Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 9,401-9,450 of 10,319

[Alice]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

[Chad E Spilman]

I finished The Breast by Philip Roth, which is better than I thought it would be. and the day before that I finished Miss Lonelyhearts which was fine but not as good as I thought it would be.

[Mia]

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow.

[Alice]

Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard

[Joy D]

Dangling Man by Saul Bellow - 2* - My Review

[Fran]

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson - glad this one is over, it was very long

[Dina]

Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

[Pamela]

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

[Jamie]

Villette, by Charlotte Brontë

and

Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens

I am now done with all the Dickens works on the List. :)

[Nocturnalux]

O Vice-cônsul by Marguerite Duras

[Mia]

The Trap by Dorothy M. Richardson.

[Bob]

Fortunata and Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós

[Peter]

Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
This was Hemingway's first published novel and I found the plot thin and generally aimless; and is also my least favourite of Hemingway's novels that I've read to date.

[Nocturnalux]

Peter wrote: "Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
This was Hemingway's first published novel and I found the plot thin and generally aimless; and is also my least favourite of Hemingway's novels that ..."

I couldn't get past the homophobia, the antisemitism and animal cruelty. It's bundle of some of the things I loathe the most.

Finished The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

[Frances]

Charity wrote: "Due to high volume traffic causing the previous thread (of the same name) to act a bit quirky, I have opted to redirect the flow to this shiny, new thread!

Soooo, tell us which book from the 1001 ..."

Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

[S.L.]

The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene

[Tim]

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

[Joy D]

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 4.5 stars - My Review

[Mia]

He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Joy D wrote: "Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 4.5 stars - My Review"

Great book and great review, Joy.

[Joy D]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Joy D wrote: "Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 4.5 stars - My Review"

Great book and great review, Joy."
Thanks, RJ!

[Bob]

Under Fire by Henri Barbusse

[Marti]

Claudine's House by Colette

[Joy D]

Black Dogs by Ian McEwan - 3* - My Review

Rabbit, Run by John Updike - 3* - My Review

[Alice]

The Tin Drum by Günter Grass

[S.L.]

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

[Mia]

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré.

[Ann A]

The Ambassadors
My least favorite James so far (this is my 4th). Just too much work.

[Karen]

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence and
Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương

[Tory]

Finished reading this month's book, The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson. Having started the Boxall's challenge only this month, my total to-date is six books read. Not sure if I need to post the review but in case I do, here it is:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jamie]

Adam Bede, by George Eliot - 4 stars

and

The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith - 5 stars

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Tory wrote: "Finished reading this month's book, The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson. Having started the Boxall's challenge only this month, my total to-date is six books read. Not ..."

Nice review Tory!

[Bob]

Martin Eden by Jack London

[Pamela]

Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos

[Alice]

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

[Carol]

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

[Marti]

Nemesis by Philip Roth

[Pamela]

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

[Carol]

Adjunct: An Undigest by Peter Manson

One star from me. If I wasn't so OCD about reading the books on this list, I would have tossed it away after reading the first page. I know that other people see value here. I just don't.

[Marti]

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

[Joy D]

Cain by José Saramago - 3* - My Review

[Aileen]

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
3/5 which is down to me rather than the book. Waiting on my 2nd cataract op which has slowed down and affected my reading this year.

[Mekki]

Martin Eden by Jack London

5 Stars - A classic that is so relevant in today's social media atmosphere

[Carol]

Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist

[Alice]

Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

[Mia]

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy.

[Alice]

The Adventures of Caleb Williams; Or, Things As They Are, Volume 3 by William Godwin

[Carol]

The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien

[Kimberly]

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis and
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan

[Peter]

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

On the whole I found this an enjoyable read from a genre that I don't often read, it sucked me in from the outset and I quickly became engrossed with it.