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I really haven't read much, apart from the Harry Potter series my ex got me to read, and a few Terry Pratchett books. So I really want to start reading something new. I did enjoy some books I got from the library, The Time Machine and Around the World in 80 Days. I had fun reading them. =)
I remember in other book threads on here, 1984 would be mention a lot. I'm guess it's a good book?
I found this nice list that the BBC did 4 years ago, some kind of Big Read and here are the top 100 books. How many of these have you read? So far I'm at 6/100. =(
1.
The Lord of the Rings
JRR Tolkien2.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen3.
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman4.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams5.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
JK Rowling6.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee7.
Winnie the Pooh
AA Milne8.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell9.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
CS Lewis10.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë11.
Catch-22
Joseph Heller12.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë13.
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks14.
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier15.
The Catcher in the Rye
JD Salinger16.
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame17.
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens18.
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott19.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de Bernieres20.
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy21.
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell22.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
JK Rowling23.
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
JK Rowling24.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
JK Rowling25.
The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien26.
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy27.
Middlemarch
George Eliot28.
A Prayer For Owen Meany
John Irving29.
The Grapes Of Wrath
John Steinbeck30.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll31.
The Story Of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson32.
One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez33.
The Pillars Of The Earth
Ken Follett34.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens35.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl36.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson37.
A Town Like Alice
Nevil Shute38.
Persuasion
Jane Austen39.
Dune
Frank Herbert40.
Emma
Jane Austen41.
Anne Of Green Gables
LM Montgomery42.
Watership Down
Richard Adams43.
The Great Gatsby
F Scott Fitzgerald44.
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas45.
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh46.
Animal Farm
George Orwell47.
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens48.
Far From The Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy49.
Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian50.
The Shell Seekers
Rosamunde Pilcher51.
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett52.
Of Mice And Men
John Steinbeck53.
The Stand
Stephen King54.
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy55.
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth56.
The BFG
Roald Dahl57.
Swallows And Amazons
Arthur Ransome58.
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell59.
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer60.
Crime And Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky61.
Noughts And Crosses
Malorie Blackman62.
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Arthur Golden63.
A Tale Of Two Cities
Charles Dickens64.
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCollough65.
Mort
Terry Pratchett66.
The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton67.
The Magus
John Fowles68.
Good Omens
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman69.
Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett70.
Lord Of The Flies
William Golding71.
Perfume
Patrick Süskind72.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell73.
Night Watch
Terry Pratchett74.
Matilda
Roald Dahl75.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding76.
The Secret History
Donna Tartt77.
The Woman In White
Wilkie Collins78.
Ulysses
James Joyce79.
Bleak House
Charles Dickens80.
Double Act
Jacqueline Wilson81.
The Twits
Roald Dahl82.
I Capture The Castle
Dodie Smith83.
Holes
Louis Sachar84.
Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake85.
The God Of Small Things
Arundhati Roy86.
Vicky Angel
Jacqueline Wilson87.
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley88.
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons89.
Magician
Raymond E Feist90.
On The Road
Jack Kerouac91.
The Godfather
Mario Puzo92.
The Clan Of The Cave Bear
Jean M Auel93.
The Colour Of Magic
Terry Pratchett94.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho95.
Katherine
Anya Seton96.
Kane And Abel
Jeffrey Archer97.
Love In The Time Of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez98.
Girls In Love
Jacqueline Wilson99.
The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot100.
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie > 89.
Magician
Raymond E Feist - THE BEST BOOK> ON THE LIST
I must have missed that one.
Yeah, it's really good.
> Okay I need some book recommendations for my site =) What books
> have you guys read and what are you reading at the moment?
Couldn't list all the books I've read, far too long (and not too everyones taste :). Any book recommendations site should have all Pratchett books and Magician (from the following list). Someone mentioned a Dean Koontz book - the best one of these was definitely, and still is, Watchers - nothing like the absolutely trash film they made of it.
Books I've read from the list are:
> 1.
The Lord of the Rings
JRR TolkienNo. 1? Each to their own I guess
> 5.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
JK> Rowling
> 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> 49.
Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian> 53.
The Stand
Stephen King> 65.
Mort
Terry Pratchett> 66.
The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton> 69.
Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett> 73.
Night Watch
Terry Pratchett> 84.
Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake - Does half read count? I really could not get into this at all.> 89.
Magician
Raymond E Feist - THE BEST BOOK ON THE LIST> 93.
The Colour Of Magic
Terry Pratchett> 96.
Kane And Abel
Jeffrey ArcherOwn quite a few of the 'classics' but never get around to reading them. I read Frankenstein and found it equated to trying to wade through treacle although I still found it a very sad read. Decided to never try other 'classics' after that.
> Would like to read:
> 3.
His Dark Materials
Philip PullmanRead it. Now. Before I kill you.
*Sharpens knife in corner of Mumbai's room*.
If you want recommendations on poker books, I might be able to help :^)
I would quite like to cover some more fiction though. It'd be nice to be able to go at a book without feeling you're studying. It'd probably be quicker too.
Actually, I think I'll hold onto my 'would like to read' list. I think it covers all the fiction I wanted to get round to, so it'd be nice to have the checklist there.
Have read:
> 1.
The Lord of the Rings
JRR Tolkien> 4.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> Douglas Adams
> 9.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
CS> Lewis
> 25.
The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien> 35.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald> Dahl
> 36.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson> 46.
Animal Farm
George Orwell> 51.
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson> Burnett
> 53.
The Stand
Stephen KingTook a looong time. I think it’s still the longest book I’ve read, over 1,000 pages.
> 56.
The BFG
Roald Dahl> 57.
Swallows And Amazons
Arthur Ransome> 81.
The Twits
Roald Dahl> 87.
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley> 94.
The Alchemist
Paulo CoelhoAn interesting read. It was short, which is always nice. However, using a fictional story to try to convince people of a particular form of spirituality, when it doesn't even demonstrate any self-evident truths or awaken any internal insight seems kind of hollow.
(No religious references, I really don't have the stomache for the banal arguments!)v
Have the book waiting to go:
> 20.
War and Peace
Leo TolstoyWould like to read:
> 3.
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman> 6.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee> 8.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell> 11.
Catch-22
Joseph Heller> 15.
The Catcher in the Rye
JD Salinger("So I thought what I'd do is I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes" :^) )
> 54.
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy> 60.
Crime And Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky> 70.
Lord Of The Flies
William Golding> 78.
Ulysses
James JoyceSeen the film, and that’s enough:
> 16.
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame> 30.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis> Carroll
> 21.
Gone with the Wind
Margaret MitchellAwesome film. Very lame in parts, but overall, very thought-provoking. I was expecting much less
> 42.
Watership Down
Richard Adams> 47.
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens> 75.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen FieldingOrdered the DVD, to save reading the book:
> 52.
Of Mice And Men
John SteinbeckWould watch the film:
> 2.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen> 19.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de> Bernieres
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
> 16.
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame> 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
> 30.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis> Carroll
> 31.
The Story Of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline> Wilson
> 35.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald> Dahl
> 43.
The Great Gatsby
F Scott Fitzgerald> 52.
Of Mice And Men
John SteinbeckProbably my favourite book of all time.
> 56.
The BFG
Roald Dahl> 58.
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell> 63.
A Tale Of Two Cities
Charles Dickens> 65.
Mort
Terry Pratchett> 69.
Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett> 70.
Lord Of The Flies
William Golding> 74.
Matilda
Roald Dahl> 75.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding> 81.
The Twits
Roald Dahl> 83.
Holes
Louis Sachar> 93.
The Colour Of Magic
Terry PratchettI love reading :) Though I have to admit, most of Terry Pratchett's books were only really half-read... I skip most of it if it doenst make me laugh.
The Lord of the Rings
JRR Tolkien> 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> 7.
Winnie the Pooh
AA Milne> 9.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
CS> Lewis
> 16.
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame> 17.
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens> 18.
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott> 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
> 34.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens> 35.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald> Dahl
> 36.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson> 47.
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens> 56.
The BFG
Roald Dahl> 59.
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer> 74.
Matilda
Roald Dahl> 81.
The Twits
Roald Dahl(WTH? This was crap.)
I've read all of those.
Too bad they left out my favourite author, David Eddings and Christopher Paolini.
1.
The Lord of the Rings
JRR Tolkien8.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell25.
The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien30.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
LewisCarroll
78.
Ulysses
James JoyceJose Saramago is my favourite writer. I'm currently reading through his sagacious output.