Literature Meme

[Eridanus]

Listed are 100 of what are the most recognised, and widely read books (tis questionable, though). How many of them have you read?

Directions: Place in bold type (or underline, or list only the books you have read or whatever) the books you've read from this list of 100. If there are other books you've read by the same author, include those under the original, without the author's name in parentheses.



1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25 . Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
For One More Day
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones' Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

 

[Eridanus]

Just the ones I have read.

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)-(Angels and Demons)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)-(All her novels)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)-(All her novels and most of her short stories)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon) (The complete Outlander/Cross Stitch series)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)-(A few odds and sods of his books)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)- (The Silmarillion)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)-(The series)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)-(The Chronicles of Narnia series)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)-(Cannery Row, The Winter of Our Discontent)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
34. 1984 (Orwell)-(Animal Farm)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)-(I've also read The Potato Factory, Tommo and Hawk, The Family Frying Pan, Solomon's Song and Jessica)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)-(The Three Musketeers and The Black Tulip)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)- (Oliver Twist, Bleak House, David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and A Christmas Carol)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)-(Tim)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
71. Bridget Jones' Diary (Fielding)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)-(Little Lord Fauntleroy)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)-(A Twist in the Tale and The Prodigal Daughter)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)

I had always considered myself fairly well read, but I've only read 55 of those listed.

 

[Maritxu]

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien) Fav
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) Oh God, love that book...
34. 1984 (Orwell)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
45. Bible
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) more than once
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)

 

[Maritxu]

I refuse to read Harry Potter, sorry
Well, those didn't include Spanish books. You should all read this one though
The Shadow of the Wind

Amazon.com: The Shadow of the Wind: Books: Carlos Ruiz Zafon,Lucia Graves

 

[Kat]

the ones Ive read

3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
45. Bible
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
59. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
71. Bridget Jones' Diary (Fielding)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)


umm Ive only read 51 on the list...with how much I read thought It'd be more...wow

 

[Maritxu]

I was surprised this book was not included.... Love it






Or this, please!



And this?



I can think of so many more..... I love reading, can't count all the books I read.

 

[Maritxu]

12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Looks like I didn't see this one when I was posting
and this last one I didn't recognise the title when I saw it in English.
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
I didn't see those because of the English titles. I read them in Spanish!
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
And of course I also read: 87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)

 

[SilentEyz]

umm geee Does seeing the Movie Count
lets see the Ones I have Read

45. Bible
64 interview with a vampire
80 Charlottes web
96 the outsiders

------ Umm Dont get me wrong I read a lot of books, Just not those types of books I guess and Umm


I believe number I6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Is actually named Harry potter and the Sorcerers Stone

 

[SilentEyz]

I refuse to read Harry Potter, sorry

:confused Why's that Maria ??

 

[Eridanus]

Maritxu, I put a couple of those book titles you suggested onto my "to-read" list...I'm always on the lookout for new books.

umm geee Does seeing the Movie Count
lets see the Ones I have Read

45. Bible
64 interview with a vampire
80 Charlottes web
96 the outsiders

------ Umm Dont get me wrong I read a lot of books, Just not those types of books I guess and Umm


I believe number I6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Is actually named Harry potter and the Sorcerers Stone

A lot of the older books listed (especially the classics) I read as part of the English Lit, syllabus when I was in High School...and like you, Silent, would not generally be the type of books I read now.

The name of the Harry Potter book was changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the US market, everywhere else it is published under its original title of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

 

[SilentEyz]

hmm.. Interesting


I prefer Suspence and Psychological thrillers more myself

 

[Eridanus]

They're amongst the type of books I read.

 

[Maritxu]

:confused Why's that Maria ??

Well, I tried reading one, I swear, but they are just kid books and if you ask me, badly written.

 

[dt3]

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)


Guess I'm not as well-read as I thought...

 

[dt3]

Know what book I want to read, but isn't on this list?

The Board Story by Lacey

 

[Maritxu]

A lot of the older books listed (especially the classics) I read as part of the English Lit, syllabus when I was in High School...and like you, Silent, would not generally be the type of books I read now.

Yeah, def. Reading the classics is always I either did at school or just had to do when somone recomended me to. I like historical novels and psychological thrillers more.