Robin - ATW in 1001 Books

[Robin]

Nice, another challenge! I will add all of the books I've ever read from the '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' list. I've got a lot of books from the 1001-challenge in my many, many bookcases at home, so will try to expand my have-read-list :)

Lifetime:
89 Books
59 Destinations

Summary:

AFRICA
Algeria - 39. The Outsider
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 56. Heart of Darkness
Egypt - 73. Around the World in Eighty Days
Liberia - 74. The Color Purple
South Africa - 16. Disgrace

ASIA
India (Maharashtra) - 32. Midnight's Children
India (National Capital Territory of Delhi) - 47. The White Tiger
India (Tamil Nadu) - 33. Life of Pi
Indonesia - 4. Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Japan - 18. Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Offspring | 36. Memoirs of a Geisha
Myanmar - 70. Burmese Days

CARIBBEAN
Cuba - 76. The Old Man and the Sea

EUROPE
Belgium - 58. Cheese
England - 2. Alice in Wonderland | 22. Animal Farm | 52. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
England (Cambridgeshire) - 89. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
England (Derbyshire) - 27. Jane Eyre
England (Devon) - 24. Sense and Sensibility
England (Dorset) - 61. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
England (Essex) - 40. The Turn of the Screw
England (Hertfordshire) - 23. Pride and Prejudice
England (London) - 6. Brave New World | 13. Saturday | 37. The War of the Worlds | 45. Enduring Love
England (Middlesex) - 3. A Christmas Carol | 14. Atonement | 21. 1984 | 72. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
England (Norfolk) - 88. Never Let Me Go
England (Somerset) - 31. Persuasion
England (Surrey) - 26. Emma
England (Yorkshire-West Riding) - 17. Wuthering Heights
England (Wiltshire) - 77. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
France - 46. Candide
France (Île-de-France) - 35. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 43. The Purloined Letter | 63. The Pigeon
France (Languedoc-Roussillion) - 83. Black Dogs
France (Nord Pas-de-Calais) - 38. Casino Royale
France (Upper Normandy) - 19. Madame Bovary
Germany - 51. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Ireland - 66. A Modest Proposal
Italy - 54. The Name of the Rose | 55. The English Patient | 57. The Castle of Otranto | 82. The Comfort of Strangers
Netherlands - 8. Camera Obscura | 15. Gimmick! | 50. Rituals | 67. The Twins
Romania - 5. Dracula
Russia - 10. Anna Karenina | 69. Notes from Underground | 78. The Death of Ivan Ilych | 81. We
Scotland - 48. Trainspotting | 80. The 39 Steps
Slovenia - 85. Veronika Decides to Die
Spain - 42. The Pit and the Pendulum
Sweden - 1. Pippi Longstocking

LATIN AMERICA
Brazil - 75. The Hour of the Star
Chile - 64. The House of the Spirits
Colombia - 49. Love in the Time of Cholera
Mexico - 71. Like Water for Chocolate

MIDDLE EAST
Iraq - 68. Vathek

NORTH AMERICA
Canada (Ontario) - 34. The Blind Assassin
Canada (Yukon) - 79. The Call of the Wild
USA (California) - 84. Of Mice and Men
USA (Colorado) - 53. The Shining
USA (Florida) - 59. Their Eyes Were Watching God
USA (Georgia) - 60. Gone with the Wind
USA (Maine) - 30. The Cider House Rules
USA (Massachusetts) - 7. The Scarlet Letter | 41. The Fall of the House of Usher | 44. Little Women
USA (New Hampshire) - 9. The World According to Garp | 29. A Prayer for Owen Meany
USA (New York) - 12. American Psycho | 62. The Great Gatsby
USA (Rhode Island - 65. The Yellow Wallpaper
USA (Vermont) - 28. The Secret History

Fictional - 11. The Lord of the Rings | 20. The Hobbit - 87. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Water - 25. Moby Dick

[Robin]

