I just replaced the original list (as shared by Ninja) with the actual one from the BBC site. The de-coupling of Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia was managed within that. Didn't have too much patience to pick through the list for rearrangement though.. That one had some gems like "The Bible"!
And if you must pick on some of the entries - Stephen King's The Stand? Really? So they're implying that of all his output, that's the one they'd rank on top? That is just wrong.
And like you for Kane and Abel, it'd be me for Pillars Of The Earth..
No abridged! Then loads of people would claim to have read Shakespeare just 'cos they had some 'non-detail' or 'rapid reader' version of some of his works in school..
Wed Sept 09, 06:29:00 am
Picked this up from some random blog. Just because it's been a while since I've actually picked up a book, here's hoping that this provokes me enough to stop reading only Reader and become an actual reader.
The original list was flawed (clubs entire series together as one book, and it doesn't accurately reflect The Big Read's Top100 books) so I've taken the liberty of modifying the meme with the actual list.
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Look at the list and bold those you have read.Italicize those you intend to read.Mark in RED the books you LOVE.Reprint this list in your own blog.(this point added by me) Having seen the movie/cartoon/TV series is not the same as having read the book.The List The Lord of the Rings, JRR TolkienPride and Prejudice, Jane AustenHis Dark Materials, Philip PullmanThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas AdamsHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird, Harper LeeWinnie the Pooh, AA MilneNineteen Eighty-Four, George OrwellThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS LewisJane Eyre, Charlotte BrontëCatch-22, Joseph HellerWuthering Heights, Emily BrontëBirdsong, Sebastian FaulksRebecca, Daphne du MaurierThe Catcher in the Rye, JD SalingerThe Wind in the Willows, Kenneth GrahameGreat Expectations, Charles DickensLittle Women, Louisa May AlcottCaptain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de BernieresWar and Peace, Leo TolstoyGone with the Wind, Margaret MitchellHarry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK RowlingHarry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK RowlingHarry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK RowlingThe Hobbit, JRR TolkienTess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas HardyMiddlemarch, George EliotPrayer For Owen Meany, John IrvingThe Grapes Of Wrath, John SteinbeckAlice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis CarrollThe Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline WilsonOne Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García MárquezThe Pillars Of The Earth, Ken FollettDavid Copperfield, Charles DickensCharlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald DahlTreasure Island, Robert Louis StevensonTown Like Alice, Nevil ShutePersuasion, Jane AustenDune, Frank HerbertEmma, Jane AustenAnne Of Green Gables, LM MontgomeryWatership Down, Richard AdamsThe Great Gatsby, F Scott FitzgeraldThe Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre DumasBrideshead Revisited, Evelyn WaughAnimal Farm, George OrwellChristmas Carol, Charles DickensFar From The Madding Crowd, Thomas HardyGoodnight Mister Tom, Michelle MagorianThe Shell Seekers, Rosamunde PilcherThe Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson BurnettOf Mice And Men, John SteinbeckThe Stand, Stephen KingAnna Karenina, Leo TolstoySuitable Boy, Vikram SethThe BFG, Roald DahlSwallows And Amazons, Arthur RansomeBlack Beauty, Anna SewellArtemis Fowl, Eoin ColferCrime And Punishment, Fyodor DostoyevskyNoughts And Crosses, Malorie BlackmanMemoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur GoldenTale Of Two Cities, Charles DickensThe Thorn Birds, Colleen McColloughMort, Terry PratchettThe Magic Faraway Tree, Enid BlytonThe Magus, John FowlesGood Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanGuards! Guards!, Terry PratchettLord Of The Flies, William GoldingPerfume, Patrick SüskindThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert TressellNight Watch, Terry PratchettMatilda, Roald DahlBridget Jones's Diary, Helen FieldingThe Secret History, Donna TarttThe Woman In White, Wilkie CollinsUlysses, James JoyceBleak House, Charles DickensDouble Act, Jacqueline WilsonThe Twits, Roald DahlCapture The Castle, Dodie SmithHoles, Louis SacharGormenghast, Mervyn PeakeThe God Of Small Things, Arundhati RoyVicky Angel, Jacqueline WilsonBrave New World, Aldous HuxleyCold Comfort Farm, Stella GibbonsMagician, Raymond E FeistOn The Road, Jack KerouacThe Godfather, Mario PuzoThe Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M AuelThe Colour Of Magic, Terry PratchettThe Alchemist, Paulo CoelhoKatherine, Anya SetonKane And Abel, Jeffrey ArcherLove In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García MárquezGirls In Love, Jacqueline WilsonThe Princess Diaries, Meg CabotMidnight's Children, Salman RushdieAnd just because I can, and because the number is ridiculously manageable, I tag whoever reads this blog post :-)
"The Not-So-Big Read"
8 Comments -
This was nice to read and I did my list immediately :)
Thu Aug 27, 10:19:00 am
Ah thanks! These things are fun to do on idle work afternoons :p
Thu Aug 27, 10:36:00 am
Does it count if I've watched a movie adaptation of the book?
Thu Aug 27, 11:14:00 am
Uh.. see bullet point five.. if you've seen The Kite Runner but haven't actually read it, then nope, doesn't count.
(Even though IMO it's a bloody good book2movie effort..)
Thu Aug 27, 11:24:00 am
Which series have you decoupled other than Harry Potter? Lots still left - His Dark Materials, Hitchhiker, Artemis Fowl.
And the list is still flawed - Kane & Abel? Seriously??
Mon Aug 31, 11:13:00 am
I just replaced the original list (as shared by Ninja) with the actual one from the BBC site. The de-coupling of Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia was managed within that. Didn't have too much patience to pick through the list for rearrangement though.. That one had some gems like "The Bible"!
And if you must pick on some of the entries - Stephen King's The Stand? Really? So they're implying that of all his output, that's the one they'd rank on top? That is just wrong.
And like you for Kane and Abel, it'd be me for Pillars Of The Earth..
Mon Aug 31, 11:26:00 am
err...does the abridged version count?!
Wed Sept 09, 05:06:00 am
No abridged! Then loads of people would claim to have read Shakespeare just 'cos they had some 'non-detail' or 'rapid reader' version of some of his works in school..
Wed Sept 09, 06:29:00 am