i had to pause this just to say please read 1984 and lord of the flies. i haven't seen the films so i have no idea how bad they are but those books are AMAZING.
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I loved The Count of Monte Cristo. My copy is 618 pages, but the text ia very tiny. It took me a couple of months to finish it, but I finally finished it. I fell in love with the book. I may reread it.
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest is a great book. You should finish it. I loved it, although the ending kind of frustrated me, although I guess I had seen that coming the whole time...
Somebody probably already mentioned that the Outsider is the same as the Stranger. I loved reading it as a teenager and now in my 50s, I did the audio in English while reading the French original. Love Camus!
Yes, I learned that as well, and have read the book by now. I think my expectations were too high, but might read it again in a few years to see how it holds up.
Go for Gris Grimly! It is more understandable with the original text in the background though, as some parts are just told though images, but loved it! And it made it easier for me to really understand the story. The novel alone didn't achieve that. I think 1984 is a vital piece of referential knowledge in our culture but the film really shocked me and I just didn't want to read it further. So cruel and gruesome.
Books everyone should read: War and Peace....I cannot think of a greater book. And then, there is all of the works of James Herriot, the English vet. ......JD Salinger's Nine Stories. Most of Jane Austen and of course Jane Eyre.
Oooh, I really want to film this video too! Great list! And I love lists of books to compare myself to :) I read 26 from this one and I'm really proud of myself :) Although there are still plenty on it that I want to finally get to. With Hemingway I'd recommend A Moveable Feast - very entertaining (it's nonfiction about the 1920s in Paris). Also: Camus's The Outsider is just a different translation of The Stranger.
I'm sure someone has already commented on this but Camus' The Outsider and The Stranger are the same book :) Simply two different ways the title has been translated from the French title L'etranger
It would take a TV miniseries or series of films to capture the entirety of the Count of Monte Cristo. Even a long movie would have to leave out vast amounts of the book. If you want a great big tale of revenge, this is the book for you.
I've read 14 and want to read about 8 more on the list. I liked Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre and The Count of Monte Cristo the best out of the ones I read. I think Monte Cristo was my favorite, you should def. give it a chance! I didn't care for Wuthering Heights, either...
Do you think the abridged version I have would do for the Count? To get a feeling for story and writing style but without endless descriptions and repetitions?
I don't know, since I don't know what the abridged version leaves out. I didn't think the Count had that much to abridge, I mean it had so much stuff going on. The beginning & the part where he is in jail, before the whole revenge thing starts, is perhaps a bit slow going. After that, I don't think I was ever bored. I mean, I've read Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and that could have used a LOT of abridging, but I don't really find that with Dumas' works. But that's just me, other people might feel differently!
I understand what you mean with Wuthering Heights I am currently rereading it and although it is a very compelling story to read, it just makes me feel completely depressed lol
23 read and about 5 I'd like to read. I always have a problem with these lists because they are too centralised on one kind of author. Cool to see how many have been read though. It's uplifting and makes the ever long TBR list easier to swallow.
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I rarely bother with these lists because they are often homogenous.
I like this list because it seems to have some variety. Genre lists are actually the most interesting, as you can look for the books that are considered central to it. And 23 is not bad and with the 5 more you want to read you've almost reached your goal :D
frenchiedee Yeah, me too. But these lists sometimes give me a good feeling as I do okay on them. There are others where I really suck and want to read so much of.
you really should read anne frank. it isn't as depressing as you might think. it's still sad but not all of it is bad. she did have a pretty good life for a while and there are bits in the book that are pretty happy times...at least as far as i can remember. i don't think i would've finished that book if it was all bad. i never finished the great gatsby because i thought it read too much like a tv soap opera and i was just bored. for me that's the one book i never understood why people thought it was so great.
+Kewl Beans Oh I don't think it is all sad and bad, I am just not overly interested in her story. Which may sound horrible, but I have read (and probably will continue to read) so many stories about WW2 and survivors as well as victims that I don't think hers is one I need to read. The Great Gatsby though is one I enjoyed very much.
