List of Books to Read in the Coming Year
Submitted by xfanatic50 on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 13:54
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- Making History by Stephen Fry
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- The Stranger by Albert Camus
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- Watchmen by Alan Moore
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Choke by Chuck Pahlaniuk
- Children of Men by P.D. James
- Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safron Foer
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
- V For Vendetta by Alan Moore
- The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
- The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
I never make resolutions at New Years, because it's too cliche - instead I make them for my birthday, because it seems the ideal time - that's really when you look back on the year and see what you've accomplished and look forward and set goals. Setting goals at New Years, when you've just finished your holidays and are broker and fatter than at any other point during the year, is just depressing and unmotivating. So this is a list of books which I hope to read between now and October 22 of next year. So far, so good but lets see if I can keep a good pace all year. They'll be crossed off as I finish them. Most are classics I've always wanted to read, some just seem like I'd like them. Suggestions for new additions are appreciated.