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Re: Books
books i skip over i have not read, have not seen the movie, and never intend to read or see the movie.
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
i read it, thought it was okay. i've heard very good things about it, so maybe i'll reread.
2. catcher in the rye
i'll read eventually.
3. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
very good.
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
i think i read this. i think it was good.
8. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
i liked it. die fatty, die (german for "the fatty, the").
9. 1984 by George Orwell
i started it but didn't finish. when i was 8 or somesuch. i'll get back to it eventually.
10. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
probably qualifies as the strangest book i've ever read. not sure if i liked it or hated it.
12. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
gave my wife a copy, two hours later she gave it back "that was really sad". yeah. it was.
13. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
may have read it; saw the movie.
15. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
superb.
16. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
will read it.
17. Animal Farm by George Orwell
worth reading. i liked it.
22. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
i think i read it.
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
will read it.
29. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
will read it.
33. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
from what i remember i kinder liked it.
40. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
'good'
43. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
reading about frank lloyd wright (as well as visiting some of his buildings) is much more interesting after reading this.
45. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
will read it.
47. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
i saw the movie. i may have read it as well.
49. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
i saw the movie. that counts.
51. My Antonia by Willa Cather
bad, but nowhere near as bad as...
60. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
...which really has to be my least favorite of all time.
65. Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
i thought this was a perfectly good book, though the ending left much to be desired.
72. A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
good.
79. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
i will read this.
85. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
i will read this.
90. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
i think i read it when i was young.
92. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
read it. long but an easy read.
95. Kim by Rudyard Kipling
i've read a lot of kipling, but not this. odd.
98. Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
has a cool name, so i might try to read it.
so maybe 15-20?
i don't think anyone on this forum has argued that this is a good list of 'top books from the 20th century', so i'm unclear on why every other post in this thread has to point that out.
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