Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:32 am
Books I am certain I have read: (26)
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible (all of it, including most of the Apocrypha)
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (not all, but a great many)
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Books I may have read, but don't remember: (5)
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books I own but have never read (or been able to finish): (8 )
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
I've seen the movie (or at least part of it) but never read the book (or at least don't remember reading it): (9+)
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding (only in part)
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (in musical form)
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (Not yet, but I will see it this weekend when my brother and sister perform in the musical)
I've also seen several of the others on the TV show Wishbone, but I'm not sure that really counts...
Books I will happily continue to avoid: (30)
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (I didn't like the movie at all, why would I like the book?)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell (I couldn't get past page 10 with this one, and didn't like the movie either.)
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (Didn't like the movie.)
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (Wasn't even able to open the book.)
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (Started this one twice, but never finished.)
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (A friend read it and described it to me. I'm not interested.)
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (A friend read it and described it to me. I'm not interested.)
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams (The movie scares me. I don't know why.)
Books I want to read but haven't yet: (4)
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (The bits I haven't gotten to yet.)
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible (all of it, including most of the Apocrypha)
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (not all, but a great many)
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Books I may have read, but don't remember: (5)
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books I own but have never read (or been able to finish): (8 )
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
I've seen the movie (or at least part of it) but never read the book (or at least don't remember reading it): (9+)
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding (only in part)
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (in musical form)
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (Not yet, but I will see it this weekend when my brother and sister perform in the musical)
I've also seen several of the others on the TV show Wishbone, but I'm not sure that really counts...
Books I will happily continue to avoid: (30)
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (I didn't like the movie at all, why would I like the book?)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell (I couldn't get past page 10 with this one, and didn't like the movie either.)
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (Didn't like the movie.)
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (Wasn't even able to open the book.)
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (Started this one twice, but never finished.)
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (A friend read it and described it to me. I'm not interested.)
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (A friend read it and described it to me. I'm not interested.)
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams (The movie scares me. I don't know why.)
Books I want to read but haven't yet: (4)
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (The bits I haven't gotten to yet.)
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas