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

[Perrywinkle47]

Wow! that seems like a great collection..
lets see how many I have read..

All the books in the Harry Potter Series, Wuthering Heights, The Great Gatsby, The Alchemist... thats all I could remember..
Well they haven't got any of Dan Brown's or Stephenie Meyer's in the list, thats quite shocking..

[Shyone]

Quite a range of books, Crime and Punishment to The Magic Faraway Tree. I have read both and I think I am still looking for that tree!

I have read either 44 or 45.

I think I read The Wind in the Willows as a child but I'm not sure.

Oh I can add a half to it since I read half of Gone With The Wind. I thought of going back to it but I never did and that was thirty or so years ago. I did not care much for it.

[Heidi76]

Only 14! And here I was thinking I read much... But at least my TBR-list got a lot longer... and I found some books on the list I will never read...

So far I have read:

1. LOTR
3. His dark materials
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide
5. HP and the Goblet of fire
9. The lion, the Witch and the wardrobe
21. Gone with the wind
22. HP and the Philosopher's stone
23. HP and the Chamber of secrets
24. HP and the Prisoner of Azkzban
41. Anne of Green Gables
53. The Stand
58. Black Beauty
64. The Thorn Birds
92. The clan of the cave bear

[Mairin]

Only 26 of them. I suppose I should get going on reading some of these. I find it interesting though that The Wind in the Willows is on that list... that was one of my favorites as a child.

[Runslikesnail]

I've read the following, but found this list to be very arbitrary with a strong British bias rather than a more international tone.

2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
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
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

[Alexa12345]

Congrats, totally agree with you; who made that 100 top was really subjective. But i encourage you to read as many of this as possible.

[Lita]

This is embarrassing! I've been wanting to read most of the books in this list [which is kind of scary lol] but haven't been able to because I can't find them u_u

I've read these:


1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
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
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot


70 more to go! XD

[Elphaba]

I've read 45 of them. There were a few I started but didn't like so I quit.

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
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
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
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
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - started, didn't finish
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
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
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
53. The Stand, Stephen King - started, didn't finish
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth - started, twice, didn't finish
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy - started, didn't finish
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett - started, didn't finish
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez

[ParanoidIdealDodo]

just 2 and a half...haha...
The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (partially)
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

[Carusmm]

12 - nothing to be proud of, nothing not to be proud of.

[nursemom77]

just 2 and a half...haha...
The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (partially)
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

I feel your pain. Most of these books that I have read were required reading in school/college. This list completely put me to shame, and I read constantly. I guess I have spent way too much time pleasure reading, and should atleast devote some of my time to classical endeavors.

[B-fly]

I feel illiterate

[Carusmm]

I feel discerning.

[nursemom77]

I feel illiterate

Me too

[CNykile]

Looking through this list I have only read 5. I don't think seeing the movie counts and those that were required reading in High School didn't make it to those I read either since I'm not entirely sure I did read them.