BBC Challenge

[Melissa]

I am sure most of you have seen or heard of the list of 100 books the BBC says everyone should read, I have seen it posted in several places. This challenge is pretty simple if a long one. How many can you read?

If you have already read one of the books in this challenge then you do not have to reread it for it to count towards this challenge, just mark it on your list of read books. If you see any linked to what you think is the wrong book let me know.

Here is the list:
Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
To Kill a Mockingbird
Holy Bible: King James Version
Wuthering Heights
1984
His Dark Materials
Little Women
Great Expectations
Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Catch-22
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Rebecca
The Hobbit
Birdsong
The Catcher in the Rye
The Time Traveler's Wife
Middlemarch
Gone with the Wind
The Great Gatsby
Bleak House
War and Peace
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Brideshead Revisited
Crime and Punishment
The Grapes of Wrath
Alice in Wonderland
The Wind in the Willows
Anna Karenina
David Copperfield
The Chronicles of Narnia
Emma
Persuasion
The Alchemist
The Kite Runner
Captain Corellis Mandolin
Memoirs of a Geisha
Winnie-the-Pooh
Animal Farm
The Da Vinci Code
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Woman in White
Anne of Green Gables
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Handmaid's Tale
Lord of the Flies
Atonement
Life of Pi
Dune
Cold Comfort Farm
Sense and Sensibility
A Suitable Boy
The Shadow of the Wind
A Tale of Two Cities
Brave New World
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Love in the Time of Cholera
Of Mice and Men
Lolita
The Secret History
The Lovely Bones
The Count of Monte Cristo
On the Road
Jude the Obscure
Bridget Jones's Diary
Midnight's Children
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Oliver Twist
Dracula
The Secret Garden
Notes from a Small Island
Ulysses
The Bell Jar
Swallows and Amazons
Germinal
Vanity Fair
Possession
A Christmas Carol
Cloud Atlas
The Remains of the Day
The Color Purple
Madame Bovary
A Fine Balance
Charlotte's Web
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Faraway Tree Stories
Heart of Darkness
The Little Prince
The Wasp Factory
Watership Down
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Town Like Alice
The Three Musketeers
A Clockwork Orange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Les Misérables

UPDATE:
Noughts & Crosses
Mort
The Thornbirds
The BFG
The Magus
Artemis Fowl
Black Beauty
The Story of Tracy Beaker
The Pillars of the Earth
Treasure Island
Good Night, Mr. Tom
The Shell Seekers
The Stand
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Guards! Guards!
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Night Watch
Matilda
Double Act
The Twits
I Capture the Castle
Holes
Gormenghast
The God of Small Things
Vicky Angel
Magician
The Godfather
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Color of Magic
Katherine
Kane and Abel
Girls in Love
The Princess Diaries

[Lea Ann]

Talk about an ongoing challenge! Okay, I'm crossing off the ones I've already read.

Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
To Kill a Mockingbird
Holy Bible: King James Version
Wuthering Heights
1984
His Dark Materials
Little Women
Great Expectations 2021
Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Catch-22
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Rebecca
The Hobbit
Birdsong
The Catcher in the Rye
The Time Traveler's Wife
Middlemarch
Gone with the Wind
The Great Gatsby
Bleak House
War and Peace
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Brideshead Revisited
Crime and Punishment
The Grapes of Wrath
Alice in Wonderland
The Wind in the Willows
Anna Karenina
David Copperfield
The Chronicles of Narnia
Emma
Persuasion
The Alchemist
The Kite Runner
Captain Corellis Mandolin
Memoirs of a Geisha
Winnie-the-Pooh
Animal Farm
The Da Vinci Code
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Woman in White
Anne of Green Gables
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Handmaid's Tale
Lord of the Flies
Atonement
Life of Pi
Dune
Cold Comfort Farm
Sense and Sensibility
A Suitable Boy
The Shadow of the Wind
A Tale of Two Cities 1/26/16
Brave New World
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Love in the Time of Cholera Ugh - hated this book!
Of Mice and Men
Lolita
The Secret History
The Lovely Bones
The Count of Monte Cristo
On the Road
Jude the Obscure
Bridget Jones's Diary
Midnight's Children
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Oliver Twist
Dracula
The Secret Garden
Notes from a Small Island
Ulysses
The Bell Jar
Swallows and Amazons
Germinal
Vanity Fair
Possession
A Christmas Carol
Cloud Atlas
The Remains of the Day
The Color Purple
Madame Bovary
A Fine Balance
Charlotte's Web
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Faraway Tree Stories
Heart of Darkness
The Little Prince
The Wasp Factory
Watership Down
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Town Like Alice
The Three Musketeers
A Clockwork Orange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Les Misérables

Updates:
Noughts & Crosses
Mort
The Thornbirds
The BFG
The Magus
Artemis Fowl
Black Beauty
The Story of Tracy Beaker
The Pillars of the Earth
Treasure Island
Good Night, Mr. Tom
The Shell Seekers
The Stand
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Guards! Guards!
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Night Watch
Matilda
Double Act
The Twits
I Capture the Castle
Holes
Gormenghast
The God of Small Things
Vicky Angel
Magician
The Godfather
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Color of Magic
Katherine
Kane and Abel
Girls in Love
The Princess Diaries

22 read at the start of 2016.
25 read at the start of 2018.
27 read at the start of 2020.
28 read at the start of 2021.

