And what was your favourite?
I'm on number 52, but I can't ever see me reading some of them
2006-08-01 01:30:25 · 17 answers · asked by Patchouli Pammy 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
haha, me! only finished in June with the crap books. i thought i was such a geek as well but glad to hear other people are doing it too. i read the jacqueline wilson books just to finish the list but they're AWFUL. the hardest things to read were War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, The Count of Monte Cristo, Ulysses and a couple of the very much older books which I wouldn't have picked up immediately. It did introduce me to lots of books I've meant to read for ages and also forced me to read all the classics and Harry Potter which I'd avoided. I also hate Jane Austen, but felt I had to read them. It's well worth doing, but by no means did I agree with the list at all. I would have changed about half of it.
I really enjoyed rereading Philip Pullman again, GG Marquez and also some of the other modern novels which made the list like Donna Tartt and Arundhati Roy.
It's best to be a library member if you're going to try! It would cost a bunch to buy them all :D
2006-08-01 02:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
So far in my lifetime, I've read:
2. Pride and Prejudice
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (how did that get to be #5!)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
7. Winnie the Pooh
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four
9. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
10. Jane Eyre
12. Wuthering Heights
17. Great Expectations
18. Little Women
21. Gone With the Wind
22. Henry Potter and the (Sorcerer's) Stone
23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
24. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
30. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
33. The Pillars of the Earth
36. Treasure Island
38. Persuasion
40. Emma
41. Anne of Green Gables
43. The Great Gatsby
46. Animal Farm
47. A Christmas Carol
51. The Secret Garden
62. Memoirs of a Geisha
63. A Tale of Two Cities
70. Lord of the Flies
74. Matilda
75. Bridget Jones's Diary
82. I Capture the Castle
95. Katherine
That's 31, and among them are some of my all-time favorites ("Katherine," "Anne of Green Gables," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "A Tale of Two Cities" and all the Jane Austen) Some of my other favorites ("Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo, "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck and "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon) are mysteriously absent. Others on that list I have no intention of ever reading.
I don't think the list should be taken as the be-all and end-all of what every person must read. It's a little top-heavy on Harry Potter for that.
2006-08-01 08:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by poohba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not read them all, but these are the ones I have read:
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
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
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
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
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
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
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
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
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
Pride and Prejudice and To Kill A Mockingbird are among my favorites. Memoirs of a Geisha was good. I love Roald Dahl (all of them). Holes by Louis Sachar was good.
2006-08-01 08:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by Carlito Sway 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have just gone down the list and I have read about 65 of them, although not because they are on the list. Some were required reading at School, College and University. Some of the books I really can not see me reading though. Tracy Beaker perhaps when I have a daughter of my own.
My favourtite books are Gone With the Wind, any by John Stienbeck, and the other favourites suchas Dickens and Jane Austen.
2006-08-01 02:40:11 · answer #4 · answered by dcparis2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 08:24:23 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read the following books nd i like them all The Lord of the Rings,.Harry potter series , The Hobbit,The Count Of Monte Cristo,The God Of Small Things,The Godfather,Kane And Abel
2006-08-01 01:54:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read some 25 of the list, my favorite is number 44 The Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas
2006-08-01 01:45:35 · answer #7 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read 23 of them, but I'm only 16 so I've got plenty of time to get through them all. There are some great books missed out on that list, I'm starting crime and punishment and to kill a mocking bird just now but I'm just finishing a picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde just now.
2006-08-01 02:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were can I find out the BBC's Top 100. I have looked on the BBC website, but cann't fin it.
2006-08-01 03:03:13 · answer #9 · answered by k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read about half the list - not in the order listed. But I know that there are some books that will never be read by me unless one of my girls reads it.
2006-08-01 01:50:25 · answer #10 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