Books I need to read (and authors)

Submitted by Beemis on Tue, 01/11/2005 - 09:47
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  1. "breakfast of champions" kurt vonnegut
  2. "god bless you, mr. rosewater" kurt vonnegut
  3. "cat's cradle" kurt vonnegut
  4. "cannery row" john steinbeck
  5. "brave new world" aldous huxley
  6. "Catcher in the rye" j.d. salinger
  7. "the metamorphosis" franz kafka
  8. "in the penal colony" franz kafka
  9. "I, robot" isaac asimov
  10. "genie in a bottle" joe schwarcz
  11. "the awakening" kate chopin
  12. "pride and prejudice" jane austen
  13. "a clockwoark orange" anthony burgess
  14. "the perks of being a wallflower" stephen chbosky
  15. "east of eden" john steinbeck
  16. "wheel of time" robert jordan
  17. "white olender" janet fitch
  18. Terry Pratchett
  19. "magician: apprentice" raymond feist
  20. "redwall" brian jaques
  21. "hitchhickers guides" douglas adams
  22. "watership down" richard adams
  23. Gabriel Garcia Marques
Author Comments: 

feel free to give me more ideas

192201/12/2005

Out of this list, I have only read three books.
The Metamorphosis: quite difficult to read, but somehow fascinating.
East of Eden: A real masterpiece. GREAT!
Catcher in the Rye: Mesmerizing.

professor01/14/2005

I've read Metamorphosis and Catcher In The Rye, and I agree with 1922 on both.

I've also read:

I, Robot - totally original and groundbreaking for it's time.
Brave New World - OK, I read this a long time ago and it wasn't very memorable
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude - it felt like it took a hundred years to get through. I didn't enjoy it at all. I prefer either great stories or great characters/characterisations in books, and this had neither.

I also have on my list of books to read:

Pride and Prejudice
Watership Down
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (I'm currently reading The Grapes of Wrath)