Reading 1001 discussion

Voting for our October BOTM will go through August 23 with announcement of winners announced on the 24th. If you see something missing, under 600 pages and not a previous BOTM, please let me know. Authors for October are Thiong'o to Verne. Everyone gets a free vote but you can use participation points up to 5 total votes including your freebie. Please feel free to try and persuade people to vote on books you really want to read. Send a PM to the Reading 1001 shelf personality or to me. Don't forget to vote.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Kenya, born 1938.
1. The River Between 1965, 152 pages
2. Petals of Blood 1977, 432 pages
3. Matigari 1986, 148 pages

Hunter S. Thompson Kentucky, US, 1937 to 2005.
4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1971, 204 pages

Jim Thompson
5. The Killer Inside Me 1952, 244 pages

Henry David Thoreau US, 1817 to 1862
6. Walden 1854 352 pages

Newton Thornburg Illinois, US 1929 to 2011
7. Cutter and Bone 1976, 320 pages

James Thurber Ohio, US, 1894 to 1961.
8. The 13 Clocks 1950, 128 pages.
The wonderful O was 2018 BOTM

Uwe Timm Germany 1940.
9. The Invention of Curried Sausage 1993, 218 pages

Felix Timmermans Belgium, 1886 to 1947
10. Pallieter
I don't believe there is an English Translation. Anyone have other information? It may have been translated by C.B. Bodde and available in Australia. So I am giving it a number. Vote for it only if you know you can get it in a language you can read.

J.R.R. Tolkien Born in South Africa, 1892 to 1973.
11. The Hobbit 1937, 366 pages
The Lord of the Rings > 600 pages

Leo Tolstoy Russian, 1828 to 1919.
> 600 pages, Anna Karenina and War and Peace
12. The Death of Ivan Ilyich 1886, 86 pages
13. The Kreutzer Sonata 1889, 128 pages

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Sicily, Italy 1896 to 1957
14. The Leopard 1958, 319 pages

Jean Toomer Washington DC, 1894 to 1967
15. Cane 1923, 144 pages

Jáchym Topol Czech 1962
16. City Sister Silver 1994, 512 pages

Michel Tournier France, 1924 to 2016
17. The Ogre 1970, 373 pages

Sylvia Townsend Warner England 1893 to 1978
18. Summer Will Show 1936, 406 pages
19. After the Death of Don Juan 1938, 301 pages

I lost everything from this point on, so now have to start over

Colm Tóibín,
20. The Heather Blazing -1992, 250 pages.
21. The Master 2004, 350 pages.

Rose Tremain UK
22. The Colour, 2003, around 400 pages

Robert Tressell, 1914, omitted, >600 pages The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists -

William Trevor Ireland
22. Fools of Fortune - 1983, 200 pages.
23. Felicia's Journey - 1994, 200 pages.
24. The Story of Lucy Gault 2002, 250 pages.

Anthony Trollope,
25. Castle Richmond -1860, 500 pages.
The rest omitted > 600 pages

Leonid Tsypkin,
26. Summer in Baden-Baden -1981, 150 pages.

Göran Tunström,
27. The Christmas Oratorio -1983, 350 pages.

Ivan Turgenev,
28. On the Eve -1860, 100 pages.
Fathers and Sons - omittd BOTM 2018
29. King Lear of the Steppes - 1870, 400 pages.
30. Spring Torrents - 1872, 150 pages.
31. Virgin Soil - 1877, 250 pages.

Mark Twain US author
32. Aventures de Huckleberry Finn 1885, 350 pages

Dubravka Ugrešić
33. The Museum of Unconditional Surrender - 1999, 250 pages.

Kristin Lavransdatter omitted, >600 pgs

John Updike, US author
34. Rabbit, Run 1960, 300 pages
35. Rabbit Redux - 1971, 400 pages.
36. Rabbit Is Rich - John Updike, 1981, 450 pages.

Juan Valera,
37. Pepita Jiménez -1874, 200 pages.

Fernando Vallejo,
38. Our Lady of the Assassins - 1994, 200 pages.

Frederik van Eeden,
The Quest 1885, 500 pages.

Etienne van Heerden,
39. Ancestral Voices - 1986, 300 pages.

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru
40. The Time of the Hero - 1962, 400 pages.
41. The Cubs and Other Stories - 1959, 150 pages.
42. The War of the End of the World -1981, 550 pages.
43. The Feast of the Goat - 2000, 400 pages.

Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek
44. Z,1967, 400 pages.

Luís de Camões, Portugal, 1500s
45.The Lusiads -

Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria
46. Under the Yoke 1893, 462 pages

Giovanni Verga Sicily, Italy.
47. The House by the Medlar Tree - 1881, 250 pages.

Jules Verne, French 1866, 200 pages.
48. Journey to the Centre of the Earth -
49. Around the World in Eighty Days - 1873, 250 pages.


I hope that I got everything. Losing this when I was only half way through was very frustrating. Remember to Vote. Thank you.

I've read 23 of these counting the ones omitted.
I am interested in the Townsend Warner books as they are Virago books. I don't own them though but am looking to buy them. I am interested in the two I own as well;
The Feast of the Goat
The Heather Blazing
Summer will Show
After the Death of Don Juan

Books excluded from the randomiser:
22) The Colour
32) Huckleberry Finn
34) Rabbit Run

Boy, it feels as if we voted for September 2 days ago....
I have read 7 of these but one of them is the Feast of the Goat. However, I could go for either of the Warner.

