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Kat's "1001 books i want to read before I die"

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My ultimate list of books I want to read.

List subject to change. Possibly as I grow older and wiser.

  1. 1.
    The Lovely Bones
    by Alice Sebold

  2. 2.
    My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
    by Jodi Picoult

  3. 3.
    The Lord of the Rings
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

  4. 5.
    Memoirs of a Geisha (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))
    by Arthur Golden

  5. 6.
    Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)
    by Jane Austen

  6. 7.
    Mostly Harmless
    by Douglas Adams

  7. 8.
    Life, the Universe and Everything
    by Douglas Adams

  8. 9.
    Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery
    by Meg Cabot

  9. 11.
    The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody
    by Don Brine

  10. 12.
    Angels & Demons
    by Dan Brown

  11. 13.
    In Cold Blood
    by Truman Capote

  12. 14.
    The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
    by Ann Brashares

  13. 15.
    The A-List: A Novel
    by Zoey Dean

  14. 16.
    The Tenth Circle
    by Jodi Picoult

  15. 17.
    The Pact: A Love Story (P.S.)
    by Jodi Picoult

  16. 18.
    Message in a Bottle
    by Nicholas Sparks

  17. 19.
    Never Let Me Go
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

  18. 20.
    1984
    by George Orwell

  19. 21.
    The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11)
    by Lemony Snicket

  20. 22.

  21. 23.
    The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)
    by Lemony Snicket

  22. 24.
    The Wedding
    by Nicholas Sparks

  23. 25.
    Everything Is Illuminated
    by Jonathan Safran Foer

  24. 26.
    Queen of Babble: A Novel
    by Meg Cabot

  25. 27.
    Fight Club: A Novel
    by Chuck Palahniuk

  26. 28.
    Bridget Jones's Diary
    by Helen Fielding

  27. 29.
    Bridget Jones; The edge of Reason
    by Helen Fielding

  28. 30.
    Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow Series)
    by John Marsden

  29. 31.
    Chinese Cinderella (Puffin Teenage Books)
    by Adeline Yen Mah

  30. 32.
    Stormbreaker
    by Anthony Horowitz

  31. 33.
    The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, Book 2)
    by Eoin Colfer

  32. 34.
    The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, Book 3)
    by Eoin Colfer

  33. 35.
    Castle in the Air (rpkg)
    by Diana Wynne Jones

  34. 36.
    Stargirl (Readers Circle)
    by Jerry Spinelli

  35. 37.
    Ella Enchanted
    by Gail Carson Levine

  36. 38.
    The Face on the Milk Carton
    by Caroline B. Cooney

  37. 39.
    About a Boy (Movie Tie-In)
    by Nick Hornby

  38. 40.
    Tuck Everlasting
    by Natalie Babbitt

  39. 41.
    Interview with the Vampire (Vampire Chronicles)
    by Anne Rice

  40. 42.
    Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics)
    by Leo Tolstoy

  41. 43.
    I Capture the Castle
    by Dodie Smith

  42. 44.
    Point Blanc
    by Anthony Horowitz

  43. 45.
    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
    by Sue Townsend

  44. 46.
    The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
    by Barbara Kingsolver

  45. 47.
    ?
    Flowers in the Attic
    by V. C. Andrews

  46. 48.
    The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    by Mitch Albom

  47. 49.
    Life of Pi
    by Yann Martel

  48. 50.
    Girl with a Pearl Earring
    by Tracy Chevalier

  49. 51.
    Enduring Love: A Novel
    by Ian McEwan

  50. 52.
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon

  51. 53.
    Boy Proof
    by Cecil Castellucci

  52. 54.
    Feeling Sorry for Celia: A Novel
    by Jaclyn Moriarty

  53. 55.
    Prep: A Novel
    by Curtis Sittenfeld

  54. 56.
    The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novel
    by Karen Joy Fowler

  55. 57.
    Gossip Girl #1: A Novel (Gossip Girl Series)
    by Cecily Von Ziegesar

  56. 58.
    How to Be Popular
    by Meg Cabot

  57. 59.
    Absolutely Positively Not (Sid Fleischman Humor Award)
    by David LaRochelle

  58. 60.
    A Christmas Carol
    by Charles Dickens

  59. 61.
    Skipping Christmas
    by John Grisham

  60. 62.
    The Alchemist
    by Paulo Coelho

  61. 63.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Anthony Burgess

  62. 64.
    Nicola and the Viscount
    by Meg Cabot

  63. 65.
    Victoria and the Rogue
    by Meg Cabot

  64. 66.