From the nineties until last year:

before 2002
#1 - Sweden - Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
#2 - England - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
#3 - England (Middlesex) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens



2002
#4 - Indonesia - Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company by Multatuli
#5 - Romania - Dracula by Bram Stoker
#6 - England (London) - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
#7 - USA (Massachusetts) - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne



2003
#8 - Netherlands - Camera Obscura by Hildebrand



2004
#9 - USA (New Hampshire) - The World According to Garp by John Irving



2005
#10 - Russia - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy



2008
#11 - Fictional - The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
#12 - USA - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis



2009
#13 - England - Saturday by Ian McEwan
#14 - England - Atonement by Ian McEwan



2010
#15 - Netherlands - Gimmick! by Joost Zwagerman
#16 - South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
#17 - England (Yorkshire-West Riding) - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë



2011
#18 - Japan - Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Offspring by Kenzaburo Oe
#19 - France - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
#20 - Fictional - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
#21 - England - 1984 by George Orwell
#22 - England - Animal Farm by George Orwell
#23 - England (Hertfordshire) - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
#24 - England (Devon) - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
#25 - Water - Moby Dick by Herman Melville
#26 - England (Surrey) - Emma by Jane Austen
#27 - England (Derbyshire) - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë



2012
#28 - USA (Vermont) - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
#29 - USA - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
#30 - USA (Maine) - The Cider House Rules by John Irving



2013
#31 - England (Somerset) Persuasion by Jane Austen



2014
#32 - India (Maharashtra) - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

[Robin]

The books I have read since January 2015

#33 - India (Tamil Nadu) - Life of Pi by Yann Martel


#34 - Canada (Ontario) - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood


#35 - France (Île-de-France) - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind


#36 - Japan - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden


#37 - England (London) - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells


#38 - France (Nord Pas-de-Calais) - Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

[Robin]

#39 - Algeria - The Outsider by Albert Camus

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Welcome to the challenge, Robin! I like how you have organized your books.

[Robin]

Thank you Diane! It's starting to be an addiction, I visiting all kinds of secondhand bookstores, looking for books on the 1001-list :)

[Robin]

#40 - England (Essex) - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

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#41 - USA (Massachusetts) - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

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#42 - Spain - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

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#43 - France (Île-de-France) - The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe

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#44 - USA (Massachusetts) - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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#45 - England (London) - Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

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#46 - France - Candide by Voltaire

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#47 - India (National Capital Territory of Delhi) - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

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#48 - Scotland - Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

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#49 - Colombia - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

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#50 - Netherlands - Rituals by Cees Nooteboom

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#51 - Germany - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll

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#52 - England - Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

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#53 - USA (Colorado) - The Shining by Stephen King

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#54 - Italy - The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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#55 - Italy - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

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#56 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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#57 - Italy - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

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#58 - Belgium - Cheese by Willem Elsschot

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#59 - USA (Florida) - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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#60 - USA (Georgia) - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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#61 - England (Dorset) - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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#62 - USA (New York) - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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#63 - France (Île-de-France) - The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind

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#64 - Chile - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

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#65 - USA (Rhode Island) - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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#66 - Ireland - A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

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#67 - Netherlands - The Twins by Tessa de Loo

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#68 - Iraq - Vathek by William Beckford

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#69 - Russia - Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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#70 - Myanmar - Burmese Days by George Orwell

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#71 - Mexico - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

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#72 - England (Middlesex) - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

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#73 - Egypt - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne


This book has many settings, so I just picked one.

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#74 - Liberia - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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#75 - Brazil - The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

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#76 - Cuba - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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#77 - England (Wiltshire) - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

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#78 - Russia - The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

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#79 - Canada (Yukon) - The Call of the Wild by Jack London

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#80 - Scotland - The 39 Steps by John Buchan

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#81 - Russia - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

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#82 - Italy - The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan

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#83 - France - Black Dogs by Ian McEwan