The Big Read Meme

[nmg]

It's doing the rounds, and I'm a sucker for memes like this:

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see."

1. Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2. Italicise those you intend to read.
3. Underline the books you LOVE.
4. Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down

Comments

[marklesuk]

how can yo unot have read sherlock holmes!!!!!!

lil

[nmg]

Easy - I spent all my time reading Raymond Chandler instead.

[elseware]

I've read 18. But I've read a few more books than that in total. It was proabably into 4 digits by the time I left home.

I've sat *near* dr. nick when he was reading Moby Dick.

[ext_31109]

Moby Dick was worth it. It's worth it just for the miscellaneous stuff about whaling. I doubt it's worth Nick reading "Catcher..." now, because he's not a teenager any more even in spirit. It was really good when I read it close to Holden's age but I suspect I wouldn't really enjoy it now

[ext_31109]

Oh, I'm just a ditz. Alice is in there.

Here's mine

[anonymous]

Damn you, you're 5 books past me...

https://carfax.org.uk/node/36

Hugo.

[rdmaughan]

Top 100 books by what criteria? Popular vote, number sold, critic selection or some other criteria?

The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

[ahnlak]

The problem is that the list isn't quite the same as the BBC's "Big Read" top 100, and it looks like someone has half-heartedly tried to condense series - for example, on the original there are four Harry Potters listed indivudually, which seems to have become a single "Hary Potter series" entry.

[jacint]

Also, it seems a little out of order. I think it's right that HP and Narnia are condensed, though.

[nmg]

I'm not sure of the provenance of this list (I saw it first about a week ago); it clearly isn't quite the Big Read list, although much of the remainder is still there.

[adela_terrell]

I've read 50 of them, but aren't 6 all Harry Potter?? that is just cheating, thats not real reading. I am nearly finishing Rebecca at the minute, why didn't someone sit on me and make me read it before!!!!