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How many have you read? From librarything's website.
Does owned by your parents count?
Crime and punishment (121) - in college, but I skimmed a bit
Catch-22 (117)- yep, a fave
One hundred years of solitude (115) - tried, totally confused, so gave up
Wuthering Heights (110) - yep, love it
The Silmarillion (104) - nope, hate Tolkien
Life of Pi: a novel (94) - will be reading soon
The name of the rose (91) - yep, loved it
Don Quixote (91) - read it in high school
Moby Dick (86)
Ulysses (84)- stopped at 'oomphalus.' Anyone who says they've read it *all* is....a freaking LIAR!!!
Madame Bovary (83) - yep, at twelve. Didn't like her one little bit
The Odyssey (83) - kids version at eight
Pride and prejudice (83) - school at 11, hated the endless banging on about 'the money'...
Jane Eyre (80) - yep, liked it
A tale of two cities (80) - yep, loved it.
The brothers Karamazov (80) - one the shelf, unread gift
War and peace (78) - tried. Will try again before I'm dead.
Vanity fair (74) - yep, loved it.
The Iliad (73) - kids version, along with loads of other myths.
Mrs. Dalloway (70)- yep. Don't really like Woolf.
Great expectations (70)- yep, but don't really like Dickens.
Atlas shrugged (67) -three pages, before my brainpan siezed up with boredom and irritation. I *hate* that fascist cow Rand.
Memoirs of a Geisha (66) - yep, kind of depressing.
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West (65) - like the sound of this...who's it by?
The Canterbury tales (64) - of course. Nun's Priest Tale is always good for a chuckle. Pertelotte indeed.
A portrait of the artist as a young man (63) -yep.
Love in the time of cholera (62) - tried. Will try again.
Brave new world (61) - several times as a kid.
The Fountainhead (61) - are you f**King serious? How much punishment will anyone take?
Foucault's pendulum (61) - yep
Middlemarch (61) - yep
The Count of Monte Cristo (59) yep
Dracula (59) - yep. coppola didn't get it at all.
The grapes of wrath (57) - yep. Hated it.
1984 (57)- mais oui.
The inferno (56) - no. Prefer 'Il Purgatoria' - that's life!
The satanic verses (55) - tried, but didn't like it. I absolutely *adored* The Moor.
The picture of Dorian Gray (55) - yep, as a kid, around eight, nine.
To the lighthouse (54) - tried at 11. Too boring.
Oliver Twist (54) - yes
Gulliver's travels (53)- yes. hard work.
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time (52) yep. Heart-breaking.
The prince (51) (in English translation)- As a fresher. Who didn't?
Angela's ashes : a memoir (51) yep. Wasn't to crazy about it.
Cryptonomicon (50)- Neal Stephenson rocks. No. Though I loved 'Quicksilver' despite it's many character and narrative flaws.
Dubliners (50) - yep, as a fresher. I had to hand in a paper.
The unbearable lightness of being (49) - tried, found it well,pretty unbearable. I think Kundera is pretty pretentious, not insightful at all.
The scarlet letter (48) - yep, fascinating. Though I think Hawthorne has nothing like the empathy and intellect of Melville.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to
Punctuation (48) yep, a lot of fun. Was given it two Xmas's ago
Persuasion (46) yep, in college
The catcher in the rye (46) as a kid. Loved it. Still do.
On the road (46) yep, at thirtieen. Thought they were all pretty self-absorbed, though later got to like Kerouac himself.
The hunchback of Notre Dame (45)- yep. Love French ninetheeth-century novels, esp Zola.
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance : an inquiry into values (45) yep, thought it was amazing. Then I went to college...
The Aeneid (45)- kid's version
Gravity's rainbow (44) Tried, too hard-going. Loved 'Vineland.'
Treasure Island (44)yep, loved it.
David Copperfield (44) - yep.
The three musketeers (44) yep, Porthos, Athos...and who was the third? Fave childhood characters.
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