As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've put together a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, and one of the items on that list is to read all the unread books on my shelf. I'm going to make a list of them here so I can keep track, and maybe you guys can recommend what I should read first? Or second, or third, or... twenty-fifth? Ha. I don't know how many there are, but let's get started:
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- Persuasion - Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
- Babel Tower - A.S. Byatt
- Women - Charles Bukowski (half read, never finished)
- Life of Pi - Yann Martel (started, never finished)
- The Periodic Table - Primo Levi
- Complete Short Fiction - Oscar Wilde
- One Flew over the Cukoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
- Paradise Lost - John Milton
- The Divine Comedy - Dante (read 'Inferno', but not the other two parts)
- Marley and Me - John Grogan
- Just Kids - Patti Smith
- A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
- Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome
- Modern Baptists - James Wilcox
- SCOOP - Evelyn Waugh
- Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman - E.W. Hornung
- The Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith
- Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
- Mapp and Lucia - E.F Benson
- Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Casino Royale - Ian Fleming
- The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov (started but never finished)
- Go Tell it on the Mountain - James Baldwin
- Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
- Treasure Island - Daniel Defoe
- Robinson Crusoe - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Ulysses - James Joyce
- The Long Song - Andrea Levy
- Songs of the Humpback Whale - Jodi Picoult
Then there's a large selection of poetry books that I dip in and out of occasionally, so I won't list them. So in total I own 33 books (excluding poetry collections) that I've never read. Oops. At least they'll contribute to my reading goals etc...
Wow. Now I've made this list I feel bad about even considering buying new books. I would say I won't buy any more until I've read everything on this list, but I shouldn't make promises I won't keep!
I think we've had a conversation about Jane Austen before, haven't we? I am not a huge fan, but I did read Pride & Prejudice for school...it can be a bit slow of the majority of the book, and it picks up right at one moment and then ends...ha. I don't know if she's a favorite of yours, but I found that a little bit frustrating.
ReplyDeleteLife of Pi was tough to get through for me, but there are some very enjoyable passages and some particularly inspiring quotes.
I loved Peter Pan- if you enjoyed the story growing up (whether in book or movie form), it is a great treat to read the original. I read it last summer and was enthralled.
As for Songs of the Humpback Whale, it is also on my list. Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors, and I actually got to meet her back in March...she's a joy! Let me know what you think of that one when you get to it. :)
I've never read much Austen - my mum bought me a set of her books and I've probably read about two of them, which is why there's so many left on this list! I might try P&P though...
ReplyDeleteI got about 80 pages into Life of Pi and then found another (more interesting) book to read. I found it really slow-going, but I kind of want to finish it just so I can see if it gets any better (in my opinion) at all...
I've read loads of Jodi Picoult - I read loads back-to-back a couple of years ago and haven't read any since because I sort of put myself off, but hopefully I'll enjoy Songs of the Humpback Whale... :)