There are only a few I haven't read:

Summer Will Show
After the Death of Don Juan
The Master
Fools of Fortune
Castle Richmond
The Lusiads
Z
The War at the End of the World
Ancestral Voices
Rabbit Redux / Rabbit Is Rich

I'd be okay with most of these. I don't think I have access to Fools of Fortune, though.

Pallieter is in English, but it is out of print and difficult to find. I used to own a copy in English. I don't believe it is available digitally in English.

Including those over 600 pages, I have read 23 in that section of the List. Not sure how much crossover I will be able to get with other people's TBR, but here are mine:

- Walden (Thoreau)
- The Hobbit (Tolkien; unbelievably...)
- City Sister Silver (Topol)
- The Heather Blazing (Toibin)
- Pepita Jimenez (Valera)
- The House by the Medlar Tree aka The Malavoglia (Verga)

Felix Timmermans Belgium, 1886 to 1947
10. Pallieter
I don't believe there is an English Translation. Anyone have other information? It may have been translated by C.B. Bodde and available in Australia. So I am giving it a number. Vote for it only if you know you can get it in a language you can read.

My research tells me that this has effectively been translated into English by Charlotte Bodde and published in Sydney, Australia in... 1937! The National Library of Australia in Canberra apparently has two copies, but only available for the main reading room (no borrowing). You can request scans of the book, but it must not come cheap.

I think I will skip voting for October. My new job has sucked all my brain power. I am going to have to skip my TBR book this month, sigh but I am enjoying The Godfather. Happy voting everyone.

I was backwoods camping this week, so it was nice to return to the bOTM options. Also good chance for me this time, there's 23 options here I haven't read. Out of those, I'd be interested in that have already been mentioned are:

- Summer will show (uni library)
-The Heather Bazing (uni library)
-House by the Medlar Tree (scribd ebook)
-Feast of the Goat (scribd ebook)
-Castle Richmond (librivox)
-War at the end of the world (scribd ebook)
-Rabbit Redux (libby audio)
-Rabbit is rich (libby audio)
-Pepita Jimenez (scribd ebook)

Since 3 people have alreay mentioned either Summer will Show/voting for Warner I'll likely go for that one.

Amanda wrote: "I was backwoods camping this week, so it was nice to return to the bOTM options. Also good chance for me this time, there's 23 options here I haven't read. Out of those, I'd be interested in that h..."

Summer Will Show would be awesome. It would also fill my self-requirement for montly NYRB reads.

Amanda wrote: "I was backwoods camping this week, so it was nice to return to the bOTM options. Also good chance for me this time, there's 23 options here I haven't read. Out of those, I'd be interested in that h..."

Oh, and so envious of camping up in beautiful Canada!! Camping kinda loses its appeal in 95+ degree heat. My son was just talking today about going camping next month. I reminded him that the September temperatures here are about the same as they are now.

Diane wrote: ".Summer Will Show would be awesome. It would also fill my self-requirement for montly NYRB reads.."

Sweet...that's what I'll do then :)

Diane wrote: "Oh, and so envious of camping up in beautiful Canada!! Camping kinda loses its appeal in 95+ degree heat. "

Won't lie, it was beautiful and full of peak experiences (there had been a meteor shower earlier in the week, so I was able to watch shooting stars and see the milky way while laying on a lake), but Southern Quebec is regularly between 30-40 degrees celsius over the summer, so it wasn't far off from your 95+ degrees anyway lol. (The weather in Montreal is pretty extreme on both ends tbh, the coldest day of the year is always at least -40 and the hottest is always at least +40)

Assuming I can find them, of course:

. Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
- Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
- Cutter and Bone (Newton Thornburg)
- The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Rabbit Run (John Updike)

PS: What are NYRB Reads?

Star Geek wrote: "Assuming I can find them, of course:

. Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
- Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
- Cutter and Bone (Newton Thornburg)
- The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Lord of the Rings (J.R.R...."

NYRB Classics are books published by New York Review Books. It's just one of the many book lists I am chipping away at. There are a few 1001 books on the list.

Here is a link to the NYRB Classics: https://www.nyrb.com/collections/clas...

There are 41 of these I haven't read, but I don't have easy access to them, so I am just going to go with what others vote for.

I have read 14 of these, or about 30%. There are only about five others that I am very keen on at this time, including the War at the end of the World, which Diane mentioned, but I might read whatever the group picks.

Any interest in the Kreutzer Sonata?

Coincidentally, I am about to start book one of the Kristen Lavransdatter series, The Wreath.

Under the Yoke is only one dollar for Kindle. Rather long, but I would read it.

Voting was light. The winner for October Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner and the randomizer chose The Master by Colm Tóibín. The TBR will be announced tomorrow.

Voting was light. The winner for October Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner and the randomizer chose The Master by Colm Tóibín. The TBR will be announced tomorrow.

Summer will show got 14 votes
Heather Blazing got 6 votes
River Between got 2 votes
Walden 1 vote

Nice! I haven't read either of these!

Diane wrote: "Nice! I haven't read either of these!"

Same! Very happy with the results

Wow, to hit on 2 that Diane and Amanda have not read is unbelievable.

Hi, I am always a little reluctant to vote, because I never know if I will have time to read what I vote for, but I would be interested in ne of the following: Z. , The Death of Ivan Ilych,Castle Richmond, or Summer in Baden-Baden .

Naphta wrote: "Hi, I am always a little reluctant to vote, because I never know if I will have time to read what I vote for, but I would be interested in ne of the following: Z. , [book:The Death of Ivan Ilych|18..."
October is already decided, check out choices for November please.

Sorry! I am still getting the hang of this! ;-)

Naphta wrote: "Sorry! I am still getting the hang of this! ;-)"

It's okay, there is a lot going on here. Totally understand