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And now... | by Kickstart | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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by RetiQlum2 |
2006-08-06 19:04:02 |
Don Quixote probably got in simply because it was the first novel, not because it was the best.
Emma suxors, but so did everything else by Jane Austin.
And so did everything by any of the Bronte sisters.
The Scarlet Letter was well written but boring.
Moby Dick is actually 2 books in one: The odd numbered chapters are a fine novel, and the even chapters are a treatise on whaling off out of New Bedford, MA (really cool whaling museum there, BTW.) I may have that backwards.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland is fantastic.
The Brothers Karamazov : I love Dostoevsky, but I stumble over the names when reading him. I'd like a version of that book with names switched to ones I can recognize so that reading it is faster.
Huckleberry Finn : I love everything by Twain except his autobiography, which is incredibly depressing. The poor man outlived his entire family, and lost his fortune investing in bad inventions. The one inventor he turned down, after losing so much: Alexander Graham Bell.
The Trial :Franz Kafka great writer but a bit depressing.
64. The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien
Enough said! - Well put.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller: If you haven't read this, go buy it, right after you read LoTR
I agree with joecrouse, and leistico:Stranger in a Strange Land, The Stand, Something by Verne and Atlas Shrugged* should be on the list.
Actually, I think "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo is SORELY missing from that list.
While I haven't read everything on that list, I have read most of them. I'm sure I could suggest more, but the reason that I collect books is because I have a crappy memory and when reshelving books I glance over the spines and remember what I read. |
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You're male... | by esbita | 2006-08-06 19:46:51 |
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