1book1review see..and i hated gatsby. ;) i was supposed to read it in school and write about it regularly in a notebook for my english teacher. he was constantly on my case for being vague in my commentary. but i just didn't cared so little about the characters i didn't even bother to learn their names lol. i guess everybody's diferent. i just figured i'd mention that there are nicer parts of anne frank, since i wasn't real clear on why you didn't want to read it. anyway these days i don't read much fiction anyhow. and mostly read tech manuals lol. yea i know...i'm a geek! xD i'm always on the lookout for something else though. movies are getting boring seeing as they pretty much keep remaking the same movie every 2 years so books are sometimes better. nice chatting you -cheers ;)
Kewl Beans true, and it's good that we are all different! Have you tried exploring new genres or more experimental books like S by J.J. Abrams, or House of Leaves By Danielewski or the recent craze Illuminae by Kaufman/Kristoff? Maybe that'll strike oyur fancy anew :)
1book1review i read a lot of stuff in school that i probably wouldn't have read otherwise. i even read the illiad! yea! i really did! :D i've read a few horror novels but it might sound strange (and usually does to most) but i can't stand stephen king. the guy tends to bore me faster than he can scare me lol. some poetry, frost and thoreaux are two of my favorites. i've read the outsiders which was one of the few novels turned movie that was actually a fair adaptation. oh and i've read almost everything crichton wrote. i started to read dante but put it down. i'll get back into it i just find these days i can't really sit still long enough for books. a bit off topic here but i've played some video games that had plot lines that rival some of the best books i've read. ;) i keep hearing about house of leaves i might have to check that one out.:D
my (odd) top 3: to kill a mockingbird, wrinkle in time and i know why the cage bird sings. also east of edrn, count of Monte cristo, something wicked this way comes and beloved and othello, Richard lll and king henry lv
lord of the flies book is INCREDIBLE. both of the movies made after the book's publishing don't even scratch the masterpiece that is Golding's writing.
I'm studying part of The Canterbury Tales for my English Literature A-Level (English version of das Abitur) and I know at least in the part I'm looking at, the form of the language is VERY difficult to understand, but good luck whenever you try it!
The Outsiders? Of Mice and men? Romeo and Juliet? The Crucibles? Slaughter house 5? Carrie? A Raisin in the Sun? Define Normal? The boy in the striped pajamas? Summer of Fear? Number the Stars?
Ive read 22!!! As for monte cristo, i watched the movie years before seeing the book and if anything it helped me understand what was going on more and enhanced my reading experience! I also liked the book WAY more :)
Buzzfeed had a list of 339 books shown on Gilmore Girls! It's actually a really good mix of books, so I'm thinking about going through the ones I haven't read.
Why isn't Sherlock Holmes stories on the list? I think those stories are really great. And also it beats me to see Christmas Carol is on the list but not Great Expectations or Oliver Twist or Bleak House.
I do so love lists like this one. I've read 20 so far. This video just reminded me that there are many more classics that I need to get going on including "Anna Karenina" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". But the size of these tomes is just so daunting...
I've read 17 of these, if I can count my pretentious middle school years where I read Moby Dick because I was "smart" lol. I need to get better at reading classics, but I actually like reading them in a class setting. I find the discussion really helps me understand the story. I may be the only person in the world to think like that though!
No. I find it good to get some deeper insights and other persons perspectives on things I might have missed on my own. Like recently watched Thug Notes video about Slaughterhouse 5 and although I read it I can't recall any of the story he mentioned. A class on that would be awesome!
Lots of that list is "pretensious" snobby literature, and anyone who has completed all 50 would be the type of person to look down on someone who had only read, say half of that... Hemingway for example, not entirely necessary to have read at all. Glad to see some younger audience books, His Dark Materials & Harry Potter. I would also insist on the Chronicles of Narnia as a series. An absolute MUST on that list as well would be Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy a Trilogy in 5 parts.
I've only read 12 of the 50! Maybe I should work on that...I really like this idea though. Maybe I'll make a video similar to this one if I'm hankering to make a video but short on ideas. This is really interesting! :]
I have read 14 books. I want to read The picture of Dorian Gray and The count of Montecristo because both stories sound interesting :) Maybe you didn't like Wuthering Heights because your expectations were high. When I read it I knew it was a classic, but that's all. I loved the combination of love story and gothic elements which was something that I hadn't seen before in another book and that really blew my mind. But if many people had said to me it was a really great book and I should read it, I think I wouldn't have read in the same way. I would expect more.
I've read quite a few of those - I'm surprised! But I also have a lot of them on my shelf and I haven't read them yet :/. Sounds like you've done really well though!
If you ever get a copy of Canterbury Tales I'd love to do a buddy read! I own the Oxford World Classics translation and I'm really interested in reading it =)
Read 24. Love Alice in Wonderland. Albert Camus - L'etranger is translated in English to the Foreigner, The Outsider, The Stranger and maybe more depending on the publisher, just so you know
It was so nice to have a longer video from you! This was definitely interesting, and I loved seeing what you had and had not read from the list. And to hear about somebody else who didn't like Wuthering Heights! I got looks of blasphemy in my English class last year for saying that.
Haha, I read it without a class and I was expecting this awesome love story and all I got was these selfish people who tortured each other for the stupidest reasons...Maybe I missed the point, but I had to fight through uni not liking Jane Austen. I know how you feel!