  65. 67.
    The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
    by Carolyn Mackler

  66. 68.
    Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
    by Judy Blume

  67. 69.
    A Million Little Pieces
    by James Frey

  68. 70.
    Millions
    by Frank Cottrell Boyce

  69. 71.

  70. 72.
    Charmed Thirds: A Novel
    by Megan Mccafferty

  71. 73.
    Catalyst
    by Laurie Halse Anderson

  72. 74.
    Just as Long as We're Together
    by Judy Blume

  73. 75.
    Me Talk Pretty One Day
    by David Sedaris

  74. 76.
    The Diary of Anne Frank.
    by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

  75. 77.
    V for Vendetta
    by Alan Moore

  76. 78.
    The Virgin Suicides
    by Jeffrey Eugenides

  77. 79.
    South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel
    by Haruki Murakami

  78. 80.
    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
    by Michael Chabon

  79. 81.
    The Horse and His Boy (adult) (Narnia)
    by C. S. Lewis

  80. 82.

  81. 83.

  82. 84.
    Lolita, 50th Anniversary Edition
    by Vladimir Nabokov

  83. 85.
    Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics)
    by William Makepeace Thackeray

  84. 87.
    ?
    The Little Prince

  85. 88.
    ?
    The Colour of Magic: Discworld #1 (Unabridged)
    by Terry Pratchett

  86. 89.
    The Power of One: A Novel
    by Bryce Courtenay

  87. 90.
    Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday
    by Megan McCafferty

  88. 91.
    30 Guys in 30 Days (Simon Romantic Comedies)
    by Micol Ostow

  89. 92.
    Accidental Love
    by Gary Soto

  90. 93.
    Major Crush (Romantic Comedies (Mass Market))
    by Jennifer Echols

  91. 94.
    Scary Beautiful (Romantic Comedies (Mass Market))
    by Niki Burnham

  92. 95.

  93. 96.
    In Her Shoes MovieTie-in: A Novel
    by Jennifer Weiner

  94. 97.
    Educating Caroline (Sonnet Books)
    by Patricia Cabot

  95. 98.
    At First Sight
    by Nicholas Sparks

  96. 99.
    This Lullaby
    by Sarah Dessen

  97. 100.
    The Rescue
    by Nicholas Sparks

  98. 101.
    A Bend in the Road
    by Nicholas Sparks

  99. 102.
    True Believer
    by Nicholas Sparks

  100. 103.
    Dear John
    by Nicholas Sparks

  101. 104.
    Nights in Rodanthe
    by Nicholas Sparks

  102. 105.
    Three Weeks with My Brother
    by Nicholas Sparks

  103. 106.
    Flush
    by Carl Hiaasen

  104. 107.
    Dancing Queen (Simon Romantic Comedies)
    by Erin Downing

  105. 108.
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    by Stephen Chbosky

  106. 109.
    The Au Pairs
    by Melissa de la Cruz

  107. 110.
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    by Douglas Adams

  108. 111.
    What My Mother Doesn't Know
    by Sonya Sones

  109. 112.
    Flour Babies. Anne Fine
    by Anne Fine

  110. 113.
    It's Not the End of the World
    by Judy Blume

  111. 114.
    Boy Meets Boy
    by David Levithan

  112. 115.
    Boy Meets Girl
    by Meg Cabot

  113. 116.
    2Gether 4Ever: Notes of a Junior High School Heartthrob
    by Dene Larson

  114. 117.
    Peaches (rpkg)
    by Jodi Lynn Anderson

  115. 118.
    If We Kiss
    by Rachel Vail

  116. 120.
    Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
    by Scott Westerfeld

