BBC Book List Challenge-How many have you read?

[Lynn 007]

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How many have you read?

I've read 16

The Official List

1) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3) Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6) The Bible
7) Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9) His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11) Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
12) Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
13) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14) Complete Works of Shakespeare
15) Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
16) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
17) Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19) The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20) Middlemarch – George Eliot
21) Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
23) Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24) War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
26) Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
27) Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28) Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30) The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
31) Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
32) David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33) Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
34) Emma – Jane Austen
35) Persuasion – Jane Austen
36) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38) Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Berniere
39) Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
40) Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell
42) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43) One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44) A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving
45) The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
46) Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
47) Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
48) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
50) Atonement – Ian McEwan
51) Life of Pi – Yann Martel
52) Dune – Frank Herbert
53) Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54) Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
55) A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56) The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57) A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60) Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62) Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63) The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64) The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65) Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66) On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67) Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68) Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
69) Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70) Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71) Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72) Dracula – Bram Stoker
73) The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
74) Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75) Ulysses – James Joyce
76) The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77) Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78) Germinal – Emile Zola
79) Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80) Possession – AS Byatt
81) A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
82) Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83) The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84) The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85) Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86) A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87) Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88) The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90) The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
91) Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92) The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93) The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94) Watership Down – Richard Adams
95) A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96) A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97) The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100) Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

[supertom]

yeah i've only read six only 3 of them are were by myself, proud to say that i read Lotr and hobbit when i was just 12, 13. Embarrassed to admit i havent read Count of Monte Cristo or Dune. I might also read Sherlock Holmes it could be similar to death note style deductive.


2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
16) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
36) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
28) Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

[Helesinine]

4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling (multiple times )
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
27) Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
31) Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy (didn't finish )
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
73) The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
92) The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery (multiple times)
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare

And probably a couple of more I don't remember anymore.

[Lynn 007]

My 16

8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
11) Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
36) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
39) Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
40) Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
48) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
68) Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
81) A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
83) The Color Purple – Alice Walker
87) Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88) The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

[Harald]

Great thread, this could be interesting. Before I count how many I've read myself, though (and hurry to the bookstore / library to get a couple more in), I want to know what Dan Brown's write-by-numbers book (I know, because yes, I have read it) The Da Vinci Code is doing on a list together with books like Ulysses, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Bible, Catch 22, Catcher in The Rye, On The Road, Of Mice and Men, and complete works of Shakespeare.

Seriously, what in the hell kind of list is that?

[beast]

I'm only going to list the books I've read cover-to-cover in their complete, unabridged forms...otherwise there would be many more!


4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
7) Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
11) Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
13) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
24) War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
27) Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30) The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
31) Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell
42) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43) One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
46) Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
48) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
61) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62) Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
64) The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65) Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66) On The Road – Jack Kerouac
68) Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
73) The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
76) The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
81) A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
87) Charlotte’s Web – EB White
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100) Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

33, almost a third! The list makes me realize how many books I start and never finish (at least another 30, but I have a terrible attention span). Also, you can't really lump The Da Vinci Code in with Les Miserables (my favorite book eeeeeever).

[moonrambler]

Thanks for posting that; it gives me a list to go check out at the library!

I've read quite a few of them, but I absolutely love reading fiction.

1) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
3) Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6) The Bible
7) Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
11) Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
13) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
15) Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19) The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
21) Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
27) Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28) Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
36) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
40) Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
42) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
46) Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
48) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
52) Dune – Frank Herbert
54) Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
61) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
63) The Secret History – Donna Tartt
70) Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71) Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72) Dracula – Bram Stoker
76) The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
81) A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
83) The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84) The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85) Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
87) Charlotte’s Web – EB White
94) Watership Down – Richard Adams

started and didn't finish:
2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
10) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
43) One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
57) A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
75) Ulysses – James Joyce

[tamzdance]

I took the challenge via Facebook---got 27 out of 100. Peace, tamzdance

[Steph4n1e]

12

This is a weird list.
I read about 100 books a year, just not these ones I wonder what logic the person who made this list had

[nienie]

I've read in full;

1) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
7) Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
10) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
35) Persuasion – Jane Austen
41) Animal Farm – George Orwel
61) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
71) Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72) Dracula – Bram Stoker
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

Quite a few on the list are books that I have read parts of but not in full, for instance The Bible and The Lord of the Rings. I own at least half of the list in my book collection, I should probably read them sometime.

[aelle]

2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
16) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell
42) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43) One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
62) Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63) The Secret History – Donna Tartt
66) On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67) Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68) Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
78) Germinal – Emile Zola
85) Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
92) The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl


In italics: I never finished them. I'm not well-read at all in English and American classics, not having been to school there...

[beast]

aelle, you have no excuses regarding The Count of Monte Cristo and Les Miserables, two of the greatest books ever written! But yeah, the list is pretty anglocentric.

[tarajc]

I've only read 23 but I've seen the movie version of much, much more (37) Does that count?

[Wax Frog]

ONLY 23? LOL! I've read 8...

[tarajc]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

ONLY 23? LOL! I've read 8...

LOL I do love to read but I go for the classic or well known books because I don't want to waste time reading a book that doesn't have good reviews so to speak. But, yea, I love the movies too. Even though I know the books are usually better.

[aelle]

Originally Posted by beast

aelle, you have no excuses regarding The Count of Monte Cristo and Les Miserables, two of the greatest books ever written! But yeah, the list is pretty anglocentric.