You need to read The Count of Monte Cristo and you should read the big book. It is the my favorite book of all times. The movies and tv series is really different from the book!!!:)
I've read quite a few on this list, but to be honest, the one that dragged the most was Moby Dick. Hard to call it a novel, as there is a very simple plot but page after page of descriptions of whales and whaling that are pretty dry and become boring in their relentless detail. The pages relating to the actual plot clock in, I would guess, at about 50. It's rather more like a non-fiction book of the period, so hardly qualifies as the great American novel. I'm amazed that The Way We Live Now, even though a good book, was preferred over Middlemarch, a fabulous and witty work.
I watched 2 adaptations of Rebecca the 1940 and the one with Jeremy Brett(who plays Sherlock) and I don't think I'm tempted to read the book anymore :)
i didn't actually count, but i there where a lot of books i haven't read (yet) on this list... should have counted, going to watch it again with counting. turns out i've read 8.. yeah i do need to change that as there are quite a lot of books on the list that i still want to read! (though definitely not all of them..)
Ha yeah, I never find I want to read all the books from any given list. but I find they are great inspirations for books that are considered important :)
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I'm surprised at how many of these I know about and have heard of but I haven't actually read. I've only read four or five of the books but I'm definately intrested in reading a lot of them.
Not really. Sometimes I just lug the book around a lot and abuse is hard to avoid then. I love when my books look like new after reading but don't mind if they don't ;)
The Outsider is the same as The Stranger, just a different title :) You should definitely read it! I need to re-read it this year actually... Turns out I have read 25 of the books on this list, and started at some point or other 4 of them (only read Inferno out of the Divine Comedy, but doubt I want to continue on...). There's quite a few I still plan on reading though! :)
Everybody seems to love Brave New World, but I hated it! However, you do need to drop everything, get you hat and coat and go and buy yourself a copy of Rebecca! Then watch the 1940 Hitchcock film with Joan Fontaine. Go, now!
A lot of good 20thC books lists came out in 2000 or thereabouts. I've concentrated a lot on reading the dark side...nonfiction. In this list I've read 14, started 5 & haven't read a whopping 31. Of these 31 I've seen a lot of movies and/ or miniseries on same, like Pride & Prejudice (2 miniseries & 1 movie). Also I read 19thC novelists Eliot, Hardy & Dickens instead of Trollope, & Elizabethan dramas Dr. Faustus, MacBeth & King Lear instead of Hamlet. 6 of one and 1/2 a dozen of another. A few of these authors I won't touch, like Pullman & Greene, & books which major in romantic melodrama I'm not very keen on.
Why won't you touch Pullman? I know I'm biased because I had an awesome class on it (that's why the books look so battered, I knew them front to back at a point in time) but loved his imagination and play with language and science. I read Greene last year for the first time and was surprised how easy going his writing style was. I think I would totally fail on nonfiction reads...
You may not fail on nonfiction reads. Say you were into (U.S.) Southern Gothic books, led by Faulkner & O'Connor. A clear, well-written book on this school of lit. would help you find new authors & provide a good intro. to each of their important works. Often people read nonfiction to glean info on stuff they know they are interested in, be it books, authors, writing, science, or how to build a rocket.... On Mar. 14/14 on readsusieread's video unread physical books I wrote re why I won't touch Pullman. I didn't like what I heavy skimmed, finding it creepy & weird, & he's set himself up to some degree to be contra-CS Lewis (1/2 century dead author) instead of going ahead & being author Philip Pullman. BTer padfootandprongs07 says she doesn't like Pullman either. Greene may have an easygoing style in 1 book, but in The Power & the Glory everything is arid, as dry as dust, big time boring, & had it overanalyzed in school when I was 15 for months on end. There are other authors in the books ocean....
TimeAndChance thanks for sharing your reasons. I think it's always interesting why people chose to read or not read authors. Being such a slow reader I find myself in the sad position that I have to chose between nonfiction and fiction as I just can't manage both at the moment. I hope that'll change again one day :)
Here you can keep track of what you read from all those lists :D www.listchallenges.com/lists/books I haven't read most of the classic novels, so I'm always kind of bad in those lists. But I definitely want to read more of them.
Oh my, I think I'll spend the rest of the day on that link. Awesome! Thanks. A lot of the classics were read during uni and after that when I felt bad for having a literary degree and not having read the books.
i have or am trying to get most of the books on that list. for this year i have been reading alot of the classics like Alice in Wonderland (loved it), catcher in the rye (hated, didn't even finish it) and the Great Gatsby (over rated) currently reading American Psycho
MOBY DICK WAS REALLY GOOD, LORD OF THE RINGS WAS AMAZING, I NEED TO READ HAMLET CUZ I JUST DO BUT IMWAS TOLD TO READ IT WHEN IM LIKE TWELVE YA..........
