Reading 1001 discussion

Where has summer gone (northern hemisphere)? It's hard to believe that we are choosing books for September. Our authors are Forster to Golding. Voting will be open through July 23 and winners announced on the 24th.

How to vote: Please review the list of authors and their books that are eligible in this post. Comment, give your opinions, and then be sure to not forget to vote. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points. See the thread on participation points on how to earn them. When you are ready to vote. Send a PM to either me or the shelf personality for Reading 1001.

Excluded: The Magus, >600 pages, The Corrections >600, 17. The Recognitions >600, Memory of Fire 2019 Q, The Forsyte Saga 2014 Q,
2019 BOTM; The Death of Artemio Cruz, Born in Exile

E.M. Forster
1. Where Angels Fear to Tread, 1905, 148 pages
2. Howards End, 1910, 318 pages
3. A Room with a View, 1908, 119 pages
4. A Passage to India, 1924, 376 pages

John Fowles UK author
5. The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1969, 470 pages, BOTM 2015.
6. A Maggot, 1985, 455 pages
7. The Collector, 1963, 283 pages

Janet Frame New Zealand author
8. Faces in the Water, 1961, 254 pages

Anatole France, French author
9. Thaïs, 175 pages, 1890.

Julia Franck Berlin Germany
10. The Blindness of the Heart, 2007, 416 pages

Jonathan Franzen, USA
11. Freedom 562 pages

Marianne Fredriksson Sweden
12. Simon and the Oaks 1985, 357 pages

Esther Freud UK
13. Hideous Kinky, 1992, 192 pages

Max Frisch, Switzerland
14. I'm Not Stiller, 1954, 386 pages
15. Homo Faber, 1957, 228 pages

Carmen Martín Gaite Spain
16. The Back Room 1978, 224 pages

Paul Gallico, US
17. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, 1958, 157 pages, 2013 POTM

Janice Galloway, Scotland
18. The Trick is to Keep Breathing, 1989, 236 pages

Gabriel García Márquez, Columbia
19. No One Writes to the Colonel 1961, 69 pages
20. One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1967, 417 pages
21. The Autumn of the Patriarch, 1975, 255 pages
22. Love in the Time of Cholera, 1985, 348 pages 2012 BOTM

Géza Gárdonyi, Hungary
23. Eclipse Of The Crescent Moon, 1899, 560 pages

Alan Garner, England
24. Thursbitch 2003, 160 pages

Romain Gary, Lithuania
25. Promise at Dawn, 348, 1960
26. The Roots of Heaven, 1956, 372 pages, 2017 BOTM

Elizabeth Gaskell England
27. Mary Barton, 1848, 437 pages, 2013 BOTM
28. Cranford, 1853, 257 pages
29. North and South, 1854, 521 pages, 2011 BOTM

David Gemmell UK
30. Legend, 1984, 345 pages. 2017 BOTM

Zulfikar Ghose Pakistan
31. The Triple Mirror of the Self, 1992, 343 pages

Amitav Ghosh, India
32. The Shadow Lines, 1988, 246 pages, 2015 BOTM

Stella Gibbons, UK
33. Cold Comfort Farm, 1932, 233 pages 2015 BOTM

William Gibson, US, SC
34. Neuromancer, 1984, 292 pages 2013 BOTM

André Gide France
35. Fruits of the Earth, 1897, 220 pages
36. The Immoralist, 1902, 144 pages
37. Strait is the Gate, 1909, 104 pages
38. The Counterfeiters, 1925, 451 pages

George Gissing, UK
39. New Grub Street, 1891, 560 pgs

William Godwin, England
40. Caleb Williams: Or, Things As They Are, 1794, 448 pages 2015 BOTM

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
41. Elective Affinities, 1809, 272 pages
42. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, 1795, 396 pages
43. The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774, 149 pages

Nikolai Gogol, Ukraine
44. Dead Souls 1842, 464 pages
45. The Nose 1836, 53 pages

Arthur Golden US, TN
46. Memoirs of a Geisha, 1997, 503 pages 2009 BOTM

William Golding UK
47. Lord of the Flies 1954, 182 pages, 2009, 2011 BOTM
48. Rites of Passage 1980, 278 pages,

That's our list for September. What would you like to read?

I have read all but the following 4:

Freedom (on Audible and Kindle)
Ferdydurke (on Kindle)
The Maggot (on US Kindle for $1.99)
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (on Librivox)

I would be happy with any of them.

From memory I have read 24. I have never read Memoirs of a Geisha, so I might vote for that.

Yeah fairly slim pickings on my end as well; there's 8 I haven't read (other than Freedom which I already brought to read while I'm on break until August). They are:

-Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
-The Maggot
- The Collector
-The Counterfeiters
-Legend
-I'm Not Stiller
-Simon and the Oaks
-The Blindness of the Heart

Potentially down for any of these, esp the first 2 that overlap with Diane's list if other ppl are feeling those ones.

Like Pip, I've read 24 of these. But I have read Memoirs of a Geisha. I think I have The Maggot on my shelf unread.

I haven't read The Counterfeiters, either. I missed that one the first time.

I also read 24 of these. I only have three on my TBR shelf, with no crossover with those mentioned above:

- Caleb Williams (Godwin)
- Dead Souls (Gogol)
- Lord of the Flies (Golding)

Being in hard lockdown and currently unemployed, I can only rely on my TBR shelf for reading, saving my pennies for more essential stuff.

I could join you on Dead Souls, I have that one, too. Are you in Sydney? I have a daughter there. But I am in Adelaide today, en route to Alice Springs where my other daughter is trying to film a television series with most of the cast and crew in lockdown.

