Jan 08, 2006 23:07
I think this may be a little late, but I've taken my time to compile a list of the books I've read during 2005. This list btw, took so long because I've put it in alphabetical order (0-0).
Currently reading: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by Francesco Colonna
Books read in '05:
1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (4/5)
3. Animal Farm by George Orwell
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
6. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (4/5)
7. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (5/5)
8. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
9. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
10. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes(4/5)
11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
12. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
13. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
14. The Fellowship of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
15. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (5/5)
16. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
17. {Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
18. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
19. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
20. Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
21. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
22. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling} (5/5)
23. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
24. Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (4/5)
25. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
26. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
27. Mythology by Edith Hamilton
28. Night by Elie Wiesel (4/5)
29. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
30. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (5/5)
31. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust(4/5)
32. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
33. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
All the books were wonderful. However, the books I recommend are rated out of five. 2005's list seems short to me, 33 books in 365 days? I know I can do better. For 2006, I plan to read 50. Time to make haste I suppose.