How many of the 1001 books have you read? Showing 1,651-1,700 of 1,912

[Vikki]

Is there a way to find out how many you have read without going through the list and counting?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

This will do your counting for you, but you'll have to check off the titles you've read

https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-b...

[Sean]

Vikki wrote: "Is there a way to find out how many you have read without going through the list and counting?"

or, You could combine my "want to read" list with my "1001-books" list. Between the two, they are all on there.

Then see how many of those you have read.

[Rory]

Look at this
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

You'll need a shelf of books read that you want counted.

Vikki wrote: "Is there a way to find out how many you have read without going through the list and counting?"

[Vikki]

Bryan wrote: "This will do your counting for you, but you'll have to check off the titles you've read

https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-b..."
Thanks, I just did that and saved it so now I have a way to keep track.

[Joy D]

I have read 190 of the combined list so far.

[Vikki]

I have only read 71 so far. But working on it. Next book to read is the Little Prince.

[Karen]

Joy D wrote: "I have read 190 of the combined list so far."

Congratulations!

[Joy D]

Karen wrote: "Joy D wrote: "I have read 190 of the combined list so far."

Congratulations!"

Thanks! I just did a reconciliation to make sure, and it's actually 196. :-) I have quite a few on the list as TBR. I am not planning to read the entire list, but I will use it as a guide.

[Josh]

Only 75 so far. I have a lot of reading to do. :)

[Vikki]

Only 72, but I am working on it!

[Vikki]

Karen wrote: "Joy D wrote: "I have read 190 of the combined list so far."

Congratulations!"

Way to go. I too will never read them all, but I do like to use the list as a guide. I have found a few books there that I probably would never have read otherwise.

[George P.]

Joy D wrote: "... I just did a reconciliation to make sure, and it's actually 196. :-) I have quite a few on the TBR..."

When you hit 200 you should post it to the Milestones topic:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Vikki]

I have now read 78. I hope to get to 100 by the time I die!! :-)

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I know there are a couple short stories that have snuck onto the list somehow, and several novella length stories. Death of Ivan Illych and The Kreutzer Sonata by Tolstoy and The Pit and the Pendulum and Fall of the House of Usher by Poe are a few off the top of my head. You could be up to 82 by this evening!

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I like this checklist to help me keep track of what I've read and what I want to read:

https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-b...

[Joy D]

George P. wrote: "When you hit 200 you should post it to the Milestones topic:
https://www.go..."

I will do that, thanks! I have no plans to read them all, but it's nice to track the milestones as we go along.

[Vikki]

Mike wrote: "I have 14 that I have read, 3 that I am currently reading, and 49 that I have on my to-read list.
It's not impressive, but damn it I'm 16 and trying."

Well I am 65 and have only read 78. You have plenty of time!!

[Vikki]

I am at 79, working towards 100 by the end of next year.

[Gemma]

I’m on 76, closing in on a milestone! Hoping for 80 in the new year.

[Nike]

Exactly 50. Though I have a lot of the others in my bookshelves still unread.

[Karina]

I have the 1001 Book App on my iPhone. On the combined list, I have 169 read. I also have 46 that I own on my TBR list. I am currently reading 170, 2666 which has been a slog to get through.

[Alice]

On the combined list, I have read 254, and plan on finished two more before year-end. My goal for next year is to get to 300. I may have to throw in some of the shorter books to get there. We'll see.

[Bob]

I’ve read 149 books so far. What a humbling experience to go through all these great books and find so many I haven’t read.

[Nocturnalux]

Karina wrote: "I have the 1001 Book App on my iPhone. On the combined list, I have 169 read. I also have 46 that I own on my TBR list. I am currently reading 170, 2666 which has been a slog to get through."

I also read 169 and am presently reading my 170th title (it will either be Their Eyes Were Watching God or Don Quixote, depending on which one I finish first).

[Mia]

I've read 275 from the combined list.

[Karina]

Bob wrote: "I’ve read 149 books so far. What a humbling experience to go through all these great books and find so many I haven’t read."

I really enjoyed Don Quixote. I own Their Eyes Were Watching God, I am hoping to read it next year!

[Diane]

Mia wrote: "I've read 275 from the combined list."

Awesome!

[Brian]

Just finished the last of the top 100 books today!

[Tim]

165 read so far

[Mia]

Diane wrote: "Mia wrote: "I've read 275 from the combined list."

Awesome!"

Thank you.

[Rory]

I've been very aggressively making my way through the list this year. Look's like I'll finish the year at 407.

