Robin M Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I know there are a few folks who are reading SWB's Well Educated Mind who aren't part of 52 Books so checking in to find out how you are doing with your endeavors. I went through the Well Educated Mind Fiction list and so far have read 13 out of the 31. I haven't been reading the chronological order as Susan suggested so have a few to catch up on. Have to admit I'm intrigued by Italo Calvino's book so it will probably be one of the books I read in 2013. I never did get around to reading Oliver Twist (bad me).Since Gulliver's Travels has been staring at me from the shelves all dusty and moping because I'm ignoring it, it too shall go on the reading plan for the new year. And shame on me for not reading Pride and Prejudice yet. Which books have you read so far? Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trial - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Thanks for starting this thread! I feel way smarter now than I did 10 minutes ago. :D However these are titles that I've read in my lifetime, not in the last couple of years necessarily. Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy--on pile to read in 2013 The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy--am reading right now! The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James--on pile to read in 2013 Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Like dangermom, I'm marking things I've read in my lifetime, not just in the past year or two. Some of them were so long ago that I have hazy memories of them.... Still, it's always neat to ponder what I've read & more items to read.... Which books have you read so far? Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan (I've read parts, but never the whole thing) Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trial - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus (read various other Camus works, but never this one) 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Thanks for starting this thread! I feel way smarter now than I did 10 minutes ago. :D However these are titles that I've read in my lifetime, not in the last couple of years necessarily. Like dangermom, I'm marking things I've read in my lifetime, not just in the past year or two. Some of them were so long ago that I have hazy memories of them.... Still, it's always neat to ponder what I've read & more items to read.... Sorry for the confusion - I wasn't limiting the time frame in which the books have been read. Reading the books from the WEM list has been and is a lifetime, perpetual reading project for me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniper Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I know there are a few folks who are reading SWB's Well Educated Mind who aren't part of 52 Books so checking in to find out how you are doing with your endeavors. Which books have you read so far? Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane House of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Ugh! I have a long way to go!!! I my defense...sort of.....I do get on a bit of an author kick. Right now, I am still stuck on Dickens. Love him. But, OTOH, I should probably continue to broaden my horizons. And where is Dumas?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 *Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes *The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan *Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift *Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen *Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens *Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte *The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville *Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James *Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain *Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane House of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton *The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus *1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt The ones with astricks are the ones I have read. Can't do the line thing on my phone, at least haven't learned how to anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan X Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift X Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen X Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens X Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte X The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville X Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James X Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain X. Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane House of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton X. The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka X. Native Son - Richard Wright X. The Stranger - Albert Camus X. 1984 - George Orwell X. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt I had to do "x" next to the ones I've read. My formatting from Pages won't copy over here. The joys of posting on an iPad. I've got several of these on my "to read one day" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I was stupid enough to start with the biographies. *shudder* I don't think you are missing much with Oliver Twist. Ugh, some books are better displayed as musicals. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Oh dear, now I don't feel so educated! I have read 2 from the list, I read them this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edithcrawley Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 This is my list so far: (Not all this year) Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes (I've read bits and pieces) Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy-- The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy- The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James-- Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby- F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son- Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise Don Delillo Posession- A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abeille Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 My list, though most of these are from previous years: Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes **I've gotten as far as 1/3 of the way through. It may be time to give up on this one. The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton (I've read others of hers, just not this one) The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trial - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt I'm hoping to finish a few more in 2013. I have many of them on my Kindle, so I really have no excuses. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Lifetime reading, some back in high school as required reading....for the sake of full disclosure, I am only including those I actually *DID* read in high school, not the ones I pretended to read when in class, LOL! Oooh, 12 out of 31, not too shabby! (although, the % of "read on my own" vs. "forced to read at some point in school" is a bit shameful.....) Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens ---------> have read other Dickens, but not this; did see the musical.... Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy- The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James- Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 I love how every one has read in a different order rather than just chronologically. Although a couple of you gals have come close. And Rosie just has to be different (in a good way) Thanks for sharing. Now which one would make a great readalong. Hmmm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 It was bad luck on my part. I went to the library and the first book on each list except the autobiographies was out on loan. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James-- Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt These are the ones that I have read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I would like to do this project. I've read some of the list in high school, and "sort-of-read" some that I assigned to ds in homeschooling high school (but those don't count). I read Les Mis this year. Felt so proud of myself! And loved it. But it's not on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Ftr: It is The Trial by Kafka, Not The Trail....oh, the joys of auto correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Oooops....I can't get it to work....sigh. Anyway, I read about 1/2....and I guess I should get busy reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Which books have you read so far? Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert **Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane House of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt I've been picking books off this list for a few years now. I get diverted and then come back to it. I'm working on Crime & Punishment right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Which books have you read so far? Don Quixote Gulliver's Travels Pride and Prejudice The Scarlet Letter Huckleberry Finn 1984 I tried doing the list in order and was working on my second reading of Don Quixote (I'd read it for fun in high school) when I just stopped. I think it is because I'd already read DQ and was bored with it this time around. I ought to just mark it off my list and go to the next in line. As I come across the one's I've read previously I'll just skip them. That might hold my interest better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 My WTM book is packed right now so I can't look anything up. Which part of the book did this master list come from? I mostly focused on the early years so I don't think I saw this. And yes, I feel more uneducated now than when I woke up a few minutes ago ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 NM.....just saw....WEM not WTM.....coffee still kicking in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Anyone know which books on this list are available for free on the internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Pilgrim's Progress Gulliver's Travels Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre The Scarlet Letter Moby Dick Uncle Tom's Cabin Madame Bovary Crime and Punishment Anna Karenina The Return of the Native Huckleberry Finn Heart of Darkness The House of Mirth The Great Gatsby The Stranger 1984 Now I've got The Cure stuck in my head ... Standing on the beach with a gun in my hand.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 1. Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes (I've read bits and pieces) 2. Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan 3. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift 4. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 5. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 6. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 7. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne 8. Moby Dick - Herman Melville 9. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe 10. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 11. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 12. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy-- 13. The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy- 14. The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James-- 15. Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain 16. Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane 17. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 18. The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton 19. The Great Gatsby- F.Scott Fitzgerald 20. Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf 21. The Trail - Franz Kafka 22. Native Son- Richard Wright 23. The Stranger - Albert Camus 24. 1984 - George Orwell 25. Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison 26. Seize the Day - Saul Bellow 27. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 28. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino 29. Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison 30. White Noise Don Delillo 31. Posession- A.S. Byatt I have read many of them before, but and working on re-reading them all in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Anyone know which books on this list are available for free on the internet? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniper Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Anyone? I know Anna Karenina is on Kindle. I was looking at it yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I know Anna Karenina is on Kindle. I was looking at it yesterday. Caveat emptor, though, when reading free books in translation. This year I ended up having to buy City of God in a more recent translation when the one I had on my Kindle proved unsatisfactory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I know Anna Karenina is on Kindle. I was looking at it yesterday. Caveat emptor, though, when reading free books in translation. This year I ended up having to buy City of God in a more recent translation when the one I had on my Kindle proved unsatisfactory. Thank you. I thought maybe there was a list somewhere of which of these books were offered for free online. :) Wishful thinking, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Ftr: It is The Trial by Kafka, Not The Trail....oh, the joys of auto correct! Erk! Thanks for pointing that out. Will fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Erk! Thanks for pointing that out. Will fix it. Also, Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness. Or Apocalypse of Mirth. Or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Also, Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness. Or Apocalypse of Mirth. Or something like that. *facepalm* Heart of Darkness. Thank you. Can I just blame it on the spell checker instead of fingers and mind working too fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiberdrunk Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I jumped ahead to read Divine Comedy, too. Glad I did. I'm dreading the huge Russian novels. Don Quixote -- Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -- John Bunyan Guiliver's Travels -- Jonathan Swift Pride & Prejudice -- Jane Austen Oliver Twist -- Charles Dickens Jane Eyre -- Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick -- Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native -- Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady -- Henry James Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby -- F. Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 -- George Orwell Invisible Man -- Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Oh, I love the idea of lists...I took some very smart woman's suggestion to mark up my book to heart. (It kills me to do it though, but a list would click with my book loving ocd tendencies.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Life time reading: Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick - Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trial - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 - George Orwell Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahrazad Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Don Quixote -- Miguel De Cervantes The Pilgrim's Progress -- John Bunyan Guiliver's Travels -- Jonathan Swift Pride & Prejudice -- Jane Austen Oliver Twist -- Charles Dickens Jane Eyre -- Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick -- Herman Melville Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Return of the Native -- Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady -- Henry James Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton The Great Gatsby -- F. Scott Fitzgerald Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Trail - Franz Kafka Native Son - Richard Wright The Stranger - Albert Camus 1984 -- George Orwell Invisible Man -- Ralph Ellison Seize the Day - Saul Bellow One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison White Noise - Don Delillo Possession - A.S. Byatt ETA: These are also books I've read in my lifetime (all 23 years of it ;) ) rather than since reading the WEM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahrazad Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I know for sure that Oliver Twist, Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment (I think), Huckelberry Finn, and Uncle Tom's Cabin were free for Kindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I haven't read (and don't plan to read) 13, 16, 17, 28 and 30. I have read all the others. My education was book heavy and I have a little reading addiction. My favorites from that list are Jane Eyre, Song of Solomon and 100 Years of Solitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Which books have you read so far? Don Quixote - Miguel De CervantesNo. The Pilgrim's Progress -John BunyanNo. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift No, but I own a copy! Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Yes. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens No. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Years ago. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne In high school. Moby Dick - Herman Melville No. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe No Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert No Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Yes! Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy Yes! The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy No The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James No Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Yes Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane Yes, in high school Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Yes, in high school The House of Mirth- Edith Wharton No The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald Yes, in high school Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf No The Trial - Franz Kafka No. Native Son - Richard Wright I think I read it last year. The Stranger - Albert Camus No 1984- George Orwell Yes! Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison No Seize the Day - Saul Bellow No One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez I think I read part of it once If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino No Song of Solomon - Tony Morrison No White Noise - Don DelilloI have never heard of the book or author, yikes Possession - A.S. ByattI read part of it, and another book by her a couple years ago Bleh. Not too impressive by that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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