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What do you think of this list?

Have you read any of the novels listed? I've read Watchmen, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Animal Farm,
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I've read The Bridge of San Luis Rey, amazing book.

I recently just checked out to Kill a Mockingbird
and I'll probably be a reading a couple more of those,
because some are on the required summer reading lists
for highschools in my area.
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Posts: 1270 · Posted: January 4, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject:

I've read

Animal Farm
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Posts: 25885 · Posted: January 4, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

I think these are all I read from that list...

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

1984 by George Orwell

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume

The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lord of the Flies
by William Golding

1984
by George Orwell

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

There are great books that I didn't see there! Here are some that I think should have been on that list:

Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Macguire

The Other Boleyn GIrl
by Phillippa Gregory

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J.K. Rowling

These are both old and modern classics that make great reads.
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^^agreed. there were lots of books. that could of been on there.

maybe like, pride and prejudice... you know the classics.

but the ones from that list ive read were:

. the lion, the witch and the wardrobe - (C.S.Lewis)

. The lord of the rings - (J.R.R.Tolkien)

. 1984 - (George Orwell)

. To kill a mockingbird - (Harper Lee)
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Ive read most of those. Some of them in school others just by myself.
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Best book on there that I read was Catcher In The Rye.

Holden is my favorite character in all of literature.
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1984 and Animal Farm are by far the craziest on the list.

i didnt see but is Of Mouse and Men on the list?
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^^ agreed 1984 is one of the weirdest books.
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Posts: 25885 · Posted: January 5, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject:

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I have Read:

-Animal Farm: George Orwell
-Catch-22: Joseph Heller
-The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
-A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess
-The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis
-Lord of the Flies: William Golding
-The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien
-1984: George Orwell
-On the Road: Jack Kerouac
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Ken Kesey
-Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
-Their Eyes Were Watching God: Zora Neale Hurston
-To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee

But I my favorite of the above is LOTR & One Flew..

Posts: 2513 · Posted: January 5, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject:

I've only read 4 of them, Animal Farm, Are you there God? It's Me Margret, Lord of the Flies, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books of all time, it's a classic. The other 3 are good too. I read Are you there God? It's Me Margret a while ago and i remember loving it. The other 2 i read in school and I don't know how much of Lord of the Flies i would have gotten without the discussions we had in class. Animal Farm isn't one of my favorite books, but the symbolism in it is amazing.
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Posts: 16882 · Posted: January 6, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

ooo jonathan franzen is on there. he did a reading at my college from his memoirs, twas funny. haven't read the corrections though.

i've read.
The Great Gatsby
Lion Witch and the Wardrobe
lord of the rings
1984
To kill a mockingbird

i enjoyed them all.
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Posts: 535 · Posted: January 6, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject:

I've read:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lord of the Rings

That's all.
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I've read quite a few on the list, too lazy to find them all. I don't see Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. How disappointing.

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^^ ive always wanted to read that book.
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Posts: 2513 · Posted: January 6, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:

My bad, I didn't see the Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe. I've read that too, on my own and in school. It's a good book, but i've also read the 1st one in the series and i thought that it was almost as good.
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I have read these:

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis

The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien

The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger

Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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I've read

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe By: C.S. Lewis

and skimmed through
Gone With the Wind
and
To Kill A Mocking Bird, (I just finished watching that movie in school)
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I've read:

Animal Farm
Atonement
Catch-22
The Catcher in the Rye
A Clockwork Orange
Gone With the Wind
The Great Gastby
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
Lolita
Naked Lunch
1984
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A Passage to India
To Kill a Mockingbird

Part of Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse

I don't like that list. They missed a lot of incredible books, and some that weren't so great were on there. Hmm.
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Of Mice and Men should be on that list. It was such a beautiful book. I LOVE To Kill a Mocking Bird.

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I didn't really like of Mice and Men. Maybe it was because I was forced to read it for school, though. I think The Chosen should be on it. I love that book. x]
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