[Tim]

167 read to date from the 2006 edition mostly.

[Carol]

A whopping 73!

[Alice]

255

[Ian]

Finishing the year on 575 from the 2006 edition with a further 59 from later ones making 634 total.
Happy New Year everyone and thanks for all the communal support going on. It's nice to know that we are not alone in this trudge towards reading immortality.

[Ellinor]

I‘m at 476 from the combined list. My goal for 2020 is 525 but I hope to reach 550 actually.

Happy new year everyone and good luck with your reading goals!

[Diane]

My goal is to reach 1000 in 2020.

[Dan]

I knocked off 34 books in 2019 with a total read now of 504.

1. “The Thin Man” by Dashiell Hammett: 3 stars
2. “The Glass Key” by Dashiell Hammett: 3 stars
3. “Measuring the World” by Daniel Kehlmann: 3 stars
4. “Cold Comfort Farm” by Stella Gibbons: 3 stars
5. “Cat's Eye” by Margaret Atwood: 4 stars
6. “Queen Margot” by Alexandre Dumas: 3 stars
7. “Seize the Day” by Saul Bellow: 3 stars
8. “Herzog” by Saul Bellow: 4 stars
9. “The Adventures of Augie March” by Saul Bellow: 4 stars
10. “The Girls of Slender Means” by Muriel Spark: 3 stars
11. “Parade's End” by Ford Madox Ford: 3 stars
12. “The Black Dahlia” by James Ellroy: 4 stars
13. “Arrow of God” by Chinua Achebe: 3 stars
14. “Phineas Finn” by Anthony Trollope: 4 stars
15. “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China” by Jung Chang: 5 stars
16. “A Tale of Love and Darkness” by Amos Oz: 3 stars
17. “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy: 4 stars
18. “The Third Man” by Graham Greene: 3 stars
19. “Carry Me Down” by M. J. Hyland: 4 stars
20. “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs: 4 stars
21. “Solaris” by Stanislaw Lem: 3 stars
22. “The Return of the Soldier” by Rebecca West: 3 stars
23. “The Shadow-Line” by Joseph Conrad: 3 stars
24. “The Postman Always Rings Twice” by James M. Cain: 3 stars
25. “Amerika” by Franz Kafka: 3 stars
26. “Mary Barton” by Elizabeth Gaskell: 3 stars
27. “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson: 4 stars
28. “The Master of Ballantrae” by Robert Louis Stevenson: 3 stars
29. “The 13 Clocks” by James Thurber: 3 stars
30. “Drop City” by T. Coraghessan Boyle: 4 stars
31. “Sabbath's Theater” by Philip Roth: 3 stars
32. “Molloy” by Samuel Beckett: 3 stars
33. “Malone Dies” by Samuel Beckett: 3 stars
34. “The Unnamable” by Samuel Beckett: 3 stars

[Diane]

Luís wrote: "Diane wrote: "My goal is to reach 1000 in 2020."

Wow! That's a big target! Happy New Year!"

Happy New Year to you , too, Luís!

[Karen]

Ended the year with 571 from the combined list. Hope to reach 700 by the end of 2020!

[George]

I have read 647 of the combined list. I read 144 books on the combined lists in 2019. Most memorable books in 2019 being Trainspotting, 2666, Passing, Native Son and For Whom the Bell Tolls. I particularly enjoyed were Lives of Girls and Women and ‘Things’. I plan to read more Alice Munro and Georges Perec.

[Chrissy]

I’m so impressed with everyone’s numbers! I have some reading to do this year for sure.

[Tyler]

I am up to 230. This past year was a light year, but I hope to add some more from the list this year.

[elektrospiro]

I am just starting the list:
https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-b...
with 74 books, but I have to say that I feel that most lists always tend to use the titles of English literature, even if they seem to be of little value, and at the same time skip interesting titles and writers of other languages. Do you know a version of the list where more non-English literature and the most important ancient literary works are listed?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

elektrospiro wrote: "I am just starting the list:
https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-b...
with 74 books, but I have to say that I feel that most lists always tend to use the titles of English lite..."

St John's College has an Eastern Classics program. The list of their reading material is pretty impressive--here's a Goodreads list of the titles:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

and here's a list of reading from the classical world:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Hope that points you in a direction you'd like to go

[elektrospiro]

"Bryan wrote:St John's College has an Eastern Classics program..."
Thank you very much for the hint!

[Tim]

171

[Ann A]

207 - I need to step it up. I'm pretty old :(

[Hubert]

Around 50 - depending on which list I'm using.