[Facebook meme]BBC List of Books

I have read 26 of those listed, if you count LOTR as one book (which it was originally intended to be). There several more on this list I'd love to read.

 

I've read 12 of those.

I need to start reading again.

 

Read the Book (18):
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel

Seen the movie (20): (some of these are probably nothing like the book)
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot

 

I've read 22 of those...

 

18...

 

You guys should read more...I got like 25 just from graduating from a crappy high school.

 

Read the book:
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer

Saw the movie:
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett

 

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien X % +
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams X % + (Hated the movie, though)
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling X % +
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee X +
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis X +
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger X
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame X %
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling X % +
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling X % +
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling X % +
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien X % +
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl X % +
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson X +
39. Dune, Frank Herbert X +
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery X
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas X % +
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens X
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett X
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck X +
53. The Stand, Stephen King X +
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell X
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky X +
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding X +

So, the totals are 23 of the books have been read, loved 17 of those and saw the movie for 10 of them.

Having that many Harry Potter books is a good way to make the statement that everyone has read 6 of those books. The people that turn their nose up to the Harry Potter books have probably read a lot more of the classics on that list. Those that read one Harry Potter book likely read at least one or two more. Then there are those books that everyone has to read in High School.

 

I read these 20:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien +
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen X
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling X
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell X
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë X
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë X
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger X
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens X
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling X
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling X
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling X
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien +
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl X
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson X
39. Dune, Frank Herbert +
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell X
53. The Stand, Stephen King X
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding +
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins +
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel X

 

20.5. i just couldn't get through catch-22.

 

I voted strictly on the ones I've actually read... However, I'll break it down like this:

%1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
%2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
x3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
%4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
x5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
x6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
%7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
x8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
x9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
x17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
%21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
x22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
x23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
x24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
x29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
%30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
x35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
%40. Emma, Jane Austen
x43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
x46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
x47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
%51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
x52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
%53. The Stand, Stephen King
x58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
half an x 59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
%62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
x63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
x70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
%74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
%75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
x83. Holes, Louis Sachar
%97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
%99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot

 

does SLAM Magazine count?

 

22. There are a lot of kid-level books so that knocked off a big chunk. There are some others I know nothing about. Terry Pratchett is a name I have never heard, for example, and appears multiple times.

 

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1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien x
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen x
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams x
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee x
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne x
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell x
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis x
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë x
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger x
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame x
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens x
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien x
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy x
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving x
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck x
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll x
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez x
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl x
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson x
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen x
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen x
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald x
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas x
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell x
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck x
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy x
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens x
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding x
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce x
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley x
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac x
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo x
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez x
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie[/QUOTE]

 

I've read three of them, and they were all required reading in grade school.

 

im a freaking idiot i voted in the poll before i read the first post. thinking it was how many books have you read in your life.

uh i have read 22 of those...

 

The problem is once they become movies people aren't as interested to read the book as they once may have been.

 

I recently was able to pirate this entire list via rapidshare. I'll never read them, but I love me some ebooks .


I've legally read the following with x's.


1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling x
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee x
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell x
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller x
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens x
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling x
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling x
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling x
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving x
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert x (outstanding rest of the series as well)
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald x
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell x
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck x
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens x
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding x
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley x
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie