100 books of all time - how many have you read?

[Travis]

27 but at least half that list is books I have no intention of reading anyway

[Sarah]

I can claim 16 definites but I've also read some books in the collections, e.g. I've read three of shakespeare's plays, I've read some of the Faraway Tree and Narnia collections - I've not included these in my total though. When I look at the titles on the list, I see a lot that makes me think "apparently I should read" rather than "I want to read". That said, I do have some on my wishlist and my maybe list and on the shelves at home.

[Peggy]

I have read 16 I think (although I abandoned two of them), and several on my tbr.

[Kirila]

26! That's more than I expected. I usually have around 10-15 in those type of lists, but this one includes some recent books as well, which helps my score. I noticed that perhaps half of those I read after joining goodreads and this group :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

There was Faraway Tree there?! Missed that one.

[Margy]

38--helps that there are lots of Austin and Dickens on there as I've read all those. I try to read 1-2 classics every year.

[Cherie]

49 of the list of 100 read for me. I have almost all of the others on my TBR, except the rest of the Narnia books. The first was enough. I have a copy of the 1001 list on my PC. I look it over and check off what I may have read, but I don't really keep score. There are so many different lists and the mix of old and new titles changes every time I see a new one.

[Mariab]

http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/01/...

[Cherie]

Oh, thanks for the link, Mariab. I feel so unread now. I have made it through only one of the 20th century books, but better with the 19th century ones.
I have read 3 1/2 of them. If I can ever finish One Hundered Years of Solitude, it will be four.

[Travis]

Got 2 of 20th and 6 of the 19th century read

[Gail]

I've read 38. The Big Read was a BBC survey a few years ago in the UK, where people had to vote their favourite book. So it's really a list of books that the average BBC-watching Brit is familiar with, rather than a list of books you should read. And it keeps changing as it's passed around the internet. The original list is here.

[Gail]

And I suspect the vast majority of people who voted for the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare hadn't actually read them in their entirety!

[Mariab]

The link posted below is a list made with/by prominent authors (alive, of course)

[Mari]

37 for me!

[Pragya]

I have one read one from 20th century and 3 from 19th century.

[Tasha]

I've read 20, plus probably a few more in high school. There are still some on that list that I would like to read one of these days.

[Paakhi]

I have read only 11 of these, but most of them are on my tbr list.

[Mariab]

Here another list. This one from Bruce Springsteen
http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/...

[Gail]

I've only read two from Bruce Springsteen's list!

[Mari]

I've only read 2 from Bruce's list, as well!

[Mariab]

Gail wrote: "I've only read two from Bruce Springsteen's list!"

That list is tough...

[SarahA]

I have read 29 of the list but I "mean" to read many of the "classics" and always get distracted by much "easier " to read books. The same as many I would presume!!

[Cherie]

I have read 3 from Bruce's list.

[Tasha]

I've read 2 from his list. not a fan... ;)