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post #41 of 156
7/2/08 at 10:13pm
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Originally Posted by Janelovesmax View Post
Someone recommended "Catcher in the Rye". I never read it, is it worth the list?
It's pretty good, but I'd put Franny and Zooey on the list instead.

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post #42 of 156
7/3/08 at 2:54am
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Originally Posted by lalaland42 View Post
My DH feels "Catcher in the Rye" is the kind of book that should be read by teenagers to truly appreciate it.
Yeah, I can see that would be true for most. I was a close-minded prude when I was a teen (kinda still am, LOL) so, for myself, I truly enjoyed it more in my early 20s (my original read was when I was 15).

Like a PP said, it is a really quick read and I do feel it's an important piece of work. Read it

Ooooh, how about Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I think that's a classic too. : that book.

Really? No HP yet? No JK Rowling?

HP and the...

Philosopher's/Sorcerer's stone
Chamber of Secrets
Prisoner of Azkaban
Goblet of Fire
Order of the Phoenix
Half-Blood Prince
Deathly Hallow
post #43 of 156
7/3/08 at 2:56am
Don't forget these two:


The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
Divine Comedy - Dante Aligheri

The Woman Warrior is my fave book evah.
post #44 of 156
7/3/08 at 12:54pm
Paulo Coelho:

By the river Piedra I sat down and wept.
The Devil and Ms. Prym
Veronica decides to die
(And the Alchymist, ofcourse.)


Arthur Golden: Geisha


John Irving: Everything
post #45 of 156
7/3/08 at 3:07pm
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Originally Posted by CrunchyTamara View Post
Paulo Coelho:

By the river Piedra I sat down and wept.
The Devil and Ms. Prym
Veronica decides to die
(And the Alchymist, ofcourse.)


Arthur Golden: Geisha


John Irving: Everything
How about "Eleven Minutes"by Paulo as well...My boss loves this one...
post #46 of 156
7/6/08 at 2:43am
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

When this list is finished I think I'll make a hobby out of going through it from start to finish. Fortunately I've read quite a few of them already, but it'll still probably take me over a year. I've been in a bit of a reading funk lately - trashy sci-fi and fantasy isn't doing it for me anymore, and that's what I've been relying on for reality-breaks for 20 years.
post #47 of 156
7/6/08 at 10:05pm
I hope I'm not duplicating too many:

A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
O Pioneers, Willa Cather
The End of the Affair, Graham Greene
Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Growth of the Soil, Knut Hamsun
Look Homeward Angel, Thomas Wolfe
Exodus, Leon Uris
The Tin Drum, Gunther Grass
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Woman in the Dunes, Kobo Abe
The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu
The Girl from the Coast, Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
Wings of the Dove, Henry James
Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
post #48 of 156
7/6/08 at 10:23pm
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison.
post #49 of 156
7/6/08 at 10:29pm
How about On the Road by Jack Kerouac?
Its my all-time favorite!
post #50 of 156
7/7/08 at 12:02am
Wow, I can't believe I forgot The Da Vinci Code. One of the best books I've ever read. Angels & Demons should be added too. It's amazing. Both by Dan Brown.
post #51 of 156
7/8/08 at 12:11pm
must add Celine, by Bock Cole
post #52 of 156
7/8/08 at 4:09pm
May I be picky, and ask that you include Terry Pratchett's name with Neil Gaiman's, under the author credit for Good Omens? Personally, I only read it because it had Pratchett's name on it.

I recommend Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. (Actually, I'd recommend everything he wrote, but I'm a huge fan. I think the two I mentioned are the most thought-provoking, in very different ways...maybe Starship Troopers, but I don't know if the MDC audience would generally like it much.)
post #53 of 156
7/8/08 at 9:20pm
Patchett, Ann--Patron Saint of Liars
Martell, Yann-- Life of Pi
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz--Shadow of the Wind
Adams, Richard-- Watership Down
Steinbeck, John-- East of Eden, Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men
Toole, John Kennedy--Confederacy of Dunces
Markam, Beryl--West with the Night (memoir??)
Banks, Russell-- Cloudsplitter
Tolkien, JRR-- Lord of the Ring trilogy
Hosseini, Khaled-- Kiterunner
Kerouac, Jack--On the Road
Thompson, Hunter S.-- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Irving, John-- Prayer for Owen Meany, Cider House Rules
Austen, Jane-- Pride and Prejudice
Murakami, Haruki-- Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Zusak, Markus--Book Thief
Russo, Richard-- Empire Falls
Conrad, Joseph-- Heart of Darkness
Heller, Joseph-- Catch-22
Kingsolver, Barbara-- Poisonwood Bible
Vonnegut, Kurt-- Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five
DuMaurier, Daphne-- Rebbecca
McCourt, Frank--Angela's Ashes (memoir??)
Fowles, John--The Magus
Enger, Leif-- Peace Like a River
Hegi, Ursula-- Stones for the River
Tan, Amy-- Joy Luck Club
Smith, Betty-- Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Frazier, Charles--Cold Mountain
Eugenides, Jeffrey--Middlesex
Rowling, JK-- Harry Potter series
Golden, Arthur-- Memoirs of a Geisha
Chabon, Michael-- Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Lee, Harper--To Kill a Mockingbird
post #54 of 156
7/10/08 at 10:58am
I think the only one I haven't seen listed that I can think of at the moment is Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts. I didn't actually think I'd like this book, but I ended up loving it to pieces.

They're making a movie based on it that's slated to be finished in 2009. Johnny Depp will be in it. *swoon*
post #55 of 156
7/10/08 at 1:55pm
Oh, I just finished Shantaram. I agree, it's amazing! I've never plowed through 1,000 pages that quickly in my life.
post #56 of 156
7/10/08 at 2:15pm
du Maurier, Daphne = Rebecca
Endo, Shusaku - Silence
Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury
Greene, Graham - The End of the Affair
L'Engle, Madeliene - The Time Quartet at a minimum
Hawthorne, Nathaniel - The House of Seven Gables
Hugo, Victor - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Orczy, Baroness Emmuska - The Scarlett Pimpernal
Poe, Edgar Allan - Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Stephenson, Robert Louis - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Van Tilburg Clark, Walter - The Ox-Bow Incident
Wilde, Oscar - Portrait of Dorian Grey
Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House on the Prairie

I tried avoiding repeats of what is on the list - there are, however, some on the list that I would heartily second.
post #57 of 156
7/11/08 at 1:13pm
I like that you make your own list. In Germany a famous literary critic has compiled a list, too, and I'm not digging the concept. But of course it's nice to get ideas anyway, what I was trying to say is : nicer to create your own "canon"!
post #58 of 156
7/11/08 at 1:43pm
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
post #59 of 156
7/11/08 at 9:53pm
Anyone care to count up how many we have now?

Another one to add:

Waters, Sarah - Fingersmith.
post #60 of 156
7/13/08 at 8:07pm
It's on the original list but one of my favs is

Life of Pi
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