1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

The books on Boxall's list, which is found in the 5 editions of the published book
with a TOTAL NUMBER OF 1318 books.
These books are mostly NOVELS. That is why there are no holy books, Shakespeare, etc.
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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.27 avg rating — 5,658,636 ratings score: 149,161, and 1,523 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.28 avg rating — 3,916,683 ratings score: 121,177, and 1,245 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4,168,827 ratings score: 119,486, and 1,233 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.52 avg rating — 642,224 ratings score: 87,773, and 900 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 4,808,357 ratings score: 83,869, and 884 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.14 avg rating — 1,965,159 ratings score: 79,382, and 834 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.32 avg rating — 1,907,367 ratings score: 75,255, and 793 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.98 avg rating — 3,549,223 ratings score: 74,157, and 789 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.28 avg rating — 3,638,016 ratings score: 74,009, and 777 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 3,299,336 ratings score: 64,159, and 684 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.12 avg rating — 1,355,831 ratings score: 58,287, and 629 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,724,384 ratings score: 56,419, and 604 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,674,173 ratings score: 54,325, and 592 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.14 avg rating — 2,073,539 ratings score: 50,451, and 541 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.23 avg rating — 1,730,935 ratings score: 48,212, and 519 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.88 avg rating — 2,382,768 ratings score: 47,813, and 524 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,732,931 ratings score: 44,465, and 488 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.30 avg rating — 1,176,003 ratings score: 43,548, and 473 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.29 avg rating — 864,029 ratings score: 43,431, and 464 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.25 avg rating — 813,548 ratings score: 41,898, and 446 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.11 avg rating — 906,193 ratings score: 40,505, and 441 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.20 avg rating — 764,710 ratings score: 38,880, and 426 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,879,097 ratings score: 38,633, and 432 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.85 avg rating — 1,459,782 ratings score: 38,278, and 432 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.01 avg rating — 1,167,705 ratings score: 36,563, and 413 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.08 avg rating — 795,711 ratings score: 35,784, and 403 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.14 avg rating — 1,923,961 ratings score: 35,611, and 389 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 860,650 ratings score: 33,175, and 372 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,234,489 ratings score: 32,805, and 372 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.79 avg rating — 760,876 ratings score: 32,333, and 373 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.08 avg rating — 1,124,882 ratings score: 31,779, and 372 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.09 avg rating — 1,297,022 ratings score: 31,013, and 352 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.93 avg rating — 1,545,960 ratings score: 30,177, and 333 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,406,299 ratings score: 29,689, and 331 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 284,029 ratings score: 29,606, and 328 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.24 avg rating — 579,405 ratings score: 29,073, and 327 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.88 avg rating — 789,929 ratings score: 29,009, and 334 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.04 avg rating — 820,041 ratings score: 28,452, and 321 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 801,853 ratings score: 27,146, and 311 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 1,053,480 ratings score: 26,924, and 322 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.43 avg rating — 822,150 ratings score: 23,819, and 277 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 702,692 ratings score: 23,635, and 278 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.26 avg rating — 630,398 ratings score: 23,020, and 279 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.15 avg rating — 309,031 ratings score: 22,517, and 266 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Emma by Jane Austen 4.04 avg rating — 817,862 ratings score: 22,449, and 273 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.07 avg rating — 775,846 ratings score: 21,566, and 267 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 4.06 avg rating — 716,044 ratings score: 20,681, and 236 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind 4.03 avg rating — 422,911 ratings score: 20,651, and 238 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.01 avg rating — 555,557 ratings score: 20,589, and 238 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 678,932 ratings score: 20,457, and 242 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.01 avg rating — 949,794 ratings score: 