November's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

[Joanna]

We have 18 books left in our quest to read some of the best of the best. The first half are:

1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

3. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

5. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

7. Les Miserables Victor Hugo

8. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

9. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez

I've read two on this list: The Hobbit and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Both were excellent. I've always been interested in Anna Karenina, for its tragedy, but I might attempt Les Miserables because I have had a copy of that on my to-read shelf since the movie version came out in 2012!! I need to get cracking on that.

Have you read any of these? Are they worthy of inclusion on this list?

Let us know!

[Jodie]

You must read Anna Karenina; it is truly tragic! The only other book I read on this list is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I, too, want to read Les Miserables but am daunted by the length.

[Ann]

I've read 4: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, The Hobbit, Les Miserables (it's been years, but well worth the read), and Lolita. The three I want to read are Anna Karenina, Love in the Time of Cholera (I've read 100 Years of Solitude), and Hitchhiker's Guide.