  117. 121.
    Pretties (Uglies Trilogy, Book 2)
    by Scott Westerfeld

  118. 122.
    The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
    by Khaled Hosseini

  119. 123.
    The Time Traveler's Wife
    by Audrey Niffenegger

  120. 125.
    The History of Love
    by Nicole Krauss

  121. 126.
    Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)
    by John Steinbeck

  122. 127.
    Digital Fortress
    by Dan Brown

  123. 128.
    The War of the Worlds (Tor Classics)
    by H. G. Wells

  124. 129.
    On Beauty
    by Zadie Smith

  125. 130.
    The Holy Bible
    by Various Authors

  126. 131.
    The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist)
    by Salman Rushdie

  127. 132.
    The God of Small Things
    by Arundhati Roy

  128. 133.
    Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy)
    by Cornelia Funke

  129. 134.
    Inkspell
    by Cornelia Funke

  130. 135.
    Specials (Uglies Trilogy, Book 3)
    by Scott Westerfeld

  131. 136.
    Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)
    by Stephenie Meyer

  132. 137.
    Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
    by Christopher Paolini

  133. 138.
    Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)
    by Christopher Paolini

  134. 139.
    ?
    Prince Caspian
    by C.S. Lewis

  135. 140.
    Lucky: A Memoir
    by Alice Sebold

  136. 141.
    Harvesting the Heart
    by Jodi Picoult

  137. 142.
    Picture Perfect
    by Jodi Picoult

  138. 143.
    Perfect Match
    by Jodi Picoult

  139. 144.
    Second Glance: A Novel
    by Jodi Picoult

  140. 145.
    Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
    by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  141. 146.
    Wuthering Heights (Signet Classics)
    by Emily Brontë

  142. 147.
    Catch 22
    by Joseph Heller

  143. 148.
    Ulysses
    by James Joyce

  144. 149.
    Watership Down: A Novel
    by Richard Adams

  145. 150.
    I Am the Cheese (Laurel-Leaf Library)
    by Robert Cormier

  146. 151.
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics)
    by Ken Kesey

  147. 152.
    The Silmarillion
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

  148. 153.

  149. 154.
    Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic Series)
    by Sophie Kinsella

  150. 155.
    Anybody Out There?: A Novel
    by Marian Keyes

  151. 156.
    Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey
    by Rachel Simon

  152. 157.
    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel
    by Rebecca Wells

  153. 158.
    Valley of the Dolls
    by Jacqueline Susann

  154. 159.
    White Teeth: A Novel
    by Zadie Smith

  155. 160.
    Freckle Juice
    by Judy Blume

  156. 161.
    Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life
    by Lauren Winner

  157. 162.
    Jane Eyre (Dover Thrift Editions)
    by Charlotte Brontë

  158. 163.
    Girl, Interrupted
    by Susanna Kaysen

  159. 164.
    The Rules of Attraction
    by Bret Easton Ellis

  160. 165.
    The Bourne Identity (Bourne Trilogy No.1)
    by Robert Ludlum

  161. 166.
    Blonde: A Novel
    by Joyce Carol Oates

  162. 167.
    Jaws
    by Peter Benchley

  163. 168.
    Cold Mountain (MTI) (Vintage Contemporaries)
    by Charles Frazier

  164. 169.
    The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel
    by Gaston Leroux

  165. 170.
    Lord of the Flies
    by William Golding

  166. 171.
    A Dangerous Plan (Left Behind: The Kids, Book 20)
    by Jerry B. Jenkins

  167. 172.
    How I Live Now
    by Meg Rosoff

  168. 173.
    Trainspotting
    by Irvine Welsh

  169. 174.
    The Constant Gardener
    by John le Carre

  170. 175.
    It
    by Stephen King

  171. 176.
    Velocity
    by Dean Koontz

  172. 177.

  173. 179.
    Girls in Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 3)
    by Ann Brashares

  174. 180.
    It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers
    by Louise Rennison

  175. 185.

