The Big Read

[kowboy]

I would first like to comment the person authoring this list is obviously either lazy, a member of Oprah's Book Club, or both. The fact they included "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" in addition to both "Hamlet" and "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" tells me they're an idiot. My first clue was the inclusion

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[my_poison_apple]

I'm ashamed to say that I've only read eighteen of these... My "read classic books that I somehow missed before" project of last summer hit a big FAIL somewhere along the line. :( However! I'm copying this into a Word file for a handy reference. (See, memes *can* be useful!)

[kowboy]

The trouble with this list (and others like it) is I can't for the life of me figure out their criteria for inclusion. Crime and Punishment is being equated with The Five People You Meet In Heaven? Seriously?

Personally I would recommend Edith Wharton over Jane Austen any day of the week. I would also include the following by removing most of the "Top 10" best-sellers:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellows
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail in '72 by Hunter S Thompson
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pyhchon
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Light in August by William Faulkner
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

[my_poison_apple]

Yeah, I laughed when I saw Bridget Jones' Diary on there. That's TOTALLY on the same level as Lolita. Hah.

Adding your inclusions to my "must read" list!

[mikelmotorcycle]

Lilith-george macdonald
poor folks/ idiot/ notes from the underground-Dostoevshy
Captains Daughter-Puskin
Over coat- gogol
concur with Scarlet letter, of mice and men, to kill a mockingbird, great expectations, a light in the forest.

the bible isnt a horrible book just boring read, book of the dead falls in that category as well

House of leaves-Danielewski is a interesting read

[mikelmotorcycle]

dance dance dance, wild sheep chase, norwegian wood, underground,after the quake-Murakami

forgot those ones

[stillbourne]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!