20,175, and 242 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.84 avg rating — 462,502 ratings score: 19,386, and 235 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 1,379,171 ratings score: 18,956, and 224 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.05 avg rating — 422,949 ratings score: 18,711, and 228 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 622,448 ratings score: 18,452, and 221 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 649,055 ratings score: 18,196, and 224 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.83 avg rating — 519,828 ratings score: 17,962, and 225 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.09 avg rating — 714,883 ratings score: 17,515, and 200 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.86 avg rating — 908,543 ratings score: 17,333, and 217 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 4.08 avg rating — 619,491 ratings score: 17,128, and 216 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.13 avg rating — 320,309 ratings score: 16,405, and 205 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 3.53 avg rating — 533,241 ratings score: 15,561, and 197 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.36 avg rating — 302,517 ratings score: 15,202, and 191 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.90 avg rating — 489,534 ratings score: 15,152, and 188 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.70 avg rating — 310,515 ratings score: 15,078, and 191 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo 4.38 avg rating — 395,454 ratings score: 15,007, and 181 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 310,343 ratings score: 14,952, and 171 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.13 avg rating — 346,549 ratings score: 14,800, and 182 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.29 avg rating — 316,091 ratings score: 14,658, and 178 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote 3.86 avg rating — 249,198 ratings score: 14,632, and 184 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) by Lewis Carroll 4.03 avg rating — 130,664 ratings score: 14,412, and 177 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 496,136 ratings score: 14,187, and 173 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 368,754 ratings score: 13,759, and 182 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.03 avg rating — 623,854 ratings score: 13,421, and 164 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Robinson Crusoe (Robinson Crusoe, #1) by Daniel Defoe 3.68 avg rating — 290,480 ratings score: 13,255, and 168 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.11 avg rating — 424,990 ratings score: 12,988, and 158 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Three Musketeers (The D'Artagnan Romances, #1) by Alexandre Dumas 4.09 avg rating — 309,681 ratings score: 12,846, and 165 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. by Jonathan Swift 3.58 avg rating — 262,503 ratings score: 12,806, and 164 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Watchmen (Watchmen, #1-12) by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 536,477 ratings score: 12,684, and 153 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.62 avg rating — 390,894 ratings score: 12,425, and 163 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.89 avg rating — 252,763 ratings score: 12,336, and 161 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 241,971 ratings score: 12,240, and 152 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.90 avg rating — 218,536 ratings score: 12,239, and 155 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.96 avg rating — 291,302 ratings score: 11,874, and 153 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) by Astrid Lindgren 4.15 avg rating — 190,401 ratings score: 11,840, and 148 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.93 avg rating — 478,070 ratings score: 11,825, and 150 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 3.77 avg rating — 198,285 ratings score: 11,335, and 136 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 417,875 ratings score: 11,151, and 139 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The World According to Garp by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 221,629 ratings score: 11,088, and 139 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Candide by Voltaire 3.76 avg rating — 261,954 ratings score: 11,053, and 147 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.90 avg rating — 403,635 ratings score: 11,029, and 146 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 4.01 avg rating — 191,980 ratings score: 10,747, and 146 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 4.01 avg rating — 92,799 ratings score: 10,395, and 137 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Arabian Nights by Anonymous 4.05 avg rating — 68,356 ratings score: 10,255, and 135 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.86 avg rating — 330,284 ratings score: 9,798, and 137 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.20 avg rating — 165,786 ratings score: 9,771, and 128 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.82 avg rating — 287,853 ratings score: 9,715, and 119 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Plague by Albert Camus 4.02 avg rating — 236,470 ratings score: 9,314, and 124 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.82 avg rating — 270,898 ratings score: 9,165, and 124 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.72 avg rating — 346,646 ratings score: 9,043, and 116 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Nu (new)

Jan 07, 2009 05:14AM

Elizabeth wrote: "Please note that Black Beauty is not on the list of 1001 books you should read before you die. Please..."

Wouldn't that be really a choice matter? I thought that was the point of these lists to pick the books that you feel deserve to be on them.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 07, 2009 06:47AM

Well, if it's a list of "pick books from a famous list," I don't see why one would add books not on the list. Sort of like the prize-winners lists, I guess.

But perhaps that's just me.

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message 3: by Nu (new)

Jan 07, 2009 08:03AM

Susanna wrote: "Well, if it's a list of "pick books from a famous list," I don't see why one would add books not on the list. Sort of like the prize-winners lists, I guess.

But perhaps that's just me."

It's a list of 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die as voted by the people here on Good Reads.
Black Beauty is at no. 8 now. These are set up so people can add new books or vote for books already on the list. I see no specifications other than yourself saying that books are restricted.

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message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 07, 2009 10:47AM

I believe it's a fairly famous list (of several versions, hence the "2008 version" in the description), and not one that originated at GoodReads, as far as I know.

If I didn't believe that, there are a number of books I would add, believe me.

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message 5: by Elizabeth (new)

Jan 07, 2009 05:43PM

Nu wrote: "Susanna wrote: "Well, if it's a list of "pick books from a famous list," I don't see why one would add books not on the list. Sort of like the prize-winners lists, I guess.

But perhaps that's j..."

The "1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die" can be found at http://www.listology.com/content_show...).
This Goodreads list is supposed to reflect what books people have read from the official 1001 list and which ones are their favorites.
If you would like to start your own list of what you think should be the 1001 books, than you are more than welcome to. But please refrain from adding books to this Goodreads listing that are not found on the 2008 version of "1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die" (like Black Beauty or Wicked).

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message 6: by Nu (new)

Jan 07, 2009 06:05PM

Elizabeth wrote: "Nu wrote: "Susanna wrote: "Well, if it's a list of "pick books from a famous list," I don't see why one would add books not on the list. Sort of like the prize-winners lists, I guess.

But per..."

Too bad that there's no explanation or restriction in that case since both those books are there and pretty high on the list. XP

Perhaps instead of commenting with 'Please do not vote for it on this listing.' in regards to Black Beauty and sounded purely like you had sour grapes about one book you should have posted the link to that list earlier and stated only to vote for things off that list e_e

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message 7: by Sofia (new)

May 22, 2009 07:45PM

Where's the Harry Potter???

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message 8: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 22, 2009 07:59PM

I would suspect they are not on the list "1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die," Sofia.

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message 9: by Travis (new)

Aug 26, 2009 04:22PM

For a site devoted to reading, there are apparently a lot of people who aren't good at reading comprehension. There are a lot of books on this list that aren't on the 1001 list and have so many votes that you have to wonder if people even bother to read what this list is about.

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message 10: by Sally (new)

Sep 25, 2009 11:11AM

This website is a great reference point for readers. Let's try to be a little more positive and not so judgemental of others' opinions.

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message 11: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 25, 2009 11:38AM

I can delete the ones not on the list - if that is desired and someone will make a list for me of the ones that aren't kosher!

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message 12: by Christine (new)

Oct 12, 2009 05:23PM

Twilight should not be on this list. If you voted for it, you're an idiot.

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message 13: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 13, 2009 12:53PM

Not finding these on the list (Please correct me if I'm wrong!):

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Fahrenheit 451
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Twilight
The Alchemist
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Book Thief
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Little House in the Big Woods
The Secret Life of Bees
Black Beauty
My Sister's Keeper
Charlotte's Web
The Call of the Wild
Water for Elephants
The Princess Bride
The Kite Runner
The Pillars of the Earth
Illusions
Watership Down
Nice Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Harry Potter Box Set
Tuesdays with Morrie
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Ender's Game
The Valley of Horses
It
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Screwtape Letters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Clan of the Cave Bear
American Gods
The Stand

Those were just the ones on page 1!

I'm going to come back later and delete these.

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message 14: by Hadley (new)

Nov 13, 2009 09:44PM

A rather good list. Just a few personal suggestions:
- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Jean-Dominique Bauby
- "Hamlet" - William Shakespeare
- "Goodnight Opus" - Berkeley Breathed
- "The Devil in the White City" - Erik Larson
- "The Thief Lord" - Cornelia Funke
- "Indigo" - Alice Hoffman
- "Mythology" - Edith Hamilton
- "The Outsiders" - S.E. Hinton

If I think of any more, I'll add accordingly.

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message 15: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Nov 14, 2009 10:36AM

Uh, the books are from a list. I know that none of Shakespeare is on it - it's pretty strictly of novels.

I've already removed a lot of stuff not on the list.

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message 16: by Gerd (new)

Jan 23, 2010 10:38AM

So, this is a list to vote for books already on a list?

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message 17: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 23, 2010 10:47AM

Yes. Which of the books on the list we like best.

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message 18: by Veronica (last edited Feb 10, 2010 06:51PM) (new)

Feb 10, 2010 06:50PM

Most of the books in this list, I've never heard of before. However, it's better bacause now I have more alternatives to choose from.... I'm trusting you guys!

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message 19: by Mandy (new)

Apr 11, 2010 09:11PM

Susanna wrote: "Uh, the books are from a list. I know that none of Shakespeare is on it - it's pretty strictly of novels.

I've already removed a lot of stuff not on the list."

Sorry, I'm a bit new, but where is this original list?

