Book List Meme Thing
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lea724:
This list is the NPR Audience Picks of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever (Beach Book? These people are insane! -R.B.)
It's the usual drill: Bold the ones you've read. If you remember reading them on a beach, then italicize them as well! (No, there's no code for indicating books you've started, or want to read, or heard of; that stuff's for sissies. You read it, or you didn't.) Give us your count at the end!
1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling - The only books I read on a beach, and that's because I was buying the paperbacks as I was traveling along the north-eastern UK, and I would occasionally stop along the coast (they got heavy!) in a local pub for local people and read.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee - Doesn't everyone have to read it at school?
3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini - I never finished it, and I don't know where it is now :(
4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding - I can accept this as a beach book, if I actually enjoyed lying on beaches.
5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen - I can just imagine people reading it on the beach 200 years ago.
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald - I read this in my parents' library. Love it.
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams - To be fair, I read this so many times, I might have read it on a beach at some point, but I doubt it.
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
11. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
12. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
13. The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan - I forgot I read this, but now I'm pretty sure I have.
14. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien - I tried. Several times. I really really did.
15. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger - Maybe for adults, but I think being pale is a prerequisite for reading this as a teenager.
16. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
17. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
18. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien - I tried. Several times. I really really did.
19. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
20. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
21. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
22. The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver
23. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
24. The World According to Garp, by John Irving - Love it.
25. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller - War and death and corruption work best when combined with sun and sand.
26. The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
27. Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
28. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman - One day I will...
29. The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
30. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer - Hells no.
31. A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole - A favorite of hubby's.
32. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
33. The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
34. Beach Music, by Pat Conroy
35. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
36. Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
37. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
38. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
39. The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough
40. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
41. Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
42. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy - Nothing like the Russians to get you into that holiday mood, I say.
43. Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice
44. Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
45. Empire Falls, by Richard Russo
46. Under the Tuscan Sun, by Frances Mayes
47. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
48. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins
49. I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
50. Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
51. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott - Awww!
52. The Stand, by Stephen King
53. She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb
54. Dune, by Frank Herbert - It's the sand thing, isn't it?
55. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
56. Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sigh.
57. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
58. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov - A literary masterpiece with seriously disturbing subject matter = fun on the beach!
59. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo - Never got to it, and now it's in storage.
60. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
61. Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver
62. Jaws, by Peter Benchley
63. Good in Bed, by Jennifer Weiner - I'm pretty sure I read it on a plane, which is kinda the same as a beach. Amusingly, my mother saw it in my pile of books and made an incorrect assumption.
64. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
65. Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
66. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
67. The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
68. Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut
69. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
70. The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler
71. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
72. The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy - I think I might have read this, but it might have been another book I'm thinking of. Bah.
73. Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns
74. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
75. Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe
76. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte - one of the dozen or so books I'm in the middle of reading atm.
77. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
78. The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher
79. Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
80. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
81. Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck
82. The Pilot's Wife, by Anita Shreve
83. All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy
84. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson - another one of the dozen or so books I'm in the middle of reading atm.
85. The Little Prince, by Antoine De Saint-Exupery - Awwwwwww!
86. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
87. One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich
88. Shogun, by James Clavell - Read this one at my grandparents'.
89. Dracula, by Bram Stoker - Gotta love Penguin.
90. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera - It's not light just because the word appears in the title, dammit.
91. Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow
92. Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
93. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
94. Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris - another one of the dozen or so books I'm in the middle of reading atm.
95. Summer Sisters, by Judy Blume
96. The Shining, by Stephen King
97. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, by Terry McMillan
98. Lamb, by Christopher Moore
99. Sick Puppy, by Carl Hiaasen
100. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
So that's 29 read, two DNF (I never did manage to get through an entire Tolkien book), three currently reading, one that got lost while I was reading it, and one that I actually really want to read but haven't yet.
lea724:This list is the NPR Audience Picks of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever (Beach Book? These people are insane! -R.B.)
It's the usual drill: Bold the ones you've read. If you remember reading them on a beach, then italicize them as well! (No, there's no code for indicating books you've started, or want to read, or heard of; that stuff's for sissies. You read it, or you didn't.) Give us your count at the end!
1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling - The only books I read on a beach, and that's because I was buying the paperbacks as I was traveling along the north-eastern UK, and I would occasionally stop along the coast (they got heavy!) in a local pub for local people and read.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee - Doesn't everyone have to read it at school?
3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini - I never finished it, and I don't know where it is now :(
4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding - I can accept this as a beach book, if I actually enjoyed lying on beaches.
5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen - I can just imagine people reading it on the beach 200 years ago.
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald - I read this in my parents' library. Love it.
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams - To be fair, I read this so many times, I might have read it on a beach at some point, but I doubt it.
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
11. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
12. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
13. The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan - I forgot I read this, but now I'm pretty sure I have.
14. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien - I tried. Several times. I really really did.
15. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger - Maybe for adults, but I think being pale is a prerequisite for reading this as a teenager.
16. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
17. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
18. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien - I tried. Several times. I really really did.
19. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
20. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
21. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
22. The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver
23. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
24. The World According to Garp, by John Irving - Love it.
25. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller - War and death and corruption work best when combined with sun and sand.
26. The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
27. Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
28. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman - One day I will...
29. The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
30. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer - Hells no.
31. A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole - A favorite of hubby's.
32. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
33. The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
34. Beach Music, by Pat Conroy
35. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
36. Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
37. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
38. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
39. The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough
40. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
41. Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
42. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy - Nothing like the Russians to get you into that holiday mood, I say.
43. Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice
44. Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
45. Empire Falls, by Richard Russo
46. Under the Tuscan Sun, by Frances Mayes
47. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
48. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins
49. I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
50. Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
51. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott - Awww!
52. The Stand, by Stephen King
53. She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb
54. Dune, by Frank Herbert - It's the sand thing, isn't it?
55. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
56. Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sigh.
57. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
58. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov - A literary masterpiece with seriously disturbing subject matter = fun on the beach!
59. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo - Never got to it, and now it's in storage.
60. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
61. Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver
62. Jaws, by Peter Benchley
63. Good in Bed, by Jennifer Weiner - I'm pretty sure I read it on a plane, which is kinda the same as a beach. Amusingly, my mother saw it in my pile of books and made an incorrect assumption.
64. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
65. Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
66. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
67. The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
68. Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut
69. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
70. The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler
71. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
72. The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy - I think I might have read this, but it might have been another book I'm thinking of. Bah.
73. Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns
74. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
75. Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe
76. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte - one of the dozen or so books I'm in the middle of reading atm.
77. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
78. The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher
79. Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
80. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
81. Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck
82. The Pilot's Wife, by Anita Shreve
83. All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy
84. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson - another one of the dozen or so books I'm in the middle of reading atm.
85. The Little Prince, by Antoine De Saint-Exupery - Awwwwwww!
86. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
87. One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich
88. Shogun, by James Clavell - Read this one at my grandparents'.
89. Dracula, by Bram Stoker - Gotta love Penguin.
90. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera - It's not light just because the word appears in the title, dammit.
91. Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow
92. Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
93. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
94. Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris - another one of the dozen or so books I'm in the middle of reading atm.
95. Summer Sisters, by Judy Blume
96. The Shining, by Stephen King
97. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, by Terry McMillan
98. Lamb, by Christopher Moore
99. Sick Puppy, by Carl Hiaasen
100. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
So that's 29 read, two DNF (I never did manage to get through an entire Tolkien book), three currently reading, one that got lost while I was reading it, and one that I actually really want to read but haven't yet.