> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/mar/02/news.michellepauli
> +) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Got it, great read, thought your comment in the other thread was spot on. > +) The Bible Feh. Self contradictory rubbish, doesn't even read well as a fairy tale. > +) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien Probably the first multi-volume series i ever read. > +) 1984 by George Orwell Read it, comes around once and again on the read list. usually shelved. > +) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens This was required reading in my household at Christmas time. It isn't anymore. > +) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte "Sebastian, I've got these matchsticks to arrange." "Oh, I..." > +) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Never read it. > +) All Quite on the Western Front by E M Remarque I picked up this book as the prize for my very first RIF program when I was 8. I liked the cover. I also got a novel-sized book about star trek. i still have All Quiet. and I still break it out about every two years. It is one of the greatest books ever written. > +) His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman Read it. Wasn't thrilled. > +) Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks Never read it. > +) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Read it, liked Tortilla Flats and Cannery Row better > +) The Lord of the Flies by William Golding This was on the reading list in Sophomore English at my high school. I read it and loved it. I think the original English film adaptation is the best. > +) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon > > Never ever heard of it (should I be ashamed)? no, I'm not :-) > +) Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy > > Never read it. Ditto. > +) Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne > > Loved it! And it can be read in an hour or two! How much easier do you > want classics to be?! Loved Pooh. Loved And now we are Six. Read each of the Pooh books to my children. > +) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte OH.MY... SO.MELODRAMATIC.MUST.SLASH.WRISTS. > +) The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham > > Read it. Of course I loved it... but I'm not sure if it's a "MUST READ > BEFORE YOU DIE!" It's cute... but life altering? I don't see it. Haven't read it. Or if I did, I don't remember doing so. > +) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell A book even longer than the movie. if that is possible. > +) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens some things can never be unread. .... some books I've not read. > +) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess My favorite book. i have owned 7 and lent out six copies of this book over the years. I have only had one copy returned to me. and that was because the young lady that I lent it to had assumed that I would want it back, so she brought it with her on a visit 4 years after borrowing it. I now have two copies. > +) A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn a very good, very dangerous book. precursor to the Gulag Archipelago. > > Having giving it a small amount of thought I would add: > > +) "Extraterrestrial Civilizations" by Isaac Asimov. > > My favorite book. Really no other reason. But it does provide an amazing > insight into the size of the Universe that we live in and the possibilities > in it. It's getting more and more out-of-date every year, but I still adore > this book. > > +) "Watership Down" by Richard Adams > I am i the only person on Earth to not really like this book? > > +) "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum FEH. > +) "Dune" by Frank Herbert good book. > +) "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling > > Nah - I'm just shittin' you. You can definitely die without reading this > book. ;^) w00t! > +) "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs > > This isn't high art or really even classic literature. > +) "Matilda" by Roald Dahl +1 -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
