Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

I have read only 57 of the novels on the list, but I keep plugging away at it.

I have read 33 books as of last night, on to the next!

80 or so

I've read 40-something so far.

I'm on my 47th

I've read 72 and half of 2

198. Feel like I've got a pretty good momentum going.

What has been everyone's favorite?

Laura wrote: "198. Feel like I've got a pretty good momentum going."

Wow - good for you! I've just hit 24 - yuck, I have a long way to go. My list would be higher if I counted high school reads, but I can't remember them so obviously didn't get much out of them. I figure I'd better give them another go-round.

I've read 92 on the 2006 list and 79 on the 2008 one. I figured I'd throw in both lists b/c the 2006 one is better for me . : )

So far I have read 56 of the books on the list.

I'm on 29 now.

I've read 26 since I joined Goodreads in October 2007 - I have read some before that but I plan on rereading them but if I count them as well, I think my total would come to about 40 so still not that impressive...

I've read 47....which is an accomplishment for me, because when I first joined goodreads less than a year and a half ago I wasn't even at twenty! Granted, most of the books I've read so far are shorter ones, like Of Mice and Men and Siddharta whereas the books I have left are more like Ulysses and War & Peace, but it's a work in progress....I'm hoping to hit 65 by the end of this year.

613 so far, favourite probably LOTR, though I've discovered a few books to add to my favourite bookshelf.

I just finished number 74.

I've read 70 but I didn't include those I never finished and some that I'm not sure if I read them in Simplified English (EFL).

Most of the ones from the last 2 decades were the most ponderous, pretentious and occasionally turgid books I have read. Many I never want to read. None of my favourites made the list.
Once I delved further back there were quite a few good choices and several I have on my TBR list.

I've read 61 from the original list, and 54 according to the updated list. (I've read 63 of the combined lists, out of 1278.) My goal is to hit 100 by the end of 2009.

Hi! I've just joined this group, but I've been tracking my list for about a year on my own. Started at 21 and am now up to 51. I'm hoping to hit 80 by the end of the year!

613 so far Deanne? thats insane! watch out though if you keep going at that rate youll be ready to die before you want to lol.. mind you theres always 1001 movies!

im on 75 which doesnt seem to bad considering i wasnt really trying and only just discovered the list

91 books so far - I still think there's no way I'm going to get through the list before I die lol... If I could just give up that whole sleeping, eating and working time - I'd sure get a lot more done!

ummm 15! WOW that is bad.. but to be fair I only started reading off this list late summer..and I only read about 2 books/month off this list.. I read alot of non-list books.. I'm not sure if I will ever read the WHOLE list.. but I have 98 on my tbr pile so I'll eventually make it about 10% through =).. I've enjoyed MOST of the books so far...

Jon
I'm counting on them redoing the 1001 every 2 years or I'm going to have to pick a couple of books not to read. Although I believe Land is a Korean book and only translated into French. Tried Finnegan's wake but it just seemed like another language.

Deanne wrote: "Jon
I'm counting on them redoing the 1001 every 2 years or I'm going to have to pick a couple of books not to read. Although I believe Land is a Korean book and only translated into French. Tried ..."

I couldn't get through Finnegan'a Wake as well and just couldn't get through it. I think that one's on the Fadiman 100 Reading list as well, I just can't make myself finish it.

I've read 27 (which is terrible), but I haven't started working on the list yet... I will as soon as I finish the Left Behind series.

Jon - are you doing the 1001 movies as well? I am =)

113.

I have only read 14 of them.

On the first list I saw -- which I thought was current, but wasn't -- I'd read approximately 80, 40 of which I didn't feel the need to read again, and the remainder of which I hadn't read in a really long time and wanted to read again.

I have no idea how those numbers adjust for the most recent list.

As of right now, only 35 books (according to the updated list; I think around 40 if you include the books from the old list) xD Slowly getting there...ever so slowly, lol :D

I have read 51! It sounded so impressive until I thought, "Wow...I have 950 more to go. Darn."

I had already read around 50 before I discovered the list... and found I already owned another 50 that I haven't read yet.

I've read about 62. I try not to count the ones I've read but don't remember but it's so hard...I want the credit!

Oh, plus 13 from the books that were removed.

I have read 34. I plan on reading 42 this year. If I can accomplish this then it will be easy to add 42 every year.

I have actually read 142 books, but most of them was before I knew of the list. After I decided to try to read all 1001 (this autumn) I've read 41.

Just started number 41!

I've only read 20...geez, what a loooooooooooong way to go! To be honest, I'm not only reading books from this list, so who knows if I'll ever complete this goal. I am going to try to read the 26 books on the list that I already have this year and go from there.

101, but I hadn't counted them until now.

I've read 60 out of the possible 1283 on the list, including both versions.

I'm currently on my 51st.

I've read 70 of them. Some of them I'm sure I read in school but can't remember them so I'm not counting those.

I didn't expect I'd made much progress, but was surprised when I added it up to see the total is 134. Alright!

Kathy-Diane
author of LET THE SHADOWS FALL BEHIND YOU
http://kathy-dianeleveille.com

88 so far.

I'm starting #11. I just started counting recently, though...

I just counted. 54 books, without having ever seen this list before! That's pretty good, I'd say. That's of the compiled list.

I'm at 28, up from 17 when I first picked up this book a few months ago. I have a lot of work ahead of me...

This is very interesting. I just finished number 89. HOWEVER, I found the newer Boxall edition with 284 changes to the list and like it better because it has a greater international selection of authors. So, I am switching to the new list and with the changes I have dropped 22 books from 89 completed to 67! That's ok because alot of the books, (such as Time's Arrow by Martin Amis and Sula by Toni Morrison, or Fox by D. H. Lawrence, or Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson) that were dropped were excellent reads. So now, with the newer Boxall edition I am at 67 complete! If you are more of an Anglophile and like more British, American, and older authors then the older list is for you!!

Utilizing the new Boxall edition I am up from 67 to 70 now.

I have 14 that I have read, 3 that I am currently reading, and 49 that I have on my to-read list.
It's not impressive, but damn it I'm 16 and trying.

So far I have read 10 books of the list. Obviously I prefer to read books that aren't on the list but I have several books on my TBR so maybe things will change by the end of the year.

At this point in time I've read 46 of the 1001 books on the list. Since the beginning of the year I've read 4 of the titles & I'm hosting a book discussion group on facebook (1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die - The Active Book Discussion Group...however we aren't that active!). So glad I found this site!