1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die pt 1. - Page 2

Jeanie · 04-23-2008, 10:31 AM

Here's mine:

The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
Get Shorty – Elmore Leonard
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
Foucault’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul – Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
The Cider House Rules – John Irving
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The World According to Garp – John Irving
The Shining – Stephen King
Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice
Ragtime – E.L. Doctorow
Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
Slaughterhouse-five – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Godfather – Mario Puzo
2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Tom Wolfe
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Native Son – Richard Wright
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

Boredie · 04-23-2008, 01:13 PM

Only looked at part one, but from others posts I see so far I've read 8 books.

DLFerguson · 04-23-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeanie

Here's mine:

The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
Get Shorty – Elmore Leonard
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
Foucault’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul – Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
The Cider House Rules – John Irving
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The World According to Garp – John Irving
The Shining – Stephen King
Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice
Ragtime – E.L. Doctorow
Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
Slaughterhouse-five – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Godfather – Mario Puzo
2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Tom Wolfe
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Native Son – Richard Wright
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

I've been meaning to read THE CIDER HOUSE RULES and BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S for years. I've seen the movie adaptations and loved them both. But I've been warned that the book BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is sleazier and way more depressing than the movie.

Jeanie · 04-23-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DLFerguson

I've been meaning to read THE CIDER HOUSE RULES and BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S for years. I've seen the movie adaptations and loved them both. But I've been warned that the book BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is sleazier and way more depressing than the movie.

I've never seen Breakfast at Tiffany's, but I really liked the book. It's more of a novella, really. I think I read it in two sittings. The Cider House Rules is my favorite from John Irving. I think you'll really like it. The film was pretty true to the book.

EndWinterRomance · 08-08-2008, 04:21 PM

as much as i've read, this makes me want to read more.... it'd be interesting to see how quickly i could read the whole list.... depending on if the library has all of them

Abkhaz · 08-12-2008, 06:28 PM

Here is my list!

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Angeline - Karleen Bradford
Inside the Kingdom - Carmen Bin Laden
The Russian Concubine - Kate Furnivall
The Translator - Daoud Hari

EndWinterRomance · 08-12-2008, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Abkhaz

Here is my list!

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Angeline - Karleen Bradford
Inside the Kingdom - Carmen Bin Laden
The Russian Concubine - Kate Furnivall
The Translator - Daoud Hari

the list is how many of the first listed books you've read.... i didnt see those books on the list