Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 6,151-6,200 of 10,248

[Tim]

Diane wrote: "The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith."

One of my favorite reads.

[Birthe]

"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - I really recommend it!

[Nicole]

The Accidental
I liked Autumn better

[George P.]

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The language was overly flamboyant for my taste (unlike his Treasure Island) but I liked the way the story was told otherwise.

[Tim]

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett

[Tim]

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

[Ellinor]

Finished Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

[Marti]

The Human Stain by Philip Roth

[Peter]

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

[Sean]

Native Son by Richard Wright. One of the best LIST books I have read in a very long time. Top five for me for sure. More in the group read thread.

[Mia]

I finished North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.

[Diane]

All About H. Hatterr by G.V. Desani.

[Diane]

In Parenthesis by David Jones.

[Marti]

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

[Ellinor]

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Quite different from what I expected but very good.

[Mia]

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. I read it in English but would like to read it in Finnish at some point.

[George P.]

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, which was added in the 2012 edition. Erdrich and nearly all the characters in the book are Native American.

[Nicole]

The Adventures of Augie March

[Karina]

Finished The Quiet American by Graham Greene

This one took me a long time to get into

[Tim]

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

[Sean]

Finished The Untouchable by John Banville for March's group read. More in a couple weeks.

[Bob]

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

[Diane]

Neuromancer by William Gibson.

[George P.]

The Midnight Examiner by William Kotzwinkle (U.S.). A silly comedy but written well. May not be in your public library but used copies are cheap.

[Vikki]

Just finished the Thirty-Nine Steps.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

A re-read of Wonderland and a first for Looking-Glass. Both excellent. 5 stars each

[Kirsten]

Vikki wrote: "Just finished the Thirty-Nine Steps."

Love it! Another good one along those lines is The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

[George P.]

Cphe wrote: "Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year ended up buying a paperback copy new. Worth every cent."

You've helped persuade me to put it in my to-read queue. Three of my goodreads friends have read it and all rated four or five stars. Also I can get it from a local public library.

[George P.]

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson). Not quite as good as "Wonderland" but I really enjoyed the Humpty Dumpty part.
I read "Alice in Wonderland" about 5 years ago.

[Tim]

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

[Karen]

On The Eve. by Ivan Turgenev

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Elmear McBride
This is a tough read -- Using the stream of consciousness method, the entire tragic story of a young girl's life is told through evolving and maturing mental language. Powerful and disturbing.

[Diane]

The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner. Not my favorite...

[Peter]

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. A powerful read but not without flaws IMHO.

[Sean]

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I really enjoyed this book. Intense and heartbreaking.

[Birthe]

The Accidental by Ali Smith

[Jennifer W]

Yesterday I finished Siddartha. Pretty well bored me, at least it was short.

[Sean]

Jennifer W wrote: "Yesterday I finished Siddartha. Pretty well bored me, at least it was short."

That's about what I am expecting with this one. I hate when my prejudging kicks in though..

[Diane]

The Collector by John Fowles.

[Peter]

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. Little action but rather a focus on ideas. An OK if not a gripping read.

[Nocturnalux]

The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal.

Loved by many but not by me, I'm afraid. I found it immensely boring and unintentionally silly. Glad I got this one from the library (that has since closed down temporarily because of the coronavirus).

[Mia]

I finished The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis.

[Sean]

A very fun read was A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. So many good books lately.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. Good yarn.

[GW]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[GW]

I'm quitting this thread due to the exclusion of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I loved it and I beg to differ with the 1001 list makers. I don't intend to read the sicko books on this list. No meritorious value in more then half the list. I've read 500 classics in my readings and I have a good selection, but I'm the sole creator of my private list and I think the originators of Boxall's list don't really know what a great book is. I'm sure somebody will fall for it, but not this classics reader.

[Diane]

The Magus by John Fowles.

[Tim]

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - not an easy read - form and style terrible, at times - didn't like any of the characters - felt I was about ready for a straight jacket and a padded cell before it was over - 1 maybe 2 stars - realized I have had this book on my shelves at home or in offices since Oct. 1979 and just now reading it.

[Vikki]

A Prayer For Owen Meany, by John Irving. I loved it.

[George P.]

Tim wrote: "The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - not an easy read - form and style terrible, at times - didn't like any of the characters - felt I was about ready for a straight jacket and a padded cel..."

Well I really liked it. It was somewhat challenging, but creative. Different readers, different tastes. I still haven't taken on "Ulysses" though.

[Diane]

The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf.