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Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

Kevin Bondelli — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:02:28 -0000

Cool idea. Here are my read and the top ones from my TBR pile.

Read
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Life of Pi : a novel
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
The Historian : a novel
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Dracula
1984
Angels & Demons
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Cryptonomicon
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Persuasion
The Catcher in the Rye
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
Watership Down
The Hobbit

TBR
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Ulysses
Jane Eyre
Emma
Mrs. Dalloway
American Gods
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Foucault’s Pendulum
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Gravity’s Rainbow

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

Czar — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:42:53 -0000

Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, is one book that I recommend too.

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

lunareclipse — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:53:00 -0000

Oh such a good post, I'm gonna have to think of the 10 that I would like to see people read. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is going to be close to the top.

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

donstuff — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:28:17 -0000

Here's another list for you:

AOL recently suggested Ten Books to Read Before You Die

If you would like AOL’s comments, you can find them at http://shopping.aol.com/boo...

or visit me at donstuff.wordpress.com to see their comments and mine.

AOL’s list:

1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
2. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein.
3. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling.
4. The Stand by Stephen King.
5. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
7. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.
8. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
9. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
10. The Holy Bible.

My list:

1. The Bible.
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
4. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein.
5. Watchers by Dean Koontz.
6. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
7. What’s So Great About Christianity? by Dinesh D’Souza.
8. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
9. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
10. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
11. Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

I realize I have listed 11 rather than 10 and that a couple of these are not on my personal top 10, but these are the books that (I think) are more than a guilty pleasure.

I have nothing against Harry Potter, Dan Brown, or Ayn Rand (I realize I’m wanding between a fictional character and a couple of authors), I’ve just never read them and so don’t feel comfortable suggesting them to anyone else. They are on my TBR list, I just haven’t made it to them yet - I have found other material more compelling at the moment. Perhaps after reading them I’ll add them to a must read list.

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

lunareclipse — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:28:46 -0000

Hey cool, thanks! May I ask what is the url to your blog?

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

Swapna — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:49:17 -0000

This is such an interesting meme! I'm going to post it to my blog tomorrow, I'll link back here!

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

lunareclipse — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:41:44 -0000

I liked Great Expectations as well. To be honest, it was one of the first classics I picked up to read.

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

donstuff — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:50:20 -0000

Great Expectations is my favorite of Dickens' works.

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

The Kool-Aid Mom — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:34 -0000

I loved this and posted my own list, linking back to you. What did you think of Great Expectations? Someone gave me a hard time in the Tuesday Thingers most popular books post about loving it.

Re: LibraryThing's Top Unread Books

Donstuff — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:58:45 -0000

I couldn't get bold, italic, and underline to work in the comments, so I posted my list at donstuff.wordpress.com