I've read about 90% of those books and I love most of them. I feel like the Pearl (Steinbeck) and Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) should be on that list.
@@zeusbacchushades I probably would consider adding a slot for more obscure and experimental books and some magical realism. However, I don't fancy myself grand enough to create a personal must read list.
If you want to understand Western civilization, you must read the Bible for three reasons: it is a magnificent book about Judeo-Christian theology and its principles, values, virtues, and institutions; it is a superb literary work; and it provides a magnificent historical account of an incredible time in human history.
And yes please read one flew over the cuckoos nest!! WHen i read it for school i was actually so upset when we had to move on to study another book because it was just SO interesting and incredible. Not going to lie i really didnt like the movie... Jack nicholson is great but they took out a LOT of major (in my opinion) pieces of the book
Thanks for the list. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was assigned to me in high school and I remember liking it more than the film. I may reread that. Happy reading!
Hi! Great video. You mentioned that you don't have a copy of the Bible. I'd love to send you one. I'm a pastor in Tennessee and LOVE books! Again, great video!
I've seen/read a version of this list where the complete works of Shakespeare are listed as one. Now come on. This is pretty bad as well. Listing the Harry Potter series, the His Dark Materials series and A Christmas Carol and Alice in Wonderland in the exact same way? Who's the crazy person who thinks these things are alike? Also Ulysses and several of those books that are basically glorified chick lit... oh boy.
I like the variety actually, it gives every reader a chance to score some. I like listing series as one, as it feels like a cheat accomplishment to me to say I read 12 books of a list when 7 are HP...Shakespeare is a different matter as I don't even want to read all of his stuff.
i had to pause this just to say please read 1984 and lord of the flies. i haven't seen the films so i have no idea how bad they are but those books are AMAZING.
+ellie dee thanks. I'm have actually been considering picking up 1984 again, as so many people love it.
Mel Gibson wanted to make movie on third secret of Fatima but they didn't allow him but third secret of Fatima can be understood through reading four parts of"Night in Zagreb"series by Adam Medvidovic
The Count of Monte Cristo is a masterpiece
I loved The Count of Monte Cristo. My copy is 618 pages, but the text ia very tiny. It took me a couple of months to finish it, but I finally finished it. I fell in love with the book. I may reread it.
Awesome!
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest is a great book. You should finish it. I loved it, although the ending kind of frustrated me, although I guess I had seen that coming the whole time...
+Tessa Calico Thanks, I hope I will one day.
Somebody probably already mentioned that the Outsider is the same as the Stranger. I loved reading it as a teenager and now in my 50s, I did the audio in English while reading the French original. Love Camus!
Yes, I learned that as well, and have read the book by now. I think my expectations were too high, but might read it again in a few years to see how it holds up.
wuthering heights is just the greatest
1984 is so good
+APEXCARPIO And so so sad.
One of the best books I've read. It could have been written yesterday.
The Count of Monte Cristo is an amazing book and you definitely should read the whole story!! It is really rewarding at the end :)
So you wouldn't recommend the abridged version (sigh another big book)?
1book1review Trust me, you want to read the abridged version ;)
BookBunnys oh the confusion... I can see myself never reading because I can't decide on the version. Haha. Thanks for giving me your input!
I never understood the hype with 1984. Didn't care for it. I was also not a big fan of Frankenstein. Maybe I'll try the Grimly version someday.
Go for Gris Grimly! It is more understandable with the original text in the background though, as some parts are just told though images, but loved it! And it made it easier for me to really understand the story. The novel alone didn't achieve that.
I think 1984 is a vital piece of referential knowledge in our culture but the film really shocked me and I just didn't want to read it further. So cruel and gruesome.
Books everyone should read:
War and Peace....I cannot think of a greater book. And then, there is all of the works of James Herriot, the English vet. ......JD Salinger's Nine Stories. Most of Jane Austen and of course Jane Eyre.
I have never heard of James Herriot, will look it up, thanks.
Hi.Thank you very much. You explained the books sincerely and honestly. Most of the books are beautiful and well worth reading. Again, many thanks ❤❤
Thank you for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed the video.
Les Misérables?
Oooh, I really want to film this video too! Great list! And I love lists of books to compare myself to :) I read 26 from this one and I'm really proud of myself :) Although there are still plenty on it that I want to finally get to.
With Hemingway I'd recommend A Moveable Feast - very entertaining (it's nonfiction about the 1920s in Paris).
Also: Camus's The Outsider is just a different translation of The Stranger.
Hope you film it, would love to watch that!
I'm sure someone has already commented on this but Camus' The Outsider and The Stranger are the same book :) Simply two different ways the title has been translated from the French title L'etranger
yeah, some people already knew that. I just feel stupid. lol. thanks for taking the time to comment :)
Aha nooo there's no cause to feel stupid! Be sure to give it a read- an honestly great book :)
George Washbourn thanks,I will. Care to recommend a translation? I just realized that different titles also means different translators.
It would take a TV miniseries or series of films to capture the entirety of the Count of Monte Cristo. Even a long movie would have to leave out vast amounts of the book. If you want a great big tale of revenge, this is the book for you.
I still hven't managed to read it, but I like the idea of a miniseries to capture the story fully.
I've read 14 and want to read about 8 more on the list. I liked Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre and The Count of Monte Cristo the best out of the ones I read. I think Monte Cristo was my favorite, you should def. give it a chance! I didn't care for Wuthering Heights, either...
Do you think the abridged version I have would do for the Count? To get a feeling for story and writing style but without endless descriptions and repetitions?
I don't know, since I don't know what the abridged version leaves out. I didn't think the Count had that much to abridge, I mean it had so much stuff going on. The beginning & the part where he is in jail, before the whole revenge thing starts, is perhaps a bit slow going. After that, I don't think I was ever bored.
I mean, I've read Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and that could have used a LOT of abridging, but I don't really find that with Dumas' works. But that's just me, other people might feel differently!
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Thanks for your feedback, I'll consider it :)
Women of Brewster's Place, Little Women, and Pride and Prejudice. Good reads good movies.
the outsider by Camus IS the stranger. they aren't two different novels if I'm not mistaken. I've probably read only a fifth of these books :(
Yep, they are the same book. I think it's just a translation issue that it's called by 2 different names.
It's very good btw :)
Feeling stupid and happy at the same time :D Thanks!
I understand what you mean with Wuthering Heights
I am currently rereading it and although it is a very compelling story to read, it just makes me feel completely depressed lol
Think of a reward that makes you happy once you're finished.
23 read and about 5 I'd like to read. I always have a problem with these lists because they are too centralised on one kind of author. Cool to see how many have been read though. It's uplifting and makes the ever long TBR list easier to swallow.
I rarely bother with these lists because they are often homogenous.
Exactly! They are missing so many greats!
I like this list because it seems to have some variety. Genre lists are actually the most interesting, as you can look for the books that are considered central to it. And 23 is not bad and with the 5 more you want to read you've almost reached your goal :D
My goals are wider ranged than these lists. I've got some work to do.
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Yeah, me too. But these lists sometimes give me a good feeling as I do okay on them. There are others where I really suck and want to read so much of.
Nothing from Nabokov? Lolita? Pale Fire? Ada or Ardor?
+NiggeliNG wasn't on the list I had, but it is not complete. Although haven't read any Nabokov yet.
you really should read anne frank. it isn't as depressing as you might think. it's still sad but not all of it is bad. she did have a pretty good life for a while and there are bits in the book that are pretty happy times...at least as far as i can remember. i don't think i would've finished that book if it was all bad. i never finished the great gatsby because i thought it read too much like a tv soap opera and i was just bored. for me that's the one book i never understood why people thought it was so great.
+Kewl Beans Oh I don't think it is all sad and bad, I am just not overly interested in her story. Which may sound horrible, but I have read (and probably will continue to read) so many stories about WW2 and survivors as well as victims that I don't think hers is one I need to read.
The Great Gatsby though is one I enjoyed very much.
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see..and i hated gatsby. ;) i was supposed to read it in school and write about it regularly in a notebook for my english teacher. he was constantly on my case for being vague in my commentary. but i just didn't cared so little about the characters i didn't even bother to learn their names lol.
i guess everybody's diferent. i just figured i'd mention that there are nicer parts of anne frank, since i wasn't real clear on why you didn't want to read it. anyway these days i don't read much fiction anyhow. and mostly read tech manuals lol. yea i know...i'm a geek! xD i'm always on the lookout for something else though. movies are getting boring seeing as they pretty much keep remaking the same movie every 2 years so books are sometimes better. nice chatting you -cheers ;)
Kewl Beans true, and it's good that we are all different!
Have you tried exploring new genres or more experimental books like S by J.J. Abrams, or House of Leaves By Danielewski or the recent craze Illuminae by Kaufman/Kristoff? Maybe that'll strike oyur fancy anew :)
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i read a lot of stuff in school that i probably wouldn't have read otherwise. i even read the illiad! yea! i really did! :D
i've read a few horror novels but it might sound strange (and usually does to most) but i can't stand stephen king. the guy tends to bore me faster than he can scare me lol. some poetry, frost and thoreaux are two of my favorites. i've read the outsiders which was one of the few novels turned movie that was actually a fair adaptation. oh and i've read almost everything crichton wrote. i started to read dante but put it down. i'll get back into it i just find these days i can't really sit still long enough for books.
a bit off topic here but i've played some video games that had plot lines that rival some of the best books i've read. ;)
i keep hearing about house of leaves i might have to check that one out.:D
Kewl Beans In school I read books that were companions to video games, though never having played. They were always fun :)
my (odd) top 3: to kill a mockingbird, wrinkle in time and i know why the cage bird sings.
also east of edrn, count of Monte cristo, something wicked this way comes and beloved
and othello, Richard lll and king henry lv
Thanks for sharing!
