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#41
May 17th, 2009, 7:18 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
^ I just finished Jane Eyre and I loved it way more than I thought I would! I thought it would be sort of boring, but I was pleasantly surprised
 
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#42
May 17th, 2009, 8:29 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
* The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
* 1984 by George Orwell * Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen * The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck* * To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee* * Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte * Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte * A Passage to India by E.M. Forster * Lord of the Flies by William Golding * Hamlet by William Shakespeare* * A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul * The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fritzgerald* * The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger * The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath * Brave New World by Aldous Huxley * The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank * * Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes * * The Bible by Various * The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer* * Ulysses by James Joyce * The Quite American by Graham Greene * Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks * Money by Martin Amis * The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling* * Moby Dick by Herman Melville* * The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame * His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman * Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol* * Rebecca by Daphine du Maurier * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon * On the Road by Jack Keruac * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad * The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope * The Outsider by Albert Camus * The Colour Purple by Alice Walker * Life of Pi by Yann Martel * Frankenstein by Mary Shelley * * The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells * Man Without Women by Ernest Hemingway * Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift * A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens* * Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain * Robbison Crusoe by Daniel Defoe * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey* * Catch 22 by Joseph Heller * The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas * * Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden * The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante * The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde I think I've done well enough on that list to be honest but there's clearly some more I've to catch up on. I've read other Oscar Wilde's and loved them
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#43
May 27th, 2009, 10:00 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
I've not read Hamlet, so the only thing I know of it is the Simpsons retelling hehe
I have read other Shakespeare though Romeo and Juliet- I thought it was utterly boring, I'm afraid Macbeth- I loved- fighting and Scotland Othello- beautiful. Made me cry
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#44
May 29th, 2009, 3:04 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
I have read these ones. I will definitely have to look at this list later when I'm looking for a new book to read  *I have read some (leaning towards most), but not all of these three. Not a big fan of Frankenstein or Lord of the Flies and we didn't have to read all of The Canterbury Tales for class.
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#45
June 3rd, 2009, 12:35 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
The Harry Potter series
Twilight Eragon Series Lord of the Rings series The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy The Da vinci Code Angels & Demons
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#46
June 9th, 2009, 2:06 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
I have read only the following ones from that list:
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#47
June 11th, 2009, 5:14 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (only The Hobbit and the Return of the King)
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (assigned reading, really sad) Lord of the Flies by William Golding (assigned reading, but still really good) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (pretty funny) The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank Ulysses by James Joyce (parts of) The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (would I be on this site if I haven't) His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (loovveedd it!) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol (amazing) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain Robbison Crusoe by Daniel Defoe I have 38 books to read before I die. How lovely. Harry Potter, of course, is the best, but I basically loved all of the others I've read on the list too.
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#48
June 11th, 2009, 10:07 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien **
1984 by George Orwell Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante **I've only read the first one and a half, but I thought I'd still include it in the list... Some of the others are already on my 'to-read' list...
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#49
June 16th, 2009, 7:10 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
Here's my list -
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien 1984 by George Orwell Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Lord of the Flies by William Golding Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fritzgerald The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Colour Purple by Alice Walker Life of Pi by Yann Martel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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#50
June 16th, 2009, 7:40 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
What I've read from the original list:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fritzgerald The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Bible The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol Rebecca by Daphine du Maurier A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas I'm not sure I can come up with 50 books to read before I, you, or anyone dies. Let me see: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger 1984 by George Orwell Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolken Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Bible The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Life of Pi by Yann Martel Death of a Salesman by Tennessee Williams The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde The War of the Worlds by HG Wells One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde It seems I cannot come up with 50 titles.  (I have not read all the books on my list, so I have some work to do. Yes, some of these are plays. Bolded titles are from my and the original list in the original post)
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#51
June 17th, 2009, 4:19 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
* The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen * The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck * Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte * Lord of the Flies by William Golding * Hamlet by William Shakespeare (do I get extra credit for reading things many times?) * The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald * The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (regrettably, yes...) * The Bible by Various * The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (some -- not the whole thing) * The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (I think so... )* The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad * The Outsider by Albert Camus * Frankenstein by Mary Shelley * * Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift * A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens* * Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe War and Peace isn't on this list? That's a shame. I wouldn't say everybody should read it, but I'd recommend it over some of the books on this list.
