Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

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Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy. See you soon!


message 5652: by George P. (last edited Jan 31, 2022 08:11AM) (new)

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, on the five-month plan, and will start Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre within a few days. (PS: started on 1/30). Getting my French ration in.


message 5653: by Sean (last edited Jan 28, 2022 06:33AM) (new)

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Told you I would see you soon. Starting The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor.


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Mia | 1220 comments I started Heavy Wings by Zhang Jie.


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Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
I am starting Contact by Carl Sagan


message 5657: by George P. (last edited Jan 31, 2022 08:18AM) (new)

George P. | 1404 comments Mod
Nocturnalux wrote: "Regeneration by Pat Barker...."

I read Regeneration a while back and enjoyed it. I plan to read #2 in the trilogy, The Eye in the Door, this year. Kind of strangely, the second book isn't in the Boxall list while the 1st and 3rd are, though the 3rd was dropped as of the 2012 edition.


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Nocturnalux | 465 comments George P. wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Regeneration by Pat Barker...."

I read Regeneration a while back and enjoyed it. I plan to read #2 in the trilogy, [book:The Eye in the Door|15192..."


Yes! I noticed that as well, it's right there with having the fourth volume of Ferrante's tetralogy and omitting the others. But perhaps even weirder, why skip the second volume alone?


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Luke (korrick) I've started The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon.


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Tim | 331 comments Nostromo (I think it's on the list)


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Tere Lopez (terelpz) | 5 comments 1984 by George Orwell


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Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Tim wrote: "Nostromo (I think it's on the list)"

Indeed it is!


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Karen Hoehne | 1720 comments Mod
The Ragazzi also known as The Street Kids by Pier Paolo Pasolini


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Peter | 443 comments Possession by A.S.Byatt


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George P. | 1404 comments Mod
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre. Gotta have a short one mixed in with my long books.


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Tere Lopez (terelpz) | 5 comments Embers by Sandor Marai (could anyone tell me how you do it so, when you post the title of your book, there is a link to it?)


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Tyler | 207 comments Starting The Lord of the Rings today.


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Dina Goluza | 331 comments Tere wrote: "Embers by Sandor Marai (could anyone tell me how you do it so, when you post the title of your book, there is a link to it?)"

There is a link add book/author above the part where you enter the comment. On the right side.


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Karen Hoehne | 1720 comments Mod
Tere wrote: "Embers by Sandor Marai (could anyone tell me how you do it so, when you post the title of your book, there is a link to it?)"

You also need to do this on the website. The option isn't available on the Goodreads app.


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Diane  | 2336 comments Mod
Started Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel.


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Karen Hoehne | 1720 comments Mod
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy


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Matt The Color Purple by Alice Walker


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Emma | 8 comments High-Rise by J.G. Ballard


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message 5696: by George P. (last edited Feb 22, 2022 09:11AM) (new)

George P. | 1404 comments Mod
Billy Budd, Sailor aka Billy Budd, Foretopman or just Billy Budd by Herman Melville- in 2006 edition only.
Interesting that it wasn't published until many years after the death of Melville, who apparently didn't consider it finished and ".. left the (hand-written) manuscript in disarray". The manuscript was eventually discovered by a biographer in papers Melville's daughter had.


message 5699: by Sean (last edited Feb 14, 2022 08:51AM) (new)

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Time to finally start the next group read, Embers by Sándor Márai.


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