat ! I think that's more than anyone here! Do you plan to try to read the whole list, or will you pick and choose?
Oops, I missed 2 others & both favorites!!The Book Thief & Water ship Down
Chris wrote: "Oops, I missed 2 others & both favorites!!The Book Thief & Water ship Down"
Watership Down isn't on the list. I take partial credit for that. Someone else named it, and I went back in and added it without noticing that it wasn't on the list. :)
Linda Abhors the New GR Design wrote: "Chris wrote: "Oops, I missed 2 others & both favorites!!The Book Thief & Water ship Down"
Watership Down isn't on the list. I take partial credit for that. Someone else named it, and I went back ..."
Got it! too bad , it is a beloved book.
I read 71 out of the 100.
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I have read the Harry Potter series, The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Hunger Game series, the Twilight series, and Where the Red Fern Grows. My favorite out of what I have read is The Chronicles of Narnia! I likes the little bit of religious aspects to the series, but also does not take place in the world and a little fantasy!