Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 7,201-7,250 of 10,328

[Gayle]

Finished The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen.

[Diane]

Finished Ratner's Star by Don DeLillo.

[Bob]

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes by Anonymous

[Andi]

Jess wrote: "The House of Mirth"

I read that a few weeks ago. It was so beautiful (view spoiler)[and tragic (hide spoiler)].

I just (finally) finished The Name of the Rose. I had to read it in 11th grade and hated it back then. So glad I finally finished it. Reading it two decades later definitely helped me appreciate it more.

[James]

The Name of the Rose is one of my very favorite books (I’ve read it three times) but it strikes me that forcing 11th graders to read it is a great way to turn them reading good literature forever.

[Sean]

I finished Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz. I liked it much more than I thought I would. Loved the way it was put together.

[Andi]

James wrote: "The Name of the Rose is one of my very favorite books (I’ve read it three times) but it strikes me that forcing 11th graders to read it is a great way to turn them reading good literature forever."

That was definitely true for me at the time. The same teacher made us read Anna Karenina a year later, and I just completely lost my joy for reading. Took me a few years to find it again and work my way up to the classics.

[Karen]

Trapped at home with intermittent power in the Great Texas Freeze, I've finished --

The Radetzky March, by Joseph Roth
Perfume, by Patrick Süskind

[George P.]

The Waves by Virginia Woolf. I've read several of Woolf's other books; this was the most challenging one.
You know the play "Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?" I think this is the one they were thinking of. It's good though.

[Mia]

Life Is a Caravanserai by Emine Sevgi Özdamar.

[Diane]

Rabbit Redux by John Updike.

[Tim]

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

[Tim]

Rameau's Nephew by Denis Diderot

[Andi]

The Call of the Wild by Jack London.

[Bob]

The Swarm by Frank Schätzing

[Diane]

Green Henry by Gottfried Keller.

[Ellinor]

Finished Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré and also London Orbital by Iain Sinclair.

[Mia]

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. I really liked it.

[Bob]

The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker by Tobias Smollett

[George P.]

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse. My third Hesse, decades after my first, which was Siddhartha. Frankly I didn't really love any of them,

[Rita]

Just finished In Watermelon Sugar, one of the shortest and easier reads form the list. Wondering where to go next.

[Diane]

Finished Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike.

[Ellinor]

Finished The People of Hemso by August Strindberg

[S.L.]

Anna Karenina byLiev Tolstoy

[Vikki]

The Golden Ass by Apuleius. Not my favorite read, but it was funny in places. I listened to it on audiobook and luckily the narrator was really good or I don't think I ever would have gotten through it.

[Benjamin]

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes.

[Karen]

Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell

A novel of chivalry mentioned in Don Quixote and a favorite of Cervantes. At 642 pages and 487 chapters, it is actually quite a fun read. Tirant is a realistic knight who uses strategy and wiles to win battles and the Princess of Constantinople.

[Bucket]

On the Eve by Ivan Turgenev.

I wish I had not read the introduction that was in the edition I read - it was pompous and overly-superlative and left a bad taste in my mouth that lasted half the book. Once I started thinking of this as a period love story instead of an attempt to be the GOAT, I enjoyed it. :)

[Ian]

Finally finishedClarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.

A monumental achievement. (the novel that is, not me actually finishing it!)

[Maggie]

Ian wrote: "Finally finishedClarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.

A monumental achievement. (the novel that is, not me actually finishing it!)"

I beg to differ. You finishing Clarissa is quite an achievement too!

[Karen]

Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg

[Debbie]

Omg!! Can we start a page or list where it describes the death of animals??!! Grrr!! I can be forewarned to skip over those parts before I’m traumatized. I’m reading the Golden Ass. It needs to go on the list along with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and Call of the Wild. Although I haven’t read call of the Wild yet at least I know ahead of time and can be prepared to skip those parts.

[Nocturnalux]

The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble

A Room of One's Own & The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

Debbie McGreevy wrote: "Omg!! Can we start a page or list where it describes the death of animals??!! Grrr!! I can be forewarned to skip over those parts before I’m traumatized. I’m reading the Golden Ass. It needs to go ..."

Have you ever used the site DoesTheDogDie.com? It's for looking up "emotional spoilers", which sounds like pretty much what you're looking for!

[Nocturnalux]

Debbie McGreevy wrote: "Omg!! Can we start a page or list where it describes the death of animals??!! Grrr!! I can be forewarned to skip over those parts before I’m traumatized. I’m reading the Golden Ass. It needs to go ..."

Kafka on the Shore has a very violent and detailed scene in which several cats are killed.

[Sean]

And The Godfather. First book I thought of although there are many. BTW Debbie, You can start a thread... this might be very interesting.... go for it!

[Diane]

Finished Naked Lunch and feeling a little traumatized. Thankfully, this is the last of the list Burroughs for me.

[Ellinor]

Diane wrote: "Finished Naked Lunch and feeling a little traumatized. Thankfully, this is the last of the list Burroughs for me."

I know what you mean. Naked Lunch was my first Burroughs and now I'm hestitant about the rest of his works on the list even though most of them are rather short.

[Mia]

I finished Burmese Days by George Orwell. 5 stars.

[Diane]

Ellinor wrote: "Diane wrote: "Finished Naked Lunch and feeling a little traumatized. Thankfully, this is the last of the list Burroughs for me."

I know what you mean. Naked Lunch was my first Burrough..."

Junky and Queer aren't horrible, but I really disliked this one and Wild Boys.

[Joy D]

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson - 4 stars - My Review

[Peter]

The Riddles of the Sand by Erskine Childers.

This is a slow burner by todays standards but has many of the ingredients found in modern spy stories and for that reason alone deserves to be read.

[Angelique]

Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

[Nocturnalux]

The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

[Bob]

Amadis of Gaul: Books I and II and Amadis of Gaul: Books III and IV by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo

[Sean]

Bob wrote: "Amadis of Gaul: Books I and II and Amadis of Gaul: Books III and IV by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo"

I had not really paid any attention to this book. These two volumes total about 1300 pages right? Should this be added to the list of 1000+ page books? Is the whole thing on Boxall's LIST? the one I was tracking is a 336 page (apparently) EXACT reproduction. Anybody shed some light for me?

[Bob]

Sean wrote: "Bob wrote: "Amadis of Gaul: Books I and II and Amadis of Gaul: Books III and IV by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo"

I had not really paid any attention to ..."

I don't see how this epic could be reduced that much. The story runs over a long time and covers a great deal of action with a whole host of characters.

[Karen]

In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul

[Karen]

Sean wrote: "Bob wrote: "Amadis of Gaul: Books I and II and Amadis of Gaul: Books III and IV by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo"

I had not really paid any attention to ..."

My Kindle version has Books 1-4 and is listed at 618 pages.

[Diane]

Finished The Monastery by Walter Scott.