Anyhoo, onto the list!
I stole this from wonderful Jessica at A Booklover's Diary, who grabbed it from the awesome Brizmus at Brizmus Blogs Books who...I'm not sure where this list came from originally, but I wanted to post it anyways!
Crossed out= Read
Blued=On Wishlist
Greened= In house somewhere, yet to be read.
I was going to do a purpled of books I have read and hated/tried to read but couldn't but that's sort of harsh, lol.
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4. Jodi Picoult – My Sister’s Keeper
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7. Audrey Niffenegger – The Time Traveler’s Wife
8.
9. George Orwell – 1984
10. Raymond E. Feist – Magician
11. Khaled Hosseini – A Thousand Splendid Suns
12. Paullina Simons – Bronze Horsemen
13. Gregory David Roberts – Shantaram
14.
15. Bryce Courtenay – Power of One
16. Dan Brown – The Da Vinci Code
17. Dan Brown – Angels & Demons
18. Paulo Coelho – The Alchemist
19.
20. Tim Winton – Cloud Street
21. Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner
22. Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights
23. Arthur Golden – Memoirs of Geisha
24.
25. Joseph Heller – Catch-22
26. Elizabeth Gilbert – Eat Pray Love
27. Niv Mass Market Bible With Bible Guide – International Bible Society Staff and International Bible Society
28.
29. Yann Martel – Life of Pi
30. AB Facey – Fortunate Life
31.
32. Lewis Carroll – Alice In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass
33. Diana Gabaldon – Cross Stich
34. Rohinton Mistry – A Fine Balance
35. David Pelzar – A Child Called It
36. Li Cunxin – Mao’s Last Dancer
37. John Marsden – Tomorrow, When The War Began
38.
39.
40.
41. F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
42. Gabriel Garcia Marquez – One Hundred Years Of Solitude
43. Bryce Courtenay – April Fool’s Day
44. Ken Follet – Pillars Of The Earth
45. Patrick Suskind – Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
46. Matthew Reilly – Ice Station
47. Carlos Ruiz Zafon – The Shadow Of The Wind
48. Stephen Hawking – A Brief History Of Time
49.
50.
51. Mitch Albom – Tuesdays With Morrie
52. Jane Austen – Persuasion
53. Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones
54.
55. Leo Tolstory – Anna Karenina
56. George Orwell – Animal Farm
57.
58. Antoine de Saint Exupéry – The Little Prince
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60.
61. Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Love In The Time Of Cholera
62. Bill Bryson – A Short History Of Nearly Everything
63. Fyodor Dostoevsky – Crime And Punishment
64. Anthony Bourke – Lion Called Christian
65. Arundhati Roy – The God Of Small Things
66. Paullina Simons – Tully
67. John Grisham – A Time To Kill
68. John Grogan – Marley & Me
69. Vikram Seth – A Suitable Boy
70. Alexandre Dumas – Count Of Monte Cristo
71.
72. Cormac McCarthy – The Road
73. Aldous Huxley – Brave New World
74. Brendan Shanahan – In Turkey I Am Beautiful: Between Chaos And Madness In A Strange Land
75. Tim Winton – Breath
76. Bryce Courtenay – Jessica
77. Graeme Base – Animalia
78. Donna Tartt – The Secret History
79. Mario Puzo – The Godfather
80. Anne Rice – Interview With The Vampire
81.Steig Larrson – The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo
82. Stephen King – Stand
83.
84. Eckhart Tolle – New Earth
85. Matthew Reilly – Seven Ancient Wonders
86. Jung Chang – Wild Swans
87. Nicholas Sparks – The Notebook
88. Bret Easton Ellis – American Psycho
89. David Eddings – Belgariad Vol. 1: Pawn Of Prophecy; Queen Of Sorcery; Magician’s Gambit
90. Louis De Bernieres – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
91. Melina Marchetta – Looking For Alibrandi
92. Celia Ahern – PS I Love You
93. John Irving – A Prayer For Owen Meany
94. Colleen McCullough – The Thorn Birds
95.
96. Terry Pratchett – Good Omens
97. Hunter S. Thompson – Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
98. Joanne Harris – Chocolat
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100.
Final Tally:
Read: 25
Wishlisted: 18
Have-in-house-but-still-not-gotten-to: 9. Oh dear, this is a problem.
So, I've done pretty suckily. Good thing I'm not planning on dying soon, eh? But I really won't attempt to read all 100, because I do disagree with quite a few books on this list--I'm sure not all of them are must-reads. The books in my house or on my wishlist I'll definitely try to read ASAP.
The one's I've read and are DEFINITELY must-reads: The Book Thief, Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter, American Gods, Bridget Jone's Diary, Jane Eyre, Dune, A Clockwork Orange, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Atonement, Hithchiker's Guide. Those are now doubly recommended, so good read them NOW!
Did I leave out a book on my wishlist that was amazingly good?
And how'd you do?
12 comments:
I thought your interview was great!
Ohh, so many books! Definitely will have to steal this one from you sometime, especially because there are actually quite a few that I haven't read that I really think I should have by now... Anyways, will be checking out that interview! :)
That must've taken SO long to write, haha :)
Also, great interview!
Ooh, I wonder who came up with this fantastic list. I love lists; I may have to "steal" this one from you eventually. (And I would've totally "purpled" the ones I've tried to read and couldn't get through, too! lol)
Great list. I'm going to copy and post to my blog. I'll link back to you, if you don't mind!
God, I've read 9 -.- LOL
I'll have to copy this to my blog, and of course I'll link back! There are a few on there that I've read, and a few I'm ashamed that I haven't read yet haha
I gave you a award!
http://writesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/12/thanks-you-thank-you-i-received-award.html
I definitely reccomend Animal Farm, 1984, The Lovely Bones, The Great Gatsby, and The Notebook, all of which I've read and enjoyed. I hope you do as well!
I think I've only read like 15 of these books. Wow.
Great job! Wuthering Heights is a good one, and 1984 is one of my favorite classics. I hope you enjoy the 9 listed books you have around the house and those on your WL. :)
I agree about The Book Thief! For those who haven't read it: Read IT! :)
Eat Pray Love was very good and so was The Notebook! I hope you enjoy reading them!
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