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message 1: by Leonard (new)

Leonard Gaya (leonard_gaya) A nice list by Megan Willet on Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/35-boo...


message 2: by Mayra (new)

Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 371 comments Thanx for sharing. Im looking it over now.


message 3: by Mayra (new)

Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 371 comments I have read Maus I A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) by Art Spiegelman , and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee . I've heard about quite a few of these and some are already on my TBR list. :) There is 6 on that list that are on the groups list if i counted right.


message 4: by Buck (last edited Jan 11, 2014 05:59PM) (new)

Buck (spectru) Several of them are also on our list, not sure exactly how many. I've read 22 on that list of 35. That's a slightly higher proportion than I've read on our list of 50.

Somebody posted a list here not too long ago and I hadn't even heard of most of them.


message 5: by Lisa (new)

Lisa (lisadannatt) | 743 comments I've read: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Live  by Douglas Adams
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell

Several are on my to read list.
While lists like this assist in enhancing one's reading, I'm not convinced that I would call all of these book's life changing- that is one person's opinion. I've also seen another list, had read a fair amount from it. I find the concept of 'these books will change YOUR life' a bit Orwellian and a gross generalization. I haven't learnt life lessons form several of these books.
I'm trying to work my way through both the top 50 and top 100 books and although it's broadened my reading, there are definitely some books that I'd never recommend.


message 6: by Lisa (new)

Lisa (lisadannatt) | 743 comments Here's a thought Mayra, how about asking the group members to each contribute their top 5 all time books and composing our own list- may have some weird and wonderful new ideas:-)


message 7: by Mayra (new)

Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 371 comments Lisa its like you read my mind lol. I was just thinking something along those lines. I'll start a seperate thread. :) Where did you get the list for 100 books?


message 8: by Lisa (new)

Lisa (lisadannatt) | 743 comments There's another group- 100 books to read before you die


message 9: by Mayra (new)

Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 371 comments oh ok. thanx. :)


message 10: by Lisa (new)

Lisa (lisadannatt) | 743 comments It's most of these books and a lot of classics


message 11: by Mayra (new)

Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 371 comments yeah i just looked it up ive read 15 of them


message 12: by Mary (new)

Mary (mjbookaddict) | 39 comments I've read many of these and some of those I haven't are on my TBR list.


message 13: by Mardy (new)

Mardy | 2 comments Only read two, Harper Lee & L.M Montgomery. Planning to read most of the classics and the Murakami.


message 14: by Leonard (new)

Leonard Gaya (leonard_gaya) To complete the initial top "35 Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lifetime", here are two more lists (top 25 and top 100), still by Megan Willett:

25 American Classics Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lifetime: http://www.businessinsider.com/25-ame...

100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon...


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