If I'm not mistaken, The outsider and The stranger are the same book. Just different translations.
ffsf739 yeah, you're right, turns out I am probably the only person in the world who didn't know that :(
lord of the flies book is INCREDIBLE. both of the movies made after the book's publishing don't even scratch the masterpiece that is Golding's writing.
That is the best case I've ever heard for the book. Thanks.
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Thank you!
I'm studying part of The Canterbury Tales for my English Literature A-Level (English version of das Abitur) and I know at least in the part I'm looking at, the form of the language is VERY difficult to understand, but good luck whenever you try it!
Ui, thanks for the warning! Good luck on your A-Levels.
The Outsiders? Of Mice and men? Romeo and Juliet? The Crucibles? Slaughter house 5? Carrie? A Raisin in the Sun? Define Normal? The boy in the striped pajamas? Summer of Fear? Number the Stars?
Ive read 22!!! As for monte cristo, i watched the movie years before seeing the book and if anything it helped me understand what was going on more and enhanced my reading experience! I also liked the book WAY more :)
I've read 8 of them but quite a few of them are on my list.
Buzzfeed had a list of 339 books shown on Gilmore Girls! It's actually a really good mix of books, so I'm thinking about going through the ones I haven't read.
Woah 339, I think goodreads says I added somewhat 400 books. I'll have to check that out, even though I've never been a fan of that show.
Me neither! I just can't resist eclectic book lists!
Why isn't Sherlock Holmes stories on the list? I think those stories are really great. And also it beats me to see Christmas Carol is on the list but not Great Expectations or Oliver Twist or Bleak House.
Sheridan Su Good question. I didn't write the list and personally prefer the shorter Christmas Carol to Dickens' other works.
Read 18. I never knew I had such a literary bent.
I do so love lists like this one. I've read 20 so far. This video just reminded me that there are many more classics that I need to get going on including "Anna Karenina" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". But the size of these tomes is just so daunting...
That is the problem with so many classics. You know you want to read them, but then you look at the size and postpone it to later.
I've read 17 of these, if I can count my pretentious middle school years where I read Moby Dick because I was "smart" lol. I need to get better at reading classics, but I actually like reading them in a class setting. I find the discussion really helps me understand the story. I may be the only person in the world to think like that though!
No. I find it good to get some deeper insights and other persons perspectives on things I might have missed on my own.
Like recently watched Thug Notes video about Slaughterhouse 5 and although I read it I can't recall any of the story he mentioned. A class on that would be awesome!
I did not count them, but I was surprised to find out that I read quite a bit of what you had just shown.
+David Jerome Good for you :D
Wow I really need to step my reading game up, I read some of these in high school but I don't remember them!
Thalia Leon Remembering all the books I read is the biggest challenge. (I don't)
Lots of that list is "pretensious" snobby literature, and anyone who has completed all 50 would be the type of person to look down on someone who had only read, say half of that... Hemingway for example, not entirely necessary to have read at all.
Glad to see some younger audience books, His Dark Materials & Harry Potter. I would also insist on the Chronicles of Narnia as a series. An absolute MUST on that list as well would be Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy a Trilogy in 5 parts.
I agree for Adams, Narnia I personally find overrated but I don't have a childhood connection to it.
I've only read 12 of the 50! Maybe I should work on that...I really like this idea though. Maybe I'll make a video similar to this one if I'm hankering to make a video but short on ideas. This is really interesting! :]
Oh cool, would love to see that.
1book1review I found the list I want to use. I'm going to try to film it this afternoon :]
I have read 14 books. I want to read The picture of Dorian Gray and The count of Montecristo because both stories sound interesting :)
Maybe you didn't like Wuthering Heights because your expectations were high. When I read it I knew it was a classic, but that's all. I loved the combination of love story and gothic elements which was something that I hadn't seen before in another book and that really blew my mind. But if many people had said to me it was a really great book and I should read it, I think I wouldn't have read in the same way. I would expect more.
Hmm, maybe. Expectations really can change the experience of a book. I think I just couldn't see the love story, it felt more like torture to me.
I've read quite a few of those - I'm surprised! But I also have a lot of them on my shelf and I haven't read them yet :/. Sounds like you've done really well though!