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#52
June 30th, 2009, 9:47 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
* The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
* 1984 by George Orwell * Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen * The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck * To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee * Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte * Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte * A Passage to India by E.M. Forster * Lord of the Flies by William Golding * Hamlet by William Shakespeare * A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul * The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fritzgerald* * The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger * The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath * Brave New World by Aldous Huxley * The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank * Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes * The Bible by Various * The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer * Ulysses by James Joyce * The Quite American by Graham Greene * Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks * Money by Martin Amis * The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling * Moby Dick by Herman Melville * The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame * His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman * Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol * Rebecca by Daphine du Maurier * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon * On the Road by Jack Keruac * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad * The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope * The Outsider by Albert Camus * The Colour Purple by Alice Walker * Life of Pi by Yann Martel * Frankenstein by Mary Shelley * The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells * Man Without Women by Ernest Hemingway * Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift * A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens * Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain * Robbison Crusoe by Daniel Defoe * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey * Catch 22 by Joseph Heller * The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas * Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden * The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante * The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde I really have some catching up to do. *snort* I own few of these books myself, but I haven't read them.
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#53
July 1st, 2009, 2:45 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
* The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
* 1984 by George Orwell * Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen * To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee * Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte * Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte * Lord of the Flies by William Golding * Hamlet by William Shakespeare * The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank * The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling * The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame * His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon * Life of Pi by Yann Martel * A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens * Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain And I actually have a couple others in my reading que.
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#54
July 1st, 2009, 5:04 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Bible by Various The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Frankenstein by Mary Shelley A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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July 1st, 2009, 6:45 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
[*]To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee*
[*]Lord of the Flies by William Golding [*]The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fritzgerald* [*]The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger [*]The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank * [*]The Bible by Various [*]The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling* [*]His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman [*]The Colour Purple by Alice Walker [*]Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain [*]Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Kind of a sad list  Got some catching up to do. The 2 I've bolded (except HP which I assume all people here have read  ) are ones that I bolded are the ones that I HIGHLY recommend, they are at the top of my list of favorite books.But there are several books here on the list that I'll be reading next year in English, so at least I'll be adding a few more books to this short list.
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#56
July 1st, 2009, 11:25 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
Here's what I've read from that list. 22 out of 50 isn't brilliant.
 The ones in bold are particular favourites. • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien • 1984 by George Orwell • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte • Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte • A Passage to India by E.M. Forster • Lord of the Flies by William Golding • Hamlet by William Shakespeare* • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (it made quite an impression on me at the time) • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley • The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (excerpts )• The Bible by Various • The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer • Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks • The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame • His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier • Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (at university ... I find 18th century English literature very hard going  )There's no Dickens on my list because A Christmas Carol is one of the few Dickens novels I haven't read! I prefer Macbeth to Hamlet. There are a lot of books on the original list I should have read  and feel embarrassed that I haven't. 
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#57
July 1st, 2009, 6:40 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
Quote:
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#58
July 2nd, 2009, 2:58 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
If I were to make a list of books to read before you die, I'd probably add
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka A Streetcar Name Desire by Tennessee Williams A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (or anything else Sherlock  )Along with a lot of stuff in the original list. Quote:
 But I think I prefer Hamlet because of the many, many ways it can still be interpreted. I love how people are still, to this day, arguing about the play! I love looking at all the different POVs and coming up with and discovering new ideas. It's one of the things I love most about literature.
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#59
July 3rd, 2009, 8:02 pm
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
I've read 14:
* 1984 by George Orwell * To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee * Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte * The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger * The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank * Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks * The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling * His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon * The Colour Purple by Alice Walker * Life of Pi by Yann Martel * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey * Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden And 2 started: * The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien * Lord of the Flies by William Golding 1 on my to be read list/wishlist: * Rebecca by Daphine du Maurier
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#60
July 5th, 2009, 4:56 am
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Re: 50 Books to Read Before You Die
The list has some great books, but has avoided all controversy and put in some awful spur of the moment choices. I mean, The Curious Incident was terrible, as is Birdsong. Also, why include The Bible and omit the Quran, and why include Kerouac in favour of Burroughs. Why Tolstoy over Dostoyevsky, why 1984 over We by Zamyatin. My mind boggles. And I despise Dickens, Hardy is a far superior author.pfft.
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