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 12, 2010 02:31PM

http://www.listology.com/list/1001-bo...

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message 21: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Apr 12, 2010 02:42PM) (new)

Apr 12, 2010 02:37PM

I'm removing The Iliad and The Odyssey, as neither are on the list.

ETA: also removing some Harry Potter, MacBeth, and Twilight, for the same reason.

I'm highly dubious about "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," among other books, but I have a headache. So it is reprieved for the time being!

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message 22: by Mandy (new)

Apr 12, 2010 08:17PM

Thank you very much! And I'm glad you're patroling this, because I planned on using this for the most part.

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message 23: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Apr 13, 2010 10:56AM) (new)

Apr 13, 2010 09:40AM

Removed for not being on the list:

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, by Franz Kafka (there is Kafka on the list, but this isn't one of them)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
The Stranger, by Albert Camus
Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde (if it's a play, it's probably not on the list, which is mostly novels)
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, by Jacob Grimm
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry
Dune, by Frank Herbert
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (again)
Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan (the list is, I believe, strictly fiction)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter Books 1-3, by J.K. Rowling

And now I have a headache again. LOL

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message 24: by Mandy (new)

Apr 13, 2010 05:31PM

Not on the List from page six of this list...I checked for everything on the sixth page.

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven by Larry Niven
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton by Larry Niven
Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Doorways in the Sand by Robert Zelazny
Creatures of Light and Darkness by Rober Zelazny
Portrait of a Killer: Jack The Ripper - Case Cl... by Patricia Cornwell
The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short S... by Arthur C. Clarke
The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
It was close, but ONLY Labyrinths was the only thing on the list. Not an anthology.
Carried Away: A Selection of Stories by Alice Munro
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Ficciones is the piece that’s on the list, if you want to add it.
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Immaculate Conception by Gaetan Soucy
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Double Helix by J. Watson
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White H... by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Broken Government: How the Republi…by John W. Dean
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase… by James L. Swanson
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True… by Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
Leviathan by Paul Auster
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D’Aulaire

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message 25: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Apr 14, 2010 11:40AM) (new)

Apr 14, 2010 11:31AM

Thanks, Amanda, that's very helpful. I shall go delete those now.

Also removed: The Diary of Anne Frank.

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message 26: by Mandy (new)

Apr 15, 2010 07:59AM

Do you know about the ctrl+f feature, because that should make your search for books on much quicker? I'm sure you're computer literate, but a lot of people forget about it all the time even if they do know about it.

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message 27: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 15, 2010 11:16AM

The what?

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message 28: by Mandy (new)

Apr 15, 2010 07:25PM

when you're looking at the actual list, hold down control and F. (if you have a mac, it might not work) at the bottom of the window, a "search" bar will appear. you can type in book names from the list and if it's on the list, it'll take you directly to where the word you typed is. Voila!

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Apr 16, 2010 11:37AM) (new)

Apr 16, 2010 11:37AM

Hmmm. Interesting.

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message 30: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 16, 2010 12:15PM

Removed for not being on the list:

Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe is on the list three times, but not for this one.)
The Bible
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
Shogun, by James Clavell
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield
A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
White Oleander, by Janet Fitch
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
The Lottery and Other Stories, by Shirley Jackson
Love Story, by Erich Segal
Love You Forever, by Robert N. Munsch
John Adams, by David McCullough
Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt
Othello, by William Shakespeare
The Aeneid, by Virgil
Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
The World of Pooh, by A.A. Milne
Katherine, by Anya Seton
The Stand, by Stephen King (Mr. King is on, but only for The Shining.)
Daughter of the Forrest, by Juliet Marillier
World Without End, by Ken Follett
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
Freakonomics, by Stephen D. Levitt

Generally, the list has no plays, poetry, or non-fiction, and is mostly novels with the occasional short story collection.