[Karin]

Okay. I am definitely up for this one. I have been trying to work on this list for years so I have crossed off what I already have read.

Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
To Kill a Mockingbird
Holy Bible: King James Version
Wuthering Heights
1984 - I really did not like the ending.
His Dark Materials
Little Women
Great Expectations
Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Catch-22
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Rebecca
The Hobbit
Birdsong
The Catcher in the Rye
The Time Traveler's Wife
Middlemarch
Gone with the Wind
The Great Gatsby
Bleak House
War and Peace
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - read on 5/18/16
Brideshead Revisited
Crime and Punishment
The Grapes of Wrath
Alice in Wonderland
The Wind in the Willows
Anna Karenina
David Copperfield
The Chronicles of Narnia
Emma
Persuasion
The Alchemist
The Kite Runner
Captain Corellis Mandolin
Memoirs of a Geisha
Winnie-the-Pooh - read on 2/8/20
Animal Farm - read on 10/29/16
The Da Vinci Code
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Woman in White
Anne of Green Gables
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Handmaid's Tale
Lord of the Flies
Atonement
Life of Pi
Dune
Cold Comfort Farm
Sense and Sensibility
A Suitable Boy
The Shadow of the Wind
A Tale of Two Cities
Brave New World I did not like this one as well too much like 1984 to me.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Love in the Time of Cholera
Of Mice and Men
Lolita
The Secret History
The Lovely Bones
The Count of Monte Cristo
On the Road
Jude the Obscure
Bridget Jones's Diary
Midnight's Children
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale - This was a difficult read.
Oliver Twist
Dracula
The Secret Garden
Notes from a Small Island
Ulysses
The Bell Jar
Swallows and Amazons
Germinal
Vanity Fair
Possession
A Christmas Carol
Cloud Atlas
The Remains of the Day
The Color Purple
Madame Bovary
A Fine Balance
Charlotte's Web - read on 6/19/16
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Faraway Tree Stories
Heart of Darkness
The Little Prince - read on 12/31/16
The Wasp Factory
Watership Down
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Town Like Alice
The Three Musketeers
A Clockwork Orange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Les Misérables

Updates:
Noughts & Crosses
Mort
The Thornbirds
The BFG
The Magus
Artemis Fowl
Black Beauty
The Story of Tracy Beaker
The Pillars of the Earth
Treasure Island
Good Night, Mr. Tom
The Shell Seekers
The Stand
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Guards! Guards!
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Night Watch
Matilda
Double Act
The Twits
I Capture the Castle
Holes
Gormenghast
The God of Small Things
Vicky Angel
Magician
The Godfather
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Color of Magic
Katherine
Kane and Abel
Girls in Love
The Princess Diaries

31 read at the start of 2016.
34 read at the start of 2019.
37 read at the start of 2020.

[Sarah]

Well looking at the list I haven't read very many of these :O I think once I finish the series I'm on, I'll have to get cracking on :) I love a good challenge.

1.Pride and Prejudice
2. The Lord of the Rings - I've read the first book, found it difficult. Will definately try again.
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
10. Holy Bible: King James Version - I read this purely out of curiosity and didn't think it was worth the time tbh.
11. Tess of the D'Ubervilles - Hard at the start but lovely to read over all.
12. The Hobbit - Loved <3
13. Emma.
14. Of Mice and Men - I read this book and seen about 3 different versions of the film.
15. Les Misérables

I've seen a few film versions of the books on the 100 list and loved them. I've always thought that books were better because it's left to your imagination how things look and feel. I'm especially looking forward to reading The Lovely Bones as it's a beautiful story.

15 already isn't too great however I have probably read about 2 books in the last 8 days that aren't on the list. This is going to be slow going but I will do my best :)

[Lea Ann]

Karin wrote: "Okay. I am definitely up for this one. I have been trying to work on this list for years so I have crossed off what I already have read.

Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings
Jane Eyre
Harry P..."

Hats off to you, Karin, for reading Moby Dick!

[Karin]

Lea wrote: "Karin wrote: "Okay. I am definitely up for this one. I have been trying to work on this list for years so I have crossed off what I already have read.

Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings
Jan..."

Thanks Lea. It was part of the reading for one of my college classes.

[Karin]

I finished reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy today. I have to say I struggled through it despite it being a short book.

[Lea Ann]

Karin wrote: "I finished reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy today. I have to say I struggled through it despite it being a short book."

