In which I reveal how unread I am.

[fluffymark]

1984, George Orwell WHY haven't I read this?
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm, George Orwell Thanks to school for making me read this - it's wonderful
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
The BFG, Roald Dahl Not my favourite of his by a long way. The Witches is much more fun
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Again, WHY haven't I gotten around to reading this?
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding don't bother
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Berniere Pity the film cuts out all the wonderful narrative
Catch 22, Joseph Heller Read this a long time ago, and not sure I understood all of what was going on. But I got the main points
The Catcher In The Rye, JD Salinger You will never know how much I hate this book
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl Classic Sheila
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett Back when his plotlines were vaguely original
The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky Val....is this one worth reading?
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
Dune, Frank Herbert Goes on a bit, doesn't it? One of the most slowly developing plotlines ever
Emma, Jane Austen
Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
The Godfather, Mario Puzo
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell One of my favourites. If you think about it it's very obvious why I love this book
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Surprised this is on the list - not that that's a bad thing - I think I've read this book more than any other
Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake Maybe this is blaspheming, but I preferred the BBC series. But then that does have JRM playing steerpike, so that was always going to happen...
The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett Probably his best
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling Why are all 4 books listed separately? That's a bit extreme?
His Dark Materials trilogy, Philip Pullman Amazing start, trite ending
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams One of my favourites when I was younger. And I've read all 5 books, yes.
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien I must have been very ikkle when I read this
Holes, Louis Sachar
I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
Katherine, Anya Seton
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, CS Lewis Yay Narnia books!
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Lord Of The Flies, William Golding Didn't like this book at all. It disturbed me horribly
The Lord Of The Rings, JRR Tolkien A couple of times, both at least 10 years ago now. I must re-read this and see exactly how it compares with the films. And the Silmarillion.
Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton Another Sheila book
Magician, Raymond E Feist
The Magus, John Fowles I think I've read this....Not 100% sure
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Mort, Terry Pratchett Not one of his best
Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
On The Road, Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Persuasion, Jane Austen
The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen
The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
The Stand, Stephen King
The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Tess Of The D'urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee Another book I detest.
A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Twits, Roald Dahl Not sure I liked this book.
Ulysses, James Joyce
Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
War And Peace, Leo Tolstoy I'll read it when I go on the Trans-Siberian to China someday
Watership Down, Richard Adams
The Wind In The Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Winnie-the-Pooh, AA Milne Another Sheila classic. We went to war with Poohsoc over this book.
The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Not sure I totally agree with some items on the list, although I'm very worried theres a fair number of books I've never even heard of on there. Feel very book-ignorant in comparison to snow_leopard who appears to have read most of them. And that book-monster alektoeumenides is also bound to have read more, but I'm curious to know how many. And you really don't want to ask what appears to be top of the bookpile next to my bed right now. Eeeep.

Comments

Definitely don't fret

[(Anonymous)]

It's really silly, the books are chosen by a poll publicised by the BBC. Lots of people have voted for their favourite book out of a sample of tweny which they have read, nineteen of which were written by Terry Pratchett. There is nothing wrong with that, but the list hardly reflects the range of classics out there. I think a list of 100 best books which includes Jeffrey Archer has no credibility whatsoever. Be proud that you haven't read them.

Although I suspect you would probably quite like both Perfume and The Secret History.

Lots of love

Penny

Re: Definitely don't fret

[fluffymark]

Yay! I've not read Jeffery Archer. And I don't intend to. Yay! :) :)