100 books

I read about this on someone else's blog and I have no idea if it is true or not. Somebody should snopes it (new verb, kind of like google). Supposedly the average adult has only read 6 of these 100 books. I thought that was interesting since most of them are well known titles. I bolded the ones that I have read.

1. Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen-I love all of Jane Austen's books, they make me wish I lived in a different time.

2. The Lord of the Rings-JRR Tolkien-These have to be reread every couple of years.*

3. Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte-This goes right along with Pride and Prejudice to me.

4. Harry Potter series-JK Rowling-I love them, what else can I say?*

5. To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee- This is a book that anyone could like, everyone should try it.*

6. The Bible-Do you have to read it cover to cover? I tried that and got bogged down with all of the genealogy stuff.

7. Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte- I liked it, I read it in a big chunk with Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. They are all very different but I read them at the same time so they go together to me.

8. Nineteen Eighty Four-George Orwell-Kind of creeps me out but I like it.*

9. His Dark Materials-Philip Pullman-I have read it and I am currently rereading it right now. I love these books.*

10. Great Expectations-Charles Dickens-I made the mistake of starting this in the middle of the school year and got about halfway through. I should try again.

11. Little Women-Louisa May Alcott-I love this book. And Little Men, and Eight Cousins, and Rose in Bloom.

12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles-Thomas Hardy

13. Catch 22-Joseph Heller

14. Complete works of Shakespere

15. Rebecca-Daphne Du Maurier

16. The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien-How could you read Lord of the Rings without reading this?*

17. Birdsong-Sebastian Faulks

18. Catcher in the Rye-JD Salinger-I don't remember a lot about it. Thats bad I know, I should reread it.*

19. The Time Traveler's Wife-Audrey Niffenegger

20. Middlemarch-George Eliot

21. Gone With The Wind-Margaret Mitchell-The book was so much better than the movie, but still slightly ridiculous.

22. The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald I don't remember a lot about this one either, should go on the reread list.

23. Bleak House-Charles Dickens

24. War and Peace-Leo Tolstoy

25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-Douglas Adams Great book! I haven't read this in a long time either!*

26. Brideshead Revisited-Evelyn Waugh (I hadn't heard of this until I saw the movie preview, I want to read it though).

27. Crime and Punishment-Fyodor Dostoyevsky (I think I started it once and didn't finish it. It was in high school though, maybe I should try again).

28. Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck-This one was kind of slow, I really love East of Eden by John Steinbeck though.*

29. Alice in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll-Good, good, kind of crazy.*

30. The Wind in the Willows-Kenneth Grahame-I don't remember much except that I liked it.

31. Anna Karenina-Leo Tolstoy (I keep meaning to...)

32. David Copperfield-Charles Dickens (this one too...)

33. Chronicles of Narnia-CS Lewis-I love these too, they have to be reread every few years.*

34. Emma-Jane Austen-why didn't they put this one up with the others?

35. Persuasion-Jane Austen

36. The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini-I loved this, very different type of book. I really want to read 1000 Splendid Suns

37. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin-Louis De Bernieres

38. Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden-Good, I highly recommend it.*

39. Winnie the Pooh-AA Milne-Fun, everyone should read it.*

40. Animal Farm-George Orwell-I read this in high school and I don't remember much, I should read it again though.*

41. The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown-Great, you should definitely read Angels and Demons too.*

42. One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

43. A Prayer for Owen Meaney-John Irving

44. The Woman in White-Wilkie Collins

45. Anne of Green Gables-LM Montgomery-What about the rest of the series?

46. Far From The Madding Crowd-Thomas Hardy

47. The Handmaid’s Tale-Margaret Atwood (On my list to read)

48. Lord of the Flies-William Golding-another high school read, I found it slightly disturbing*

49. Atonement-Ian McEwan-I saw the movie preview and now I want to read it (notice I have only seen all the previews and not the actual movie?

50. Life of Pi-Yann Martel-I liked it, it is an easy read too.

51. Dune-Frank Herbert-Is this actually any good?

52. Cold Comfort Farm-Stella Gibbons

53. Sense and Sensibility-Jane Austen-They could have just done these in a list

54. A Suitable Boy-Vikram Seth

55. The Shadow of the Wind-Carlos Ruiz Zafon

56. A Tale Of Two Cities-Charles Dickens-Good, I like this one.*

57. Brave New World-Aldous Huxley-I read this one in high school, but I do remember liking it.*

58. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Mark Haddon-I love this book. About it a boy with Autism, great.*

59. Love In The Time Of Cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez-I heard this was good, has anyone read it?

60. Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck-Really short and easy and wonderful. You could sit down and read it in a day.*

61. Lolita-Vladimir Nabokov

62. The Secret History-Donna Tartt

63. The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold-On my to read list.

64. Count of Monte Cristo-Alexandre Dumas-This is a great book, you have to read it with The three musketeers and the Man in the Iron Mask though.

65. On The Road-Jack Kerouac

66. Jude the Obscure-Thomas Hardy

67. Bridget Jones's Diary-Helen Fiedling

68. Midnight’s Children-Salman Rushdi

69. Moby Dick-Herman Melville-I think I tried in high school but didn't make it. Maybe I should try again.

70. Oliver Twist-Charles Dickens-Don't remember much...must reread.

71. Dracula - Bram Stoker-Don't remember much...must reread.

72. The Secret Garden-Frances Hodgson Burnett-I love this book. I just found a great copy at the thrift store.*

73. Notes From A Small Island-Bill Bryson

74. Ulysses-James Joyce

75. The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath

76. Swallows and Amazons-Arthur Ransome

77. Germinal-Emile Zola

78. Vanity Fair-William Makepeace Thackeray-the movie was crazy, the book wasn't great but it was better than the movie.

79. Possession-AS Byatt

80. A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens-Good, one of the first of his that you should read.

81. Cloud Atlas-David Mitchell

82. The Color Purple-Alice Walker-I should reread this, I haven't read it in a long time and I think I liked it.

83. The Remains of the Day-Kazuo Ishiguro

84. Madame Bovary-Gustave Flaubert

85. A Fine Balance-Rohinton Mistry

86. Charlotte’s Web-EB White-Everyone should have read this.*

87. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom*

88. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-It was good, I think I want to buy it.

89. The Faraway Tree Collection-Enid Blyton

90. Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad

91. The Little Prince-Antoine De Saint-Exupery

92. The Wasp Factory-Iain Banks

93. Watership Down-Richard Adams-I just bought a copy and mean to read it.

94. A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole

95. A Town Like Alice-Nevil Shute

96. The Three Musketeers-Alexandre Dumas-Why didn't they put this with the Counte of Monte Cristo? They go together.

97. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-Roald Dahl-Good, fun read.*

98. Les Miserables-Victor Hugo-Good, longer than it needed to be but I liked it.

99. One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest-Ken Kesey-I love this one, I tried one of his other books and it was no where near as good.*

100. The Scarlet Letter-Nathaniel Hawthorne-Good, I forgot about this book. I should start looking for it.*

I read 47 of them, how many have you read? Do you have any thoughts on the ones that I haven't read? That was kind of a fun way to remember which books you need to read.

The * are Andrew's reads, he has read 26.