  176. 186.
    Girl 16: Pants on Fire
    by Sue Limb

  177. 187.
    The Truth About Forever
    by Sarah Dessen

  178. 188.
    Crash
    by Jerry Spinelli

  179. 189.
    Cut
    by Patricia McCormick

  180. 190.
    Briar Rose
    by Jane Yolen

  181. 191.
    Go Ask Alice
    by Anonymous

  182. 193.
    The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention
    by Editors of Modern Drummer Magazine

  183. 195.
    Chocolat
    by Joanne Harris

  184. 196.
    The Chocolate War
    by Robert Cormier

  185. 197.
    Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
    by Eric Schlosser

  186. 199.
    The Color Purple
    by Alice Walker

  187. 200.
    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
    by Jonathan Safran Foer

  188. 201.
    Franny and Zooey
    by J. D. Salinger

  189. 202.
    Just Like Heaven
    by Marc Levy

  190. 203.
    A Wrinkle In Time
    by Madeleine L'Engle

  191. 204.
    Fifteen (Avon Camelot Books)
    by Beverly Cleary

  192. 205.
    A Long Way Down
    by Nick Hornby

  193. 206.
    Fever Pitch
    by Nick Hornby

  194. 208.
    The Year Of Secret Assignments
    by Jaclyn Moriarty

  195. 209.
    Zipped (Knopf Readers Circle)
    by Laura McNeal

  196. 210.
    Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
    by William Shakespeare

  197. 211.
    Wasteland
    by Francesca Lia Block

  198. 212.
    The Princess Bride (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
    by William Goldman

  199. 213.
    The World According to Garp (Modern Library)
    by John Irving

  200. 214.
    Running with Scissors: A Memoir
    by Augusten Burroughs

  201. 215.
    Big Fish (movie tie-in): A Novel of Mythic Proportions
    by Daniel Wallace

  202. 216.
    Necklace of Kisses: A Novel
    by Francesca Lia Block

  203. 217.
    Book of Lists
    by David Wallechinsky

  204. 218.
    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J. D. Salinger

  205. 219.
    Persuasion (Penguin Classics)
    by Jane Austen

  206. 220.
    Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics)
    by Jane Austen

  207. 221.
    A Separate Peace
    by John Knowles

  208. 222.
    Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics)
    by Jane Austen

  209. 223.
    Lady Susan
    by Jane Austen

  210. 224.
    ?
    Northhanger Abbey
    by Jane Austen

  211. 225.
    Emma (Penguin Classics)
    by Jane Austen

  212. 226.
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
    by Agatha Christie

  213. 227.
    Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse (Gollancz Sf S.)
    by Michael Gerber

  214. 228.
    The Scarlett Letter (Wordsworth Classics)
    by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  215. 229.
    The Giver
    by Lois Lowry

  216. 230.
    Fahrenheit 451
    by Ray Bradbury

  217. 231.
    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

  218. 232.
    The Great Gatsby
    by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  219. 233.
    A Confederacy of Dunces
    by John Kennedy Toole

  220. 234.
    The Devil Wears Prada: Movie Tie-In
    by Lauren Weisberger

  221. 235.
    A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
    by Libba Bray

  222. 236.
    Candy Floss
    by Jacqueline Wilson

  223. 238.
    Less Than Zero
    by Bret Easton Ellis

  224. 239.
    The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
    by Sue Townsend

  225. 241.
    A Room With a View
    by E. M. Forster

  226. 242.
    High Fidelity: A Novel
    by Nick Hornby

  227. 243.
    ?
    The Princess Diaries: After Eight
    by Meg Cabot

  228. 244.
    Pants on Fire
    by Meg Cabot

  229. 245.
    Child of the Owl: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1965
    by Laurence Yep

  230. 246.
    Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
    by Kurt Vonnegut

  231. 247.
    Fourth Comings: A Novel
    by Megan Mccafferty

  232. 248.
    Survivor
    by Chuck Palahnuik

  233. 249.
    Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
    by Chuck Palahniuk

  234. 250.
    Invisible Monsters
    by Chuck Palahniuk

  235. 251.
    Diary: A Novel
    by Chuck Palahniuk

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