Life of Pi (am in the middle of this one at the moment) by Yann Martel
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Cornerstone by Zoe Oldenbourg
The Book of Lights by Chaim Potok
Nevermore by William Hjortsberg
How Green was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Naked by David Sedaris
Cause Caleb by Helen Fielding
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Deep Green Sea by Robert Olen Butler
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Patrick by Stephen Lawhead
The Gunslinger (a 7 book series) by Stephen King
The Historian by Elizabth Kostova
Blindness by Jose Saramango
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Sex God by Rob Bell
The Song of Albion (a 3 book series) by Stephen Lawhead
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Mossflower by Brian Jacques
The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Prague by Arthur Phillips
Soul Cravings by Erwin McManus
Poland by James A. Michener
Silence by Shusaku Endo
Pray to Live by Henri Nouwen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Paradise Alley by Kevin Baker
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Western Coast by Paula Fox
The Covenant by James A. Michener
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Lost by Gregory Maguire
Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
Not necessarily in that order....
Would you please remind me to stop buying books when I have so many yet to be read? (Not that you should stop giving me books...) I'm rather curious how long it will take me to read them. I rearranged my library so that all of these unread novels and nonfiction alike are together on two (rather cramped) shelves.
You may be thinking I should have read many of these in high school, but although I consumed an excessive amount of books in my schooldays (always winning any reading contest) there were many that escaped my perusement. I'll try to give an update now and then on which I find myself loving and which don't meet my approval ratings.
This excites me. Seriously--to have so many unread books together in one spot is fabulous. The other portion of my assignment is to reorganize the rest of the library into genre (more specifically) and author. To then sit back in my chair in the sunshine with a mug of coffee and dive in. Not to emerge for several months.
9 comments:
I will leave food at your door so you don't starve. :)
I'll try to get Wicked done this weekend so you can peruse it before next weekend. :)
You've compiled quite a list! I'll hold off on picking any up at the library for you..... :)
Thanks...the food will help. I'll read with one hand and grab it out of your hands with the other...
:)
"Life of Pi" is one of my all-time favorite books, especially the parts dealing with religion. I wrote a sermon based on it a few years ago. I think you should read that one first. :)
AAAAHH! I forgot to get Wicked out! Waaah. Maybe I can borrow it from a library near my friend's place.
And I really liked Life of Pi. It was really interesting.
And yes, wow, that is a humungo booklist! Yowza!
Wow. I was thinking that was a ton of books, but I know if I were to look carefully - I probably have bought just as many.
Laura, I am in the middle of it right now! You have me curious what you wrote about it...
Oh Hills, I hope you can pick up the book...and if not, I can catch you up on any info you need!
It amazed me how many books I have that I haven't read. This isn't even all of them!
I second the recommendation to read Life of Pi first.
Enjoy Wicked! It is only my favorite musical of all time. I saw it on the day I went to the city to pick up my wedding dress and won the tickets in a lottery. Last year, I was able to get free tickets to take a class of students to see it on Broadway.
Atlas Shrugged is the best book I've ever read. It really changed my life. Didn't exactly change my views but instead gave me great confidence that they were correct. It take a lot of determination to get through it but well worth it!
Pll--I got through Fountainhead, so I'm not worried about the plowing through. And I don't really agree with her on a lot of things, but love so much her writing style and the thinking it provokes. I am definitely looking forward to this one!
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