I don't think I would care for that one.

[Karin]

I read Charlotte's Web over the summer.

[Karin]

I am about to start reading The Little PrinceThe Little Prince this weekend. I am trying to finish reading as I have already started to read Rebecca, Sense and Sensibility, A Tale of Two Cities, The Three Musketeers, and Gone with the Wind. All those books are a long but slow progress for me. Here is to finishing them in the New Year hopefully.

[Karin]

I finished reading Animal Farm in October and The Little Prince today.

[Melissa]

Woohoo! I am up to 36!

Finished The Alchemist !

[Melissa]

Ugh, I finally pushed my way through His Dark Materials.

It was a struggle and I found myself skimming a lot of the final book but I got through it.

37 down!

[Melissa]

38 down with Persuasion off the list!

I still do not understand the fascination with Jane Austen.

[Melissa]

While looking at other things I found out that my original list wasn't the actual list that was put out by BBC so I found the original list from BBC and compared it to what I have already listed here and added the new books,

[Melissa]

My Tracking Post:

Pride and Prejudice
The Lord of the Rings- Book 1- Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings-Book 2- The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings- Book 3- The Return of the King
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
To Kill a Mockingbird
Holy Bible: King James Version
Wuthering Heights
1984
His Dark Materials
Little Women
Great Expectations
Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Catch-22
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Rebecca
The Hobbit
Birdsong
The Catcher in the Rye
The Time Traveler's Wife
Middlemarch
Gone with the Wind
The Great Gatsby
Bleak House
War and Peace
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Brideshead Revisited
Crime and Punishment
The Grapes of Wrath
Alice in Wonderland
The Wind in the Willows
Anna Karenina
David Copperfield
The Chronicles of Narnia
Emma
Persuasion
The Alchemist
The Kite Runner
Captain Corellis Mandolin
Memoirs of a Geisha
Winnie-the-Pooh
Animal Farm
The Da Vinci Code
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Woman in White
Anne of Green Gables
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Handmaid's Tale
Lord of the Flies
Atonement
Life of Pi
Dune
Cold Comfort Farm
Sense and Sensibility
A Suitable Boy
The Shadow of the Wind
A Tale of Two Cities
Brave New World
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Love in the Time of Cholera
Of Mice and Men
Lolita
The Secret History
The Lovely Bones
The Count of Monte Cristo
On the Road
Jude the Obscure
Bridget Jones's Diary
Midnight's Children
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Oliver Twist
Dracula
The Secret Garden
Notes from a Small Island
Ulysses
The Bell Jar
Swallows and Amazons
Germinal
Vanity Fair
Possession
A Christmas Carol
Cloud Atlas
The Remains of the Day
The Color Purple
Madame Bovary
A Fine Balance
Charlotte's Web
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Faraway Tree Stories
Heart of Darkness {DNF- 11/03/19}
The Little Prince
The Wasp Factory
Watership Down
A Confederacy of Dunces{ DNF}
A Town Like Alice
The Three Musketeers
A Clockwork Orange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Les Misérables

UPDATE:
Noughts & Crosses
Mort
The Thornbirds
The BFG
The Magus
Artemis Fowl
Black Beauty
The Story of Tracy Beaker
The Pillars of the Earth
Treasure Island
Good Night, Mr. Tom
The Shell Seekers
The Stand
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Guards! Guards!
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Night Watch
Matilda
Double Act
The Twits
I Capture the Castle
Holes
Gormenghast
The God of Small Things
Vicky Angel
Magician
The Godfather
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Color of Magic
Katherine
Kane and Abel
Girls in Love
The Princess Diaries

[Lea Ann]

Okay, I've updated my list. Such a daunting one. I've only marked off three in the past two years. lol

[Melissa]

This one is going to be a VERY LONG ongoing challenge for me.

[Melissa]

After updating my list I have 43 total off of the list. Still a ways to go!

[Melissa]

I read The Handmaid's Tale this month.

First time in a while I got one of this list.

[Melissa]

I read Good Omens, didn't realize it was on this list when I read it.

[Melissa]

I got 2 books read off of this list this year, tried reading 2 others and just couldn't get into them.

so , this year was The Handmaid's tale and Good Omens.

[Melissa]

I read The Thornbirdsfor a different challenge without realizing it was on here to!

[Karin]

I finally got a chance to read Winnie-the-Pooh today. I enjoyed reading it but I wish I had read it when I was younger.

[Lea Ann]

I haven't looked at this list in forever. I found two more I'd read.

[Melissa]

It has been a while since I marked one off this list!

Brideshead Revisited finished.

[Melissa]

I just updated my read ones on the list, I am up to 48. I have marked 5 of this list since 2018.

[Lea Ann]

Dang, I completely forgot about this one this year. Didn't read anything off this list. I'm going to set a goal to read at least three from this list in 2021.