I'm sorry, I've suffered through poems and political essays by Victor Hugo and found him so full of **** I can't open another of his books ever again. The dude wrote odes to his birth year because he found himself so great! Blah.

[beast]

Originally Posted by aelle

I'm sorry, I've suffered through poems and political essays by Victor Hugo and found him so full of **** I can't open another of his books ever again. The dude wrote odes to his birth year because he found himself so great! Blah.

His poems are truly, truly atrocious. And Les Miserables has lots of God talk, which can be a turn-off, too. But it is so beautiful, I could read it a hundred times.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by tarajc

LOL I do love to read but I go for the classic or well known books because I don't want to waste time reading a book that doesn't have good reviews so to speak. But, yea, I love the movies too. Even though I know the books are usually better.

I was a SF geek as a kid, then I drifted into 'woo' subjects, a fun read for my taste (or lack thereof, lol). Lately I don't read as much as I once did - seems like now I spent most of my text-processing brain capacity on you crazies here!

[tarajc]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

I was a SF geek as a kid, then I drifted into 'woo' subjects, a fun read for my taste (or lack thereof, lol). Lately I don't read as much as I once did - seems like now I spent most of my text-processing brain capacity on you crazies here!

Crazies? LOL I could totally take that as a compliment right now

[BillyTheAdult]

I think it's silly that to cross some of these off you have to have read a whole series of books. Some of them seem like there are they just because they are trendy right now. That being said here is mine:

5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
13) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
16) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
61) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
66) On The Road – Jack Kerouac
83) The Color Purple – Alice Walker
87) Charlotte’s Web – EB White
94) Watership Down – Richard Adams
97) The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100) Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

But again I sort of question this list. there are a few glaring omissions that when weighed against some of the more questionable inclusions become even more glaring.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

I've read 47.

1) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Yes
2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien Yes
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling Yes
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee Yes
6) The Bible Yes
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell Yes
10) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Yes
11) Little Women – Louisa M Alcott Yes
16) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien Yes
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger Yes
19) The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger Yes
24) War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy Yes
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams Yes
28) Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck Yes
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll Yes
30) The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame Yes
32) David Copperfield – Charles Dickens Yes
33) Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis Yes
36) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis Yes
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini Yes
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell Yes
46) Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery Yes
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding Yes
52) Dune – Frank Herbert Yes
53) Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54) Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen Yes
57) A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens Yes
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley Yes
61) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck Yes
64) The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold Yes
65) Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas Yes
66) On The Road – Jack Kerouac Yes
70) Moby Dick – Herman Melville Yes
71) Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens Yes
72) Dracula – Bram Stoker Yes
73) The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett Yes
75) Ulysses – James Joyce Yes
76) The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath Yes
81) A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Yes
87) Charlotte’s Web – EB White Yes
88) The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom Yes
91) Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad Yes
94) Watership Down – Richard Adams Yes
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare Yes
99) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl Yes
100) Les Miserables – Victor Hugo Yes

Holy crap I read a lot of books. And I think they should've added Finnegan's Wake and more H.G. Wells books, like The Time Machine and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Also couldn't hurt to add the Vedas.

Edit: Oh and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, what's that list doing without it?

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by tarajc

Crazies? LOL I could totally take that as a compliment right now

By all means do so; after all, it takes one to know one

[cacheborn]

I have read the following ones.. total 22

2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
10) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
13) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
15) Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
32) David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell
42) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
65) Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
89) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
91) Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92) The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare

I am reading no 37 right now.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by cacheborn

I have read the following ones.. total 22

2) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
4) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
5) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
8) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
10) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
13) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
15) Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
18) Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
22) The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
25) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
29) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
32) David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
37) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
41) Animal Farm – George Orwell
42) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
49) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
58) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
65) Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
89) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
91) Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92) The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98) Hamlet – William Shakespeare

I am reading no 37 right now.

Kite Runner is a really great book. For anyone who has had nearly zero exposure to Iraqi culture, especially if they're an American, it can be very eye opening.

[Lynn 007]

The Big Read was sent to me via fb but here is a link regarding it's history.

The Big Read - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[cacheborn]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

Kite Runner is a really great book. For anyone who has had nearly zero exposure to Iraqi culture, especially if they're an American, it can be very eye opening.

Yup, it's hard not to be moved after reading it. He is a master storyteller.

[JSB]

Why "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" count as one book, and why is "Hamlet" listed further down the list, and why are these on the same list as a piece of bubble gum like "The DaVinci Code"?

I'm at 30.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by JSB

Why "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" count as one book, and why is "Hamlet" listed further down the list, and why are these on the same list as a piece of bubble gum like "The DaVinci Code"?

I'm at 30.

The Complete Works of Shakespeare is one book. It's the book's title. And The DaVinci Code isn't that bad. It's not a literary classic, but then again this list isn't composed of literary classics, there are some contemporary and postmodern works in there too.

[Holistic Star]

, I've read 62 from that list and started but not finished 13.


Weird collection though, I mean I read the magic faraway tree when i was a child, but I really wouldn't have it up there with great literature.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by Holistic Star

, I've read 62 from that list and started but not finished 13.


Weird collection though, I mean I read the magic faraway tree when i was a child, but I really wouldn't have it up there with great literature.

I thought it was a pretty good collection except for some of the Charles Dickens books (though I've read most of his works I can't say I'm a fan).