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I hope everyone had fun reading from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
The challenge runs from April 1, 2010 through April 30, 2011.
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My pool of choices, with 1001 editions in parentheses:
- Small Island by Andrea Levy
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith
- Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
- Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas – Gertrude Stein
- This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Borowski
- The River Between – Ngugi wa Thiong’o
- Villette by Charlotte Bronte
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Barbery (2010)
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006)
- Home by Marilynne Robinson (2010)
- What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Kafka on the Shore by Murakami (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Possession by A.S. Byatt (2006)
- Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006, 2008, 2010)
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006, 2008, 2010)
- The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Ficciones by Borges (2006)
- Labyrinths by Borges (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Doctor Zhivago by Pasternak (2006, 2008, 2010)
- How Late It Was, How Late – James Kelman (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Deep River by Shusaku Endo (2008, 2010)
- Oscar and Lucinda – Peter Carey (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Nervous Conditions – Tsitsi Dangarembga (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdich (2008, 2010)
- Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Some Prefer Nettles by Tanizaki (2008, 2010)
- Rashomon – Akutagawa Ryunosuke (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Kokoro – Natsume Soseki (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Hunger – Knut Hamsun (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
- A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens (2006)
- I, Robot – Isaac Asimov (2006, 2008, 2010)
- The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien (2006, 2008, 2010)
Great picks! Many of those I want to read, too. And I had no idea there was a 2010 edition – this means I’ll have to update my spreadsheet again!
I failed in the last one.. and I am not sure if i will be able to do this, this year! It is going to be a hectic one for me
But I will definitely read the books in my TBR for this one.
I am at 15% but then again I am really old….wonder if I will finish any years list??
I want to do this challenge, but I need to get a spreadsheet going of all the books I need to read for the challenges I am in to see if I can possibly fit in another one, haha. I am a challenge junkie. I’ll let you know.
hey is Tove Jansson the same person who composed the funny Moomins? She is indeed a master
Your choices look awesome! I might have to read along with you. Enjoy!
Dear 3M,
Over here at Regal Literary we’ve got a lot of exciting projects going on, from a HUGE summer book giveaway program to an amazing contest for Audrey Niffenegger’s new novel Her Fearful Symmetry(including 100 rare signed copies of the Limited Edition), and a special “bloggers only” prize! We’ve given away flights to Los Angeles, Italy, and now London. We’d love to be able to share all of these opportunities with you and your followers, so if you’d like to learn more, feel free to email me and I’ll send all the details your way.
Happy summer reading!
Regards,
Leigh Huffine
Regal Literary, Inc.
leigh@regal-literary.com
Yes, thanks for the tip that there’s a new edition. I was at 16.5% on the 2008 list, and I wonder if my percentage will go up or down when I upgrade my spreadsheet. I’m waiting for a book to leave the list and then reappear.