The Big Read
Lifted from lizzy_copycat . Apparently, it's the BBC's Top 100, from 2003. Which I don't care, because it means Stephenie Meyer's trite will not be on the list. Although it means Dan Brown isn't on here either, and I'm still undecided whether he's a genius or just someone banking on conspiracy theories to sell. At least his mythology doesn't involve any glittery, sparkling immortals. Blergh. -.-
I've realised that there are books which I have half-read on this list, and also some that I have yet to read but want to for a long time. Thus, apart from the obvious [x] for the read ones, italics will be for those which I have read partially and bold would be the one that's definitely on my 'need to read' list.
[x] 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
[x] 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
[x] 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
[] 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
[x] 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
[x] 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
[x] 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
[] 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
[x] 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
[] 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
[] 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
[] 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
[x] 16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
[x] 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
[x] 18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
[] 19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
[x] 20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
[] 21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
[x] 22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
[x] 23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
[x] 24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
[x] 25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
[] 26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
[] 27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
[] 28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
[] 29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
[x] 30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
[] 31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
[] 32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
[] 33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
[] 34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
[x] 35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
[x] 36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
[] 37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
[] 38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
[] 39. Dune, Frank Herbert
[] 40. Emma, Jane Austen
[x] 41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
[] 42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
[] 43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
[x] 44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
[] 45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
[] 46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
[x] 47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
[] 48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
[x] 49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
[] 50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
[x] 51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
[] 52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
[] 53. The Stand, Stephen King
[x] 54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
[] 55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
[x] 56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
[] 57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
[x] 58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
[x] 59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
[] 60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
[] 61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
[x] 62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
[x] 63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
[] 64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
[] 65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
[x] 66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
[] 67. The Magus, John Fowles
[x] 68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
[] 69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
[x] 70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
[] 71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
[] 72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
[] 73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
[x] 74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
[] 75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
[] 76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
[] 77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
[] 78. Ulysses, James Joyce
[] 79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
[] 80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
[x] 81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
[] 82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
[] 83. Holes, Louis Sachar
[] 84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
[] 85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
[x] 86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
[] 87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
[] 88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
[] 89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
[] 90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
[] 91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
[] 92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
[] 93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
[] 94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
[] 95. Katherine, Anya Seton
[] 96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
[] 97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
[] 98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
[x] 99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
[] 100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
:'D I've fully read 25 books. That was more than I expected. That's because they've got a lot of Harry Potter and Roald Dahl.
Also I really need to finish 10 partially read books. And I need to go on a book buying spree for 17 titles.
*sees her account balance and cries*
But, I can smugly say I am not your typical Malaysian who reads only two books a year. (Pathetic.)
I've realised that there are books which I have half-read on this list, and also some that I have yet to read but want to for a long time. Thus, apart from the obvious [x] for the read ones, italics will be for those which I have read partially and bold would be the one that's definitely on my 'need to read' list.
[x] 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
[x] 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
[x] 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
[] 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
[x] 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
[x] 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
[x] 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
[] 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
[x] 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
[] 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
[] 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
[] 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
[x] 16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
[x] 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
[x] 18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
[] 19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
[x] 20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
[] 21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
[x] 22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
[x] 23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
[x] 24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
[x] 25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
[] 26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
[] 27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
[] 28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
[] 29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
[x] 30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
[] 31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
[] 32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
[] 33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
[] 34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
[x] 35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
[x] 36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
[] 37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
[] 38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
[] 39. Dune, Frank Herbert
[] 40. Emma, Jane Austen
[x] 41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
[] 42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
[] 43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
[x] 44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
[] 45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
[] 46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
[x] 47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
[] 48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
[x] 49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
[] 50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
[x] 51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
[] 52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
[] 53. The Stand, Stephen King
[x] 54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
[] 55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
[x] 56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
[] 57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
[x] 58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
[x] 59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
[] 60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
[] 61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
[x] 62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
[x] 63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
[] 64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
[] 65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
[x] 66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
[] 67. The Magus, John Fowles
[x] 68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
[] 69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
[x] 70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
[] 71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
[] 72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
[] 73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
[x] 74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
[] 75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
[] 76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
[] 77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
[] 78. Ulysses, James Joyce
[] 79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
[] 80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
[x] 81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
[] 82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
[] 83. Holes, Louis Sachar
[] 84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
[] 85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
[x] 86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
[] 87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
[] 88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
[] 89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
[] 90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
[] 91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
[] 92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
[] 93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
[] 94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
[] 95. Katherine, Anya Seton
[] 96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
[] 97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
[] 98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
[x] 99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
[] 100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
:'D I've fully read 25 books. That was more than I expected. That's because they've got a lot of Harry Potter and Roald Dahl.
Also I really need to finish 10 partially read books. And I need to go on a book buying spree for 17 titles.
*sees her account balance and cries*
But, I can smugly say I am not your typical Malaysian who reads only two books a year. (Pathetic.)