I'm quite happy with my result, yes.
If you ever get a copy of Canterbury Tales I'd love to do a buddy read! I own the Oxford World Classics translation and I'm really interested in reading it =)
You'll have to remind me of that, so decided I need to read at least 5 more books of my TBR pile before even looking at new books again!
1book1review Will do! (if I remember)
Read about 15 of them. Also "The Outsider"is the same as "The Stranger". Different translations. Pretty sure. And you should read it.
Oh cool! That solves that problem :D Great thanks!
Read 24. Love Alice in Wonderland. Albert Camus - L'etranger is translated in English to the Foreigner, The Outsider, The Stranger and maybe more depending on the publisher, just so you know
Oh cool, thanks!
It was so nice to have a longer video from you! This was definitely interesting, and I loved seeing what you had and had not read from the list. And to hear about somebody else who didn't like Wuthering Heights! I got looks of blasphemy in my English class last year for saying that.
Haha, I read it without a class and I was expecting this awesome love story and all I got was these selfish people who tortured each other for the stupidest reasons...Maybe I missed the point, but I had to fight through uni not liking Jane Austen. I know how you feel!
I've read 28 of them and 7 are on my to be read list. That sounds possible.
Woot! You can do it :)
You need to read The Count of Monte Cristo and you should read the big book. It is the my favorite book of all times. The movies and tv series is really different from the book!!!:)
thanks for the response, I'll keep it in mind :)
weird to think I am not a person who reads many books but I have read 90 percent on the list lol
Means you read your must reads :)
It's impressive the number of them you have read!
Thanks!
I've read quite a few on this list, but to be honest, the one that dragged the most was Moby Dick. Hard to call it a novel, as there is a very simple plot but page after page of descriptions of whales and whaling that are pretty dry and become boring in their relentless detail. The pages relating to the actual plot clock in, I would guess, at about 50. It's rather more like a non-fiction book of the period, so hardly qualifies as the great American novel.
I'm amazed that The Way We Live Now, even though a good book, was preferred over Middlemarch, a fabulous and witty work.
And now I wish I had read any of these books, yet, to give a smart reply. Thank you for your comment!
Just remembered iv got this book-mark, might make this a Goodreads shelf to challenge myself.
That is a great idea, I have neglected this challemge a bit.
I watched 2 adaptations of Rebecca the 1940 and the one with Jeremy Brett(who plays Sherlock) and I don't think I'm tempted to read the book anymore :)
Films can do that, can't they? Tempted to watch films now...
I really like Hemingway. I started with The Sun Also Rises, which is a good intro into his thought process and where he comes from as a writer....
I hope to read that one maybe next year.
To me, it was like.... modernist nihilism. If you like "plotless books," you'll probably like it.
Anne Frank, it's not what you think. One good Saturday and your soul will thank you.
maybe, but don't count on it.
i didn't actually count, but i there where a lot of books i haven't read (yet) on this list...
should have counted, going to watch it again with counting.
turns out i've read 8.. yeah i do need to change that as there are quite a lot of books on the list that i still want to read! (though definitely not all of them..)
Ha yeah, I never find I want to read all the books from any given list. but I find they are great inspirations for books that are considered important :)
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I'm surprised at how many of these I know about and have heard of but I haven't actually read. I've only read four or five of the books but I'm definately intrested in reading a lot of them.
I always get that feeling when looking at must reads list. I'm quite happy with my result for this one, though :)
Do you hate it when a books pages curl?
Not really. Sometimes I just lug the book around a lot and abuse is hard to avoid then. I love when my books look like new after reading but don't mind if they don't ;)
Great video. I've only read The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Yet there's so many of these books I want to read.
There are some great reads in your future!
Love this video! Might do it sometime in the future. Subscribed.
Great, thanks. Let me know if you do!
The Outsider is the same as The Stranger, just a different title :) You should definitely read it! I need to re-read it this year actually...
Turns out I have read 25 of the books on this list, and started at some point or other 4 of them (only read Inferno out of the Divine Comedy, but doubt I want to continue on...). There's quite a few I still plan on reading though! :)
25 is good! I have Inferno in my TBR pile and will decide on the rest afterwards ;)
Everybody seems to love Brave New World, but I hated it! However, you do need to drop everything, get you hat and coat and go and buy yourself a copy of Rebecca!
Then watch the 1940 Hitchcock film with Joan Fontaine. Go, now!
I can't :( Too many unread books in my house. But keep pushing me, it only took over 2 years of pushing for me to get Dune, so be patient. *sigh*
You should you read the Count of the Monte Cristo.
cagedtigersteve Okay, noted. Thanks! Can you recommend a special translation? English or German is fine, any other language I can't understand fully.
i like her honesty
+Maki Abdu Thanks!
