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[Birthe]

In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee

[Peter]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

[Diane]

Bryan wrote: "Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz"

Palace Walk isn't on the list, but I think it should be.

[Diane]

Starting The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Bryan wrote: "Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz"

Palace Walk isn't on the list, but I think it should be."

Thanks, Diane--wow, I would have taken bets that that was on there. Looks like just Miramar and Midaq Alley made the cut, and those were added in a later edition.

[Diane]

Bryan wrote: "Diane wrote: "Bryan wrote: "Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz"

Palace Walk isn't on the list, but I think it should be."

Thanks, Diane--wow, I would have taken bets that that was on the..."

I thought it was on the list for the longest time myself. Palace walk is my favorite from Mahfouz, but I liked Midaq Alley and Miramar, too.

[George P.]

Diane wrote: "Started The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings by Octavio Paz."

That one was challenging for me, though it is short. Very philosophical/sociological, which I'm not accustomed to.

[George P.]

Diane wrote: "Bryan wrote: "Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz"

Palace Walk isn't on the list, but I think it should be."

Has anyone here read his Arabian Nights and Days ? That has great ratings also.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Started Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. Pretty good so far.

[Sarah]

Started Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell.

[Armi]

Started The Quest by Frederik van Eeden. Selected by random number generator. It's interesting and wouldn't have read without the List!

[Mia]

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg.

[Kirsten]

Mia wrote: "Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg."

Loved that book. Though, I'm not sure I'd put it on the list.

[Tim]

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Mia]

Kirsten wrote: "Mia wrote: "Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg."

Loved that book. Though, I'm not sure I'd put it on the list."

Actually, one of my friend said the same thing too. And other one said it would have been great book if it would not have been so long. I'm liking it so far so let's see.

[Kirsten]

Oh, I loved it and his next book The Quiet Girl was great too. I just didn't think it belonged on the list.

[Mia]

Kirsten wrote: "Oh, I loved it and his next book The Quiet Girl was great too. I just didn't think it belonged on the list."

I haven't read that one, but it sounds really interesting. I have to add that to my TBR list. I think it's good to have books from different countries and there's only two from Denmark, this and Out of Africa by Karen Blixen. I don't know anything about Danish literature so I can't say if these two are the right ones.

[Kirsten]

I love reading books set in or by authors from another country. I am currently reading a crime novel by a Japanes author and it is fascinating, the Japanese culture is so different from ours.

[Mia]

So do I, you learn so much by reading books from different countries and cultures. And adding to my last message, I do know H.C Andersen (from Denmark) so maybe there should have been something from him. I mean, there is Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking (which is a children book) in the list so I think Andersen should be there too.

[Karina]

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Excited to read one of the classics. I feel as if I’ve been reading too many contemporary books, lately.

[Diane]

Memoirs of a Peasant Boy by Xosé Neira Vilas.

[Tyler]

Schooling by Heather McGowan and An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

[Diane]

Started Pastoralia by George Saunders.

[Mia]

I started to listen Kukkaanpuhkeavien tyttöjen varjossa 1: Rouva Swannin ympärillä by Marcel Proust. Third book from the "In Search of Lost Time". And I started A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka.

[Diane]

Starting Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Starting Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy."

A barrel of laughs, that one

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Bryan wrote: "Started listening to an audio version of Fahrenheit 451 last night."

Well, here's another one I thought for sure was on the list, but now I can't find it. Am I just missing it? I don't think either I, Robot or Foundation is better than Bradbury's classic. Toss Foundation and put Fahrenheit 451 on the list.

[Karen]

Bryan wrote: "Bryan wrote: "Started listening to an audio version of Fahrenheit 451 last night."

Well, here's another one I thought for sure was on the list, but now I can't find it. Am I just missing it? I don..."

Nope, no Bradbury on the list at all! It is certainly a book that should be on the list. (Though I do love the Foundation series.)

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Karen wrote: "Nope, no Bradbury on the list at all! It is certainly a book that should be on the list. (Though I do love the Foundation series.) ..."

Sure--I recently re-read Foundation, and read the original trilogy many years ago. They were fun books, and I enjoyed my re-read too. But if I'm thinking 'must-read', I'd keep I, Robot over Foundation, and Bradbury over both. I read his Dandelion Wine back in the dark ages, when I was still just a teen--I'd like to re-read that as well to see how it's aged. I thought it was fantastic back then. I had very fond memories of The Martian Chronicles too, and I do still like it, but it's showing its age some, I think.

[Kirsten]

Bryan wrote: "Bryan wrote: "Started listening to an audio version of Fahrenheit 451 last night."

Well, here's another one I thought for sure was on the list, but now I can't find it. Am I just missing it? I don..."

You are so right!!

I think one problem is genre fiction (especially sci-fi) is not considered literature for many people.

[Diane]

I agree that Ray Bradbury should be on the list. I love everything I've read by him.

[Tim]

Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory

[Mia]

The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz.

[Diane]

Starting In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee.

[Tim]

Emma by Jane Austen

[Peter]

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood.

[Tyler]

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

[Diane]

Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki

[Benjamin]

I just began Lolita by Nabokov this morning. I'm halfway through already, and I'm hoping to have it finished in the next few hours. I am absolutely adoring it so far.

[Kirsten]

I recently started In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee. It's emotional, but the strange format can be confusing.

[Benjamin]

Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Really excited to devour this one.

[Benjamin]

I began Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges last night and my God... I think I've just found my new favorite writer. How imaginative a soul he was! Hands down, one of the most creative writers I've ever come across. I am loving this piece of work thus far.

[Tim]

Emma by Jane Austen

[Tim]

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

[Benjamin]

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. I thought it might be kind of boring, but my prejudices just proved me wrong. A damn exciting book so far!

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I started listening to an audio version of The Handmaid's Tale. As with all my audio books, this will probably stretch out over months.

[Diane]

Started Down Second Avenue by Ezekiel Mphahlele.

[Mia]

The Wars by Timothy Findley.

[Peter]

The Graduate by Charles Webb.

[Diane]

Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand.