about modern "literature"...
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ironymaidenBooks I've read are bolded.
1. THE LORD OF THE RINGS- J.R.R. Tolkien. okay, this was technically read to me, but i've returned to various bits since
2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD- Harper Lee.
3. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- Jane Austen.
4. The "Harry Potter" series- J.K. Rowling.
5. JANE EYRE- Charlotte Bronte.
6. THE HANDMAID'S TALE- Margaret Atwood.
7. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY- Douglas Adams.
8. 1984- George Orwell.
9. (tie)
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY- John Irving
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
11. (tie)
THE STAND- Stephen King
GONE WITH THE WIND- Margaret Mitchell
13. (tie)
LITTLE WOMEN- Louisa May Alcott
THE HOBBIT- J.R.R. Tolkien
LIFE OF PI- Yann Martel.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (book 1) – Lucy Maud Montgomery
16. THE NAME OF THE ROSE- Umberto Eco.
17. (tie)
THE MISTS OF AVALON- Marion Zimmer Bradley.
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE- J.D. Salinger.
19. (tie)
WATERSHIP DOWN- Richard Adams.
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH- Ken Follett
PERFUME- Patrick Suskind
22. (tie)
THE DAVINCI CODE- Dan Brown.
THE LITTLE PRINCE- Antoine de Saint-Exupery.en francais first, then later in english. the old translation sucks.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH- John Steinbeck.
25. (tie)
FAHRENHEIT 451- Ray Bradbury
The Narnia Chronicles- C.S. Lewis.
29. (tie)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS- Emily Bronte.
DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL- Anne Frank
31. DUNE- Frank Herbert
32. (tie)
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE- Barbara Kingsolver
REBECCA- Daphne du Maurier
34. (tie)
PERSUASION- Jane Austen.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA- Arthur Golden.
36. (tie)
THE GREAT GATSBY- F. Scott Fitzgerald.
A WRINKLE IN TIME- Madeleine L'Engle
39. (tie)
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND- Lewis Carroll.
LORD OF THE FLIES- William Golding.
BRAVE NEW WORLD- Aldous Huxley
ANGELA'S ASHES- Frank McCourt
THE LOVELY BONES- Alice Sebold
44. (tie)
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS- Isabel Allende.
CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR- Jean M. Auel.
ENDER'S GAME- Orson Scott Card
GOOD OMENS- Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ANIMAL FARM- George Orwell.
OF MICE AND MEN- John Steinbeck.
THE COLOR PURPLE- Alice Walker
52. (tie)
THE NEVERENDING STORY- Michael Ende
FAUST- Johnann Wolfgang von Goethe.
BLINDNESS- Jose Saramago
HAMLET- William Shakespeare.
EAST OF EDEN- John Steinbeck
CHARLOTTE'S WEB- E. B. White.
The "Little House" series- Laura Ingalls Wilder.
59. (tie)
BRIDGET JONES' DIARY- Helen Fielding
SOPHIE'S WORLD- Jostein Gaarder
CATCH-22- Joseph Heller
THE SECRET HISTORY- Donna Tartt
63. (tie)
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING- Tracy Chevalier
MIDDLESEX- Jeffrey Eugenides
The "His Dark Materials" series- Phillip Pullman
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN- Betty Smith
67. (tie)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY- Jane Austen
THE RED TENT- Anita Diamant.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO- Alexandre Dumas
AMERICAN GODS- Neil Gaiman
THE CIDERHOUSE RULES- John Irving
SHE'S COME UNDONE- Wally Lamb
WINNIE-THE-POOH- A.A. Milne.
The "Anne of Green Gables" series- Lucy Maud Montgomery.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE- Anne Rice.
ROMEO AND JULIET- William Shakespeare
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER- Mark Twain
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY- Oscar Wilde
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
82. (tie)
EMMA- Jane Austen
GREAT EXPECTATIONS- Charles Dickens.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES- Charles Dickens.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE-STOP CAFE- Fannie Flagg
THE SCARLET LETTER- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH- Norton Juster
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES- Sue Monk Kidd
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING- Milan Kundera
A FINE BALANCE- Rohinton Mistry
LAMB: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF, CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD PAL- Christopher Moore
THE BELL JAR- Sylvia Plath
The "Discworld" series- Terry Pratchett.
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS- Wilson Rawls --
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS- Arundhati Roy
WAR AND PEACE- Leo Tolstoy
97. (tie)
THE EYRE AFFAIR- Jasper Fforde.
NEVERWHERE- Neil Gaiman.
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES- Thomas Hardy
STEPPENWOLF- Herman Hessei think. i was on a big Hesse kick for a while and they've all blended together.
HIGH FIDELITY- Nick Hornby.
ULYSSES- James Joyce
METAMORPHOSIS- Franz Kafka
ATONEMENT- Ian McEwan
LONESOME DOVE- Larry McMurtry
THE ENGLISH PATIENT- Michael Ondaatje tried, lost interest. may try again
THE SHIPPING NEWS- E. Annie Proulx tried, won't try again. keep wanting to like Proulx and failing. i might have finished Accordion Crimes.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM- William Shakespeare.
DRACULA- Bram Stoker.