Pip wrote: "I could join you on Dead Souls, I have that one, too. Are you in Sydney? I have a daughter there. But I am in Adelaide today, en route to Alice Springs where my other daughter is trying to film a t..."

Yes, in Sydney. Entering our 4th week in lockdown and things aren't looking better, as you probably know. At least, you can move around where you are.

It is a big gamble to come when I may not get home again, but my daughter has fractured her shoulder and I would like to think she needs her mother!

I have read 12 of these, which is a good number for me. And I have eight or nine more, including Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Memoirs of a Geisha and Caleb Williams. Not sure if I have a preference.

I've only read 7, and of this list the ones I am most interested in reading are not available to me (ie. not in the library system). However I do have access to multiple translations of Dead Souls on Hoopla, so perhaps I could participate in a buddy read of that.

Regarding Memoirs of a Geisha: I think Golden was sued for defamation over that book, although I don't know who won. But the actual non-fiction memoirs of the geisha in question is on Kindle sale for 99p right now (haven't checked US Amazon). In case people are interested. I'll probably end up reading them in tandem whenever I get to it.

From all on the list, I am most interested in North and South, 1854, 521 pages, 2011 BOTM

Oops, forgot to mention the name of the book: Geisha of Gion.

Patrick wrote: "I also read 24 of these. I only have three on my TBR shelf, with no crossover with those mentioned above:

- Caleb Williams (Godwin)
- Dead Souls (Gogol)
- Lord of the Flies (Golding)

Being in har..." I am so sorry to hear of your plight.

I have only read 7 of the books listed and of all the ones mentioned I would not want to reread Lord of the Flies or I’m Not Stiller. Open to anything else if my library has it.

This month there are no books excluded from the randomiser

My library has Dead Souls and The Counterfeiters available so could go with either of them

Cool, I'll likely vote Counterfeiters then.

Nr 7 " The Collector"

I can't find where the winner for August is annonunced though, have been searching through the topics but can not find it. Will anyone be so very kind to help me? Thank you

Hello Nike,
To vote you need to mail Kristel or Bookshelf directly. For August, go to General and then the Vote for August topic and you will need to review the whole string but you will see that Deep River and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency were the winners with Fado Alexandrino as a Buddy Read.
These will be posted soon on the “to read next front page”.
Also, if you want to join the Quarterly Read we are just starting Buddenbrooks by Mann.
Hope that helps

I'll second The Counterfeiters also. My 1st choices would be that or Neuromancer, both are in my to-read queue for next year.

I wouldn't mind re-reading Garcia Marquez' Hundred Years of Solitude or his Love in the Time of Cholera either.
I've read 18 of the 48, so there are others I might read also, like French Lieutenant's Woman.

Nike wrote: "I can't find where the winner for August is annonunced though, have been searching through the topics but can not find it. Will anyone be so very kind to help me? Thank you"

Yes, it's not obvious where it is, that's probably something that could be improved. Go to the "Vote for August BOTM" thread and scroll down to near the bottom of the comments to find where the winners are posted.

Nike wrote: "I can't find where the winner for August is annonunced though, have been searching through the topics but can not find it. Will anyone be so very kind to help me? Thank you"

The winners are announced at the end of the voting thread but you also can find them in 2021 Schedule where I post winners for each month also. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Winners:
Popular Vote: The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide
Randomizer chose: New Grub Street by George Gissing

Voting was light except for those that really wanted The Counterfeiters. Second place went to North and South, third place went to Dead Souls.

Both of our books are long reads. I don't own either one. What will you be reading?

I will be reading The Counterfeiters. May skip New Grub this month.

Def going to read Counterfeiters since I voted for it lol. Have already read new grub street and will be passing on that one.

I'll read New Grub Street. Not sure about the other one.

I will be reading The Counterfeiters. I have already read the other one.

oops I forgot to vote, but I think I might read the counterfeiters, although my library also has New Grub Street, so i may read both if I get the time.

I'll read The Counterfeiters- I've had it in my to-read queue for some time. I don't think anyone mentioned that Gide, the author, was a Nobel laureate. It's in many "best" lists (Guardian 1000, Le Monde 100). There was a movie of it maybe 5 years ago.
I won't have time for New Grub street, even though the author is named George and my two friends who've rated it both gave 4 stars. I am working on several reading challenges for this year in other groups. Fado Alexandrino is taking up most of my reading time at the moment.
Leni, I hope you get some company reading New Grub Street.

As usual, I don't own either one and don't plan to buy either. I will probably read the TBR selection.

Both appear to be available for free downloads, so I will try to get to both of them.

I picked up New Grup Street on Audible for a credit but haven't located The Counterfeiters.

I have read all the Gide books on the List. I don't have access to New Grub Street, so I will keep emptying my TBR shelves.

Patrick wrote: "I have read all the Gide books on the List.... so I will keep emptying my TBR shelves."

My TBR list keeps growing faster than I can empty it- I think many have this issue.

George P. wrote: "Patrick wrote: "I have read all the Gide books on the List.... so I will keep emptying my TBR shelves."

My TBR list keeps growing faster than I can empty it- I think many have this issue."

Ha, ha..... that's certainly my problem!

Leni wrote: "Oops, forgot to mention the name of the book: Geisha of Gion."

I picked this one up from Amazon (hardback).
I may try to read this one first.
Thanks for the title !

I found New Grub Street on Kinde, so I may try it.
I am getting a late start so we will see.