Sunflowers progress with the lists.

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I'm going to add them in as I read them, rather than crossing them off. Have given up on the tickers-too hard to update!

BOARD'S LIST. (23 done as of 8/6/10).

4. Lolita
5. Brave New World
7. Catch-22
9. Sons and Lovers
10. The Grapes of Wrath
13. 1984.
15. To the Lighthouse.
18. Slaughterhouse-5.
24. Winesburg, Ohio.
25. A Passage to India.
31. Animal Farm.
35. As I Lay Dying.
41. Lord of the Flies.
45. The Sun Also Rises.
49. Women in Love.
51. The Naked and the Dead.
52. Portnoy's Complaint.
55. On the Road.
64. The Catcher in the Rye.
69. The House of Mirth.
86. Ragtime.
93. The Magus.
97. The Sheltering Sky.

READER'S LIST. (39 done as of 24/04/10).

2. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
4. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
6. 1984 by George Orwell.
12. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
14. Dune by Frank Herbert.
16. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
17. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute.
18. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
19. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.
20. Animal Farm by George Orwell.
22. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
23. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
25. Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
27. Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute.
28. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
29. The Stand by Stephen King.
30. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles.
34. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
42. On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
48. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Wolf.
51. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
53. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
55. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
56. On the Beach by Nevil Shute.
59. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
63. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
64. The World According to Garp by John Irving.
65. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
66. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
67. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
71. The Magus by John Fowles.
73. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.
75. The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
77. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
79. Watership Down by Richard Adams.
80. Naked Lunch by William Burroughs.
84. It by Stephen King.
92. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles.

[Sunflower]

Another one down. Really enjoyed "The Haunting of Hill House" and can see why it made the list.

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Just finished "The House of Mirth". Not much mirth in it. Will add to my list later, I don't know what number it is.

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Finished Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises". This one gets to count for both lists, which is good 'cos I'm not going too well on the Board's list.

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Dune done. Didn't think I was going to get into it, the elaborate construction of the world took a bit of getting used to, but it is a classic of its kind.

[Sunflower]

Another one which counts for both lists! (Only 3 more of those though, and one is Ulysses, which I am not looking forward to) As I Lay Dying is a challenging read but I did appreciate once I did some background reading about it. You can almost taste the dust, smell the deceased, and feel their collective helplessness.

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Ragtime done! A strangely constructed book with fictional people interacting with real historical characters.

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A Passage to India, which also counts for another challenge I am doing elsewhere. Had seen the movie, so knew what was coming. Language quite quaint, novel very evocative of its time and location.