Start with “A Moveable Feast” by Hemingway 😀💘
I've read it by now and really liked it.
A lot of good 20thC books lists came out in 2000 or thereabouts.
I've concentrated a lot on reading the dark side...nonfiction. In this list I've read 14, started 5 & haven't read a whopping 31. Of these 31 I've seen a lot of movies and/ or miniseries on same, like Pride & Prejudice (2 miniseries & 1 movie). Also I read 19thC novelists Eliot, Hardy & Dickens instead of Trollope, & Elizabethan dramas Dr. Faustus, MacBeth & King Lear instead of Hamlet. 6 of one and 1/2 a dozen of another. A few of these authors I won't touch, like Pullman & Greene, & books which major in romantic melodrama I'm not very keen on.
Why won't you touch Pullman? I know I'm biased because I had an awesome class on it (that's why the books look so battered, I knew them front to back at a point in time) but loved his imagination and play with language and science.
I read Greene last year for the first time and was surprised how easy going his writing style was.
I think I would totally fail on nonfiction reads...
You may not fail on nonfiction reads. Say you were into (U.S.) Southern Gothic books, led by Faulkner & O'Connor. A clear, well-written book on this school of lit. would help you find new authors & provide a good intro. to each of their important works. Often people read nonfiction to glean info on stuff they know they are interested in, be it books, authors, writing, science, or how to build a rocket....
On Mar. 14/14 on readsusieread's video unread physical books I wrote re why I won't touch Pullman. I didn't like what I heavy skimmed, finding it creepy & weird, & he's set himself up to some degree to be contra-CS Lewis (1/2 century dead author) instead of going ahead & being author Philip Pullman. BTer padfootandprongs07 says she doesn't like Pullman either.
Greene may have an easygoing style in 1 book, but in The Power & the Glory everything is arid, as dry as dust, big time boring, & had it overanalyzed in school when I was 15 for months on end. There are other authors in the books ocean....
TimeAndChance thanks for sharing your reasons. I think it's always interesting why people chose to read or not read authors. Being such a slow reader I find myself in the sad position that I have to chose between nonfiction and fiction as I just can't manage both at the moment. I hope that'll change again one day :)
I love the Great Gatsby. I just bought a new copy.
The Outsider IS The Stranger.
+Freda Caudron Yeah, now I know as well, thanks.
Here you can keep track of what you read from all those lists :D
www.listchallenges.com/lists/books
I haven't read most of the classic novels, so I'm always kind of bad in those lists. But I definitely want to read more of them.
Oh my, I think I'll spend the rest of the day on that link. Awesome! Thanks.
A lot of the classics were read during uni and after that when I felt bad for having a literary degree and not having read the books.
:) That website was the death of me for a whole evening. And there are movie lists and everything as well :D
Bookparty! That is such a cool side! Went crazy last night ;)
The kite runner is good and I feel like is kind of a classic.
Still haven't read it, read A Thousand Splendid Suns by him and really liked it.
What about The Giver? I think this book is great, along with the series of Maximum Ride.
Dante Casarin The Giver is a great book, agreed.
i have or am trying to get most of the books on that list. for this year i have been reading alot of the classics like Alice in Wonderland (loved it), catcher in the rye (hated, didn't even finish it) and the Great Gatsby (over rated)
currently reading American Psycho
Sounds like your doing better than I am. Keep going!
American Psycho is a terrific novel, it reminds me of Mailer.
MOBY DICK WAS REALLY GOOD, LORD OF THE RINGS WAS AMAZING, I NEED TO READ HAMLET CUZ I JUST DO BUT IMWAS TOLD TO READ IT WHEN IM LIKE TWELVE YA..........
I've read about 90% of those books and I love most of them. I feel like the Pearl (Steinbeck) and Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) should be on that list.
Wow, 90%? You clearly can move on to 100 must read lists, that probably include Steinbeck and Hemingway.
@@1book1review Thanks ☺️ which one is your absolute favorite?
@@zeusbacchushades I don't do favorites, but if I did those are not on any of the lists I've come across.
What book would you add to the list?
@@zeusbacchushades I probably would consider adding a slot for more obscure and experimental books and some magical realism. However, I don't fancy myself grand enough to create a personal must read list.
Frankenstein was wonderful
If you want to understand Western civilization, you must read the Bible for three reasons: it is a magnificent book about Judeo-Christian theology and its principles, values, virtues, and institutions; it is a superb literary work; and it provides a magnificent historical account of an incredible time in human history.
Hm, interesting look at the book, thanks for sharing.
I recommend Recluse The Induction by Walibba J. Philip
never heard of it, thanks!
I own most of these books, just haven't gotten around to reading them...
Lