Dr. Peter Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006 edition)" on Lists of Bests

From 14% to 15% — 1 year ago

I read a number of books the past month going to 15%. The best were Tarzan, Rameau’s Nephew, and Portnoy’s Complaint. Two I would not recommend were Eugene Onegin and Story of O. Ones in the middle that were pretty good included Frankenstein, Notes from the Underground, and Pierre and Jean. In a Glass Darkly was accidentally counted in the last group and was in this group and was pretty good.

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Wisconsin08

From 13% to 14% — 1 year ago

I reached this last month: The best of these ten were: The Good Soldier Svejk, The Day of the Triffids, and The Shadowline: A Confession. A step lower and very good were: Bunner Sisters, Diary of a Nobody, and In a Glass Darkly. Good works were: The House on the Borderland, The Life and Death of Harriet Frean, and A Tale of A Tub. One I would not recommend was The Man of Feeling, (which others like a good deal).

Oct 09, 09:50AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Eleitistscum

How many a year? — 1 year ago

I read constantly but at 24 and 10% (8% on the newer one) this list seems a bit daunting any suggestions?

Aug 26, 10:26PM | 5 comments | Reply to this

Gavin Malavolta

Keep up to date! — 1 year ago

get this list updated – the latest revision is for 2010 (and I’ve read more titles on that version ha ha)

Jun 20, 11:45AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

Wisconsin08

From 10 to 11 to 12 to 13% — 2 years ago

It’s been a long time since I made an entry but I read a fair amount of books. I’m also reading from the 2008 list so I apologize if a couple of them sneek on here. The very best excellent reads were Schindler’s List, This Way for the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen!. A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Dracula, and Like Water for Chocolate. Very good ones were A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Aesop’s Fables, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Enormous Room, Pricksongs and Descants, The Invention of Curried Sausage, All the Pretty Horses, Hideous Kinky, and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Others worth reading were A Room With a View, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Pnin, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Sexing the Cherry, Castle Rackrent, The Underdogs, Rashoman and other stories, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Sea, The Castle of Otranto, and Prince of Abyssinia. Books I would not recommend that I read were The Dictionary of the Khazars, Nightwood, and Vathek.

Apr 07, 08:11PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Shannon

Just finished looking through the whole list — 2 years ago

I am surprised that so many authors are so well represented. Why not only list 1 or 2 books per author and therefore get a wider representation? Especially if you end up hating, say, George Eliot or Edith Wharton, and then feel like you have to read several of their books just to mark them off.

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Jessi Saltzman

how about...? — 2 years ago

‘i am legend.’ why isn’t that on here?

Feb 13, 09:44AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Jessi Saltzman

huh... — 2 years ago

wow i thought i’d read quite a few until i noticed it’s only 1%. but i should get props for reading most of them on my own and not while i was in school ^_~

Feb 13, 09:38AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Deanne Beech

Aesop's fables — 2 years ago

We seem to be missing 1001. Once again it seems that whilst being able to read someone has not yet grasped the meaning of the word DEFINITIVE maybe we should add a dictionary and change the list to 1002.

Oct 16, 08:34AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Lisa Hill

duplicates — 2 years ago

Some silly person has added 4 versions of Madame Bovary in addition to the one that’s already on this list. Can someone please delete these extra four?

Sep 14, 07:27AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

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