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1001 Books: I’ve Read About 32

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

Here's a list of 1001 books that are recommended everyone should read before they die, taken from a book by Martin Seymour-Smith. Here are the titles I've definitely read: ... Continue reading »

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  • Dave

    2 years ago

    Well, I can't say I did much better. I had 28. But I only "picked up" a lot of titles towards the end of the list. Can't say I've read many of the recent items.

    I feel so unlearned :-)

    They did have one comic book in there..."The Watchmen", woot! Not much scifi except for Asimov, HG Wells and a Neal Stephenson book.
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    Also, a fair number of the books on my "read" list were ones that I was forced to read for highschool or college courses... so if left to my own choosing I would have read even fewer.
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  • DBK

    2 years ago

    I have about 94, but I am disappointed that so many great books didn't make it onto the list. You could put any of Ray Chandler's other novels on there with the two or three that made it. Frankly, I thought The Ladi in the Lake was terrific.

    I was hoping to break 100. My usual golf score and my reading score are synched.
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    Wow DBK, that's pretty awesome. More than 3 times my list.

    What books would you recommend me to read? Maybe I'll start with Raymond Chandler.

    I also noticed quite a few movies I enjoyed were on there too (The English Patient, Howard's End, Breakfast at Tiffany's) ... maybe that would be an easy entry for me into reading fiction again.
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