The big Read - Top 100, how many have you read?

Kallista · Post by **Kallista** » 28 Apr 2010, 20:38

37ish by my count - thanks to my literature classes and my renewed love for Austen and Dickens ^_^. I hope to fill in the rest this summer! I am especially interested in watership down...

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
40. Emma, Jane Austen
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
53. The Stand, Stephen King
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 29 Apr 2010, 00:23

The Stand, obviously and a few others but im sad to realize i havent read many of the classics at all but that will change when i start reading the cartridge for my Nintendo DS that features a hundred classics to be read whenever you want, very handy.

Kallista · Post by **Kallista** » 29 Apr 2010, 00:27

StephenKingman wrote:The Stand, obviously and a few others but im sad to realize i havent read many of the classics at all but that will change when i start reading the cartridge for my Nintendo DS that features a hundred classics to be read whenever you want, very handy.

Are you saying you can use the DS as a very tiny ebook reader? Is it any good? I love my DS and would love it more if it were to have this function! Do divulge!

San1968 · Post by **San1968** » 29 Apr 2010, 09:37

Hi not been around for a while. I have read about 37 of the 100 books. Many when I was a child. It's great to see children's literature on these lists.

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 30 Apr 2010, 11:41

Kallista wrote:
StephenKingman wrote:The Stand, obviously and a few others but im sad to realize i havent read many of the classics at all but that will change when i start reading the cartridge for my Nintendo DS that features a hundred classics to be read whenever you want, very handy.
Are you saying you can use the DS as a very tiny ebook reader? Is it any good? I love my DS and would love it more if it were to have this function! Do divulge!

Yes, there is a cart available for the DS called "100 Greatest Classic Collections" and it allows the user to use the DS as a kind of book and use the stylus to turn the page. It includes classic books like Treasure Island and Great Expectations and many others. I never got a chance to read many of these books so at the price of 20euro (for me in Ireland) its very reasonable.

smellymonkey · Post by **smellymonkey** » 16 May 2010, 09:15

I have read:
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot

infoseeker · Post by **infoseeker** » 16 May 2010, 17:22

I've read 35 of these as my undergrad degree is English literature!

lollipop · Post by **lollipop** » 21 May 2010, 18:36

Ive only read 25!! That's terrible.

whiskeyguy · Post by **whiskeyguy** » 22 May 2010, 02:00

Jesus I've only read 6. I don't know if the fact that I'm only 26 years old absolves me, but that's still a little weak. It's somewhat of a weird list. I have no desire to read the Harry Potter series, and I doubt I'll be picking up the "Princess Diaries" soon.

I tend to feel more confident in my taste in literature if the masses don't like it.

stepbydesign · Post by **stepbydesign** » 29 May 2010, 01:47

I feel like illiterate.

fairytalebec · Post by **fairytalebec** » 07 Jun 2010, 04:40

Ooops. I'm feeling slightly smug cos I've read 78 of them.... but I DO know that this means I need to really go out and get a life.

webbed · Post by **webbed** » 07 Jun 2010, 15:52

Aww, a dissapointing 14 books only. I'm going to try to read them all in the next 2 years.

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist

ekomay3 · Post by **ekomay3** » 10 Jun 2010, 15:24

I've only read 27.. how sad!! I definitely added the others to my list to take with me to the bookstore!

Kitkat · Post by **Kitkat** » 02 Jul 2010, 07:19

I've read 18 so far.

Pride and Prejudice
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
To Kill a Mockingbird
Winnie the Pooh
1984
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Wuthering Heights
Great Expectations
Gone With the Wind
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Middlemarch
Grapes of Wrath
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Matilda
Holes
The Princess Diaries

dragonheart · Post by **dragonheart** » 02 Jul 2010, 07:39

I've read 20 out of the 100 listed.

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