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message 31: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 17, 2010 11:37AM

Removed for not being on the list:

World War Z, by Max Brooks
The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Roots, by Alex Haley
House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus III
The Canterbury Tales, by Barbara Cohen
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J.K. Rowling
The Ruins, by Scott B. Smith
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom
The Mammoth Hunters, by Jean Auel
Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
100 Love Sonnets, by Pablo Neruda
Watership Down, by Richard Adams
Shadow Kiss, by Richelle Mead
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
The Shack, by William Young
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Urusula K. Le Guin
The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx
Le Morte d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory

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message 32: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 18, 2010 12:14PM

Removed for not being on the list:

Fail Safe, by Eugene Burdick
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
Ripley's Game, by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley is on, but this one isn't.)
Watchers, by Dean Koontz
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
The Twentieth Wife, by Indu Sundaresan
Angels in America, by Tony Kushner
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
1776, by David McCullough
The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu
Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (Foundation is on, but the other two are not.)
Into the Wild, by Erin Hunter
The Republic, by Plato
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William L. Shirer
If I Die in a Combat Zone, by Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried is on; this isn't.)
Blood Promise, by Richelle Mead
Final Exit, by Derek Humphry
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
Eleven Minutes, by Paulo Coelho
Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett
Frostbite, by Richelle Mead
The Zahir, by Paulo Coelho
The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas (Monte Cristo, Reine Margot, and Three Musketeers are in; this isn't.)
Burned, by P.C. Cast
Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card
The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare (There is no Shakespeare on this list.)
Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead
The Elephant Vanishes, by Haruki Murakami
The Painted Veil, by Somerset Maugham
The History of the Pelopponnesian War, by Thucydides
Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card
Le Grand Meaulnes, by Henri Alain-Fournier
Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer
Dark Rivers of the Heart, by Dean Koontz
The Dancing Wu Li Masters, by Gary Zukav
Starman Jones, by Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land is on.)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne
The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan
Maurice, by E.M. Forster
The Tale of Gilgamesh, by Anonymous
The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak
A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah
Chasing Vermeer, by Blue Balliett
Poison Study, by Maria V. Snyder
When Nietzsche Wept, by Irvin D. Yalom
Child of the Prophecy, by Juliet Marillier

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message 33: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 30, 2010 12:28PM

Removed for not being on the list:

Marley & Me, by John Grogan
The Color of Water, by James McBride
On Death and Dying, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffennegger
The Onion Field, by Joseph Wambaugh
Insomnia, by Stephen King
Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty
Amazing Grace, by Kathleen Norris
Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard
The Three Questions, by Jon J. Muth
The Bonesetter's Daughter, by Amy Tan
The Demigod Files, by Rick Riordan
The Study Series Bundle, by Maria V. Snyder
The Tea Rose, by Jennifer Donnelly
Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
Free Speech for Me, by Nat Hentoff
Moloka'i, by Alan Brennert
From a Buick 8, by Stephen King
The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas
Nobody's Fool, by Richard Russo

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message 34: by Atlas (new)

Apr 30, 2010 12:33PM

Some of these books bring me back to my childhood like Alice and Wonderland, Hulkaberry Finn, Treasure Island, Journey TO the Centre of the Earth, HAHA even the Godfather.
And some just too sad or too good to pass up like In Cold Blood, among old favorites like A Clockwork Orange.

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message 35: by Hayes (new)

Apr 30, 2010 11:24PM

Oh my Susanna! You have been busy... I'll start another TBRem:

Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain

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message 36: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 01, 2010 10:18AM

Removed for not being on the list:

Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
The March, by E.L. Doctorow
A Lesson Before Dying, by Earnest Gaines
The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
The Histories, by Herodotus
Rabbit at Rest, by John Updike (Oddly enough, the other three are on the list)
Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
The Essential Rumi, by Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
Duma Key, by Stephen King
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski
Ahab's Wife, by Sena Jeter Naslund
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, by Tony Kushner (plays aren't generally on this list)
American Nightmare, by Jerrold M. Packard
The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara
Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
The Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, by Barbara Kingsolver
Richard III, by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare is not on this list)
The Plains of Passage, by Jean M. Auel
QB VII, by Leon Uris
The Shelters of Stone, by Jean M. Auel
Rain of Gold, by Victor Villasenor
Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke
Neither Here Nor There, by Bill Bryson
The Lightening Thief, by Rick Riordan
Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan
The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan
The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
Time Enough for Love, by Robert Heinlein
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
The Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, by Charles Nordhoff
The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman

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message 37: by [deleted user] (new)

May 17, 2010 08:16AM

...Susanna, I'm seeing a lot of books that aren't on the officially-published list being added; but I hate to think of you patrolling this all on your own. I have a printed copy of the list in my hand and would be happy to help; do you know how I might do that?

