James Mustich's 1000 Books to Read Before You Die discussion

How many and which books from the list did you read? I always do a summation of my reading journey at the end of the year and thought it would be fun to ask everyone here.

Here is my list for the year. MANY LOOOONG books. In 2021, I am determined to read shorter ones.

Here is my "READING WRAP UP" that includes other books outside of the 1000:

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Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
Master of the Senate (#3)
Means of Ascent (#2)
The Path to Power (#1)
Caro, Robert A.

The Bhagavad-Gita
Anonymous


At Swim-Two-Birds Lib/E
O'Brien, Flann

Einstein's Dreams
Lightman, Alan *


The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire #1)
Trollope, Anthony

The Power Broker: Volume 3 of 3: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Volume 3
Caro, Robert A.

The Power Broker: Volume 2 of 3: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Volume 2
Caro, Robert A.

The Power Broker: Volume 1 of 3: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Volume 1
Caro, Robert A.

The Complete Stories
Lispector, Clarice

The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
Ludlum, Robert

Metamorphoses
Ovid

The Story of My Teeth
Luiselli, Valeria

9/11 Commission Report, Special Edition (Pocket University)
Various Authors

The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Sobel, Dava

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle #1)
Le Guin, Ursula K.

The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4)
White, T.H.

Truman
McCullough, David

America During the King Years:
Parting the Waters
Pillar of Fire
At Canaan's Edge
Branch, Taylor

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Berendt, John

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
Christie, Agatha

2666
Bolaño, Roberto

Impressive list Carol 👏

Mine is a shorter list, mainly from the group reads:
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Cider with Rosie - Laurie Lee
The Once and Future King - T H White
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (reread)
Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (reread)
The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield

Desert Solitaire and Berlin Diary were my favourite reads.
I will one day finish The Magic Mountain!

Best other book that I read is Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit, but probably only if you have already read Orwell’s non-fiction.
Edited to add a couple of books I had omitted from my list.

I loved Desert Solitaire too! Such a surprising and delightful read. It made me want to go there since I am in the West!

Since you reread Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, you must have liked it? I sure did.

I live in the UK, so my US travel is all in the mind!

I did enjoy Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, having originally read it in 1998. I wasn’t as impressed this time, and said in my review: This is lurid storytelling, but Berendt writes easy flowing prose which makes it a joy to read if you go with the flow. I really enjoyed this book for a second time, when I had feared I wouldn’t. So, just go for the ride.
The edition I read this time around has an introduction that comments on Berendt’s fictionalising of the story. This doesn’t detract from the book in my opinion, as I read it as a work of entertainment, but although it is based upon facts, Berendt has manipulated them to create a fantastic story. Accept that it is entertainment, not non-fiction.

Carol, don’t know how to refer back to your post #2, but although I have reservations, overall The Once and Future King was my favourite fiction read from the list this year.
I originally read A Wizard of Earthsea as a teenager, and have reread since, and think this (as first part of Ged’s trilogy) is an equally interesting study of power and good/evil, but probably more accessible than The Once and Future King.

I just found the group a short while ago, so I haven't read much. In fact, only one:

Their Eyes Were Watching God

I really liked this book and am sorry it took so long for me to read it.
I do plan to read many more in 2022.