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN- Mark Twain
EDIT: this is supposedly the Bookcrossing top 100
1. THE LORD OF THE RINGS- J.R.R. Tolkien. okay, this was technically read to me, but i've returned to various bits since
2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD- Harper Lee.
3. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- Jane Austen.
4. The "Harry Potter" series- J.K. Rowling.
5. JANE EYRE- Charlotte Bronte.
6. THE HANDMAID'S TALE- Margaret Atwood.
7. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY- Douglas Adams.
8. 1984- George Orwell.
9. (tie)
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY- John Irving
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
11. (tie)
THE STAND- Stephen King
GONE WITH THE WIND- Margaret Mitchell
13. (tie)
LITTLE WOMEN- Louisa May Alcott
THE HOBBIT- J.R.R. Tolkien
LIFE OF PI- Yann Martel.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (book 1) – Lucy Maud Montgomery
16. THE NAME OF THE ROSE- Umberto Eco.
17. (tie)
THE MISTS OF AVALON- Marion Zimmer Bradley.
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE- J.D. Salinger.
19. (tie)
WATERSHIP DOWN- Richard Adams.
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH- Ken Follett
PERFUME- Patrick Suskind
22. (tie)
THE DAVINCI CODE- Dan Brown.
THE LITTLE PRINCE- Antoine de Saint-Exupery.en francais first, then later in english. the old translation sucks.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH- John Steinbeck.
25. (tie)
FAHRENHEIT 451- Ray Bradbury
The Narnia Chronicles- C.S. Lewis.
29. (tie)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS- Emily Bronte.
DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL- Anne Frank
31. DUNE- Frank Herbert
32. (tie)
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE- Barbara Kingsolver
REBECCA- Daphne du Maurier
34. (tie)
PERSUASION- Jane Austen.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA- Arthur Golden.
36. (tie)
THE GREAT GATSBY- F. Scott Fitzgerald.
A WRINKLE IN TIME- Madeleine L'Engle
39. (tie)
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND- Lewis Carroll.
LORD OF THE FLIES- William Golding.
BRAVE NEW WORLD- Aldous Huxley
ANGELA'S ASHES- Frank McCourt
THE LOVELY BONES- Alice Sebold
44. (tie)
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS- Isabel Allende.
CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR- Jean M. Auel.
ENDER'S GAME- Orson Scott Card
GOOD OMENS- Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ANIMAL FARM- George Orwell.
OF MICE AND MEN- John Steinbeck.
THE COLOR PURPLE- Alice Walker
52. (tie)
THE NEVERENDING STORY- Michael Ende
FAUST- Johnann Wolfgang von Goethe.
BLINDNESS- Jose Saramago
HAMLET- William Shakespeare.
EAST OF EDEN- John Steinbeck
CHARLOTTE'S WEB- E. B. White.
The "Little House" series- Laura Ingalls Wilder.
59. (tie)
BRIDGET JONES' DIARY- Helen Fielding
SOPHIE'S WORLD- Jostein Gaarder
CATCH-22- Joseph Heller
THE SECRET HISTORY- Donna Tartt
63. (tie)
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING- Tracy Chevalier
MIDDLESEX- Jeffrey Eugenides
The "His Dark Materials" series- Phillip Pullman
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN- Betty Smith
67. (tie)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY- Jane Austen
THE RED TENT- Anita Diamant.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO- Alexandre Dumas
AMERICAN GODS- Neil Gaiman
THE CIDERHOUSE RULES- John Irving
SHE'S COME UNDONE- Wally Lamb
WINNIE-THE-POOH- A.A. Milne.
The "Anne of Green Gables" series- Lucy Maud Montgomery.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE- Anne Rice.
ROMEO AND JULIET- William Shakespeare
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER- Mark Twain
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY- Oscar Wilde
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
82. (tie)
EMMA- Jane Austen
GREAT EXPECTATIONS- Charles Dickens.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES- Charles Dickens.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE-STOP CAFE- Fannie Flagg
THE SCARLET LETTER- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH- Norton Juster
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES- Sue Monk Kidd
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING- Milan Kundera
A FINE BALANCE- Rohinton Mistry
LAMB: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF, CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD PAL- Christopher Moore
THE BELL JAR- Sylvia Plath
The "Discworld" series- Terry Pratchett.
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS- Wilson Rawls --
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS- Arundhati Roy
WAR AND PEACE- Leo Tolstoy
97. (tie)
THE EYRE AFFAIR- Jasper Fforde.
NEVERWHERE- Neil Gaiman.
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES- Thomas Hardy
STEPPENWOLF- Herman Hessei think. i was on a big Hesse kick for a while and they've all blended together.
HIGH FIDELITY- Nick Hornby.
ULYSSES- James Joyce
METAMORPHOSIS- Franz Kafka
ATONEMENT- Ian McEwan
LONESOME DOVE- Larry McMurtry
THE ENGLISH PATIENT- Michael Ondaatje tried, lost interest. may try again
THE SHIPPING NEWS- E. Annie Proulx tried, won't try again. keep wanting to like Proulx and failing. i might have finished Accordion Crimes.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM- William Shakespeare.
DRACULA- Bram Stoker.
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN- Mark Twain
EDIT: this is supposedly the Bookcrossing top 100