(I'm very new to GoodReads -- and I'm also on an ongoing pet crusade to actually READ all of the 1001 books to read before you die, and was planning to use this list here to keep track; and I'm just really meticulous. :-> But I'm also feeling sorry for you trying to patrol this all by yourself, so I'd be happy to help if you can explain how/give me permission to do that.)

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message 38: by [deleted user] (new)

May 19, 2010 07:10AM

I think we need to remove these books, on the grounds that they were never part of the original "1001 books" lists:

The Voyage of the Star Wolf
and
The War Against the Chtorr 1: A Matter For Men
by David Gerrold

The Holy Man
by Susan Trott

A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Tiger Eyes
by Judy Blume

Song of the Sound
by ADAM ARMSTRONG

The Competitive Advantage of Nations
by Michael E. Porter

Atlantis Found
by Clive Cussler

Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction
by Mike Mignola

The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Second Edi...
by Vicki Iovine

NO: Why Kids--of All Ages--Need to Hear It and ...
by David Walsh

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of ...
by Robert A. Caro

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary C...
by Jim Collins

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of Presid...
by Vincent Bugliosi

Magic Study
and
Fire Study
and
Assassin Study
and
Storm Glass
and
Ice Study
by Maria V. Snyder

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Id...
by Gary Paulsen

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
by Douglas Coupland

Angels In America
by Joseph Kushner

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
by Alberto Manguel

A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry
by Mark Hertsgaard

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message 39: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 20, 2010 12:08PM

I think you need to be a librarian to remove them - but thanks very much for a list of what needs to be removed! That would be very useful.

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message 40: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 20, 2010 12:24PM

Removed for not being on the list:

The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay
The Solitaire Mystery, by Jostein Gaarder
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
Runaway: Stories, by Alice Munro

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message 41: by [deleted user] (new)

May 21, 2010 06:57AM

How do you remove books from the list? Do we contact the original list maker?

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message 42: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 22, 2010 08:50AM

A librarian can do it; the original maker can't, unless they are a librarian, of course.

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message 43: by [deleted user] (last edited May 22, 2010 09:00AM) (new)

May 22, 2010 08:59AM

I don't understand what you mean by "librarian." Do you mean an actual librarian, or is that a name for someone who's in a moderator position here on the site?

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message 44: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 22, 2010 09:00AM

Removed for not being on the list:

The Entity, by Frank De Felitta
First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
Floyd on France, by Keith Floyd

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message 45: by [deleted user] (new)

May 22, 2010 09:49AM

Susannah, are you the one removing those books, or is someone else doing it? I posted a list of other books that aren't on the list, but they keep staying on.

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message 46: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 22, 2010 12:23PM

I am removing them. I may not have worked my way down the list that far yet, though. Currently done through 179, if there are any above that which I missed, please tell me!

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message 47: by [deleted user] (new)

May 22, 2010 01:29PM

Number 102, "A Thousand Splendid Suns," is not on the list.

Neither is #136, "The Agony And The Ecstasy."

Neither is #179, "Dragon Slippers" by Jessica Day George.

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message 48: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 22, 2010 02:21PM

Removed for not being on the list:

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Irving Stone
Dragon Slippers, by Jessica Day George
Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris
L'Espoir, by Andre Malraux
The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Maid, by Teresa Pierce Williston
Egyptian Sinuhet, by Mika Waltari
Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George
A Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter
The Worthing Saga, by Orson Scott Card
His Illegal Self, by Peter Carey
Magic Cottage, by James Herbert

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message 49: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 22, 2010 02:28PM

Kim wrote: "I don't understand what you mean by "librarian." Do you mean an actual librarian, or is that a name for someone who's in a moderator position here on the site?"

GoodReads has people who are "librarians"; they clean up the site generally, fixing inaccuracies when they see them. You'll find a link to the Librarians' group at the right hand side of the Groups page, under "Official Groups," right under Goodreads Feedback.

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message 50: by [deleted user] (new)

May 22, 2010 02:42PM

I just caught something that was cut that should NOT have been cut:

"The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Maid", by Teresa Pierce Williston is most likely a translation of "The Bamboo Cutter", which IS on the list. "The Bamboo Cutter" is an old Japanese folk tale, so you may find it under alternate names and different authors (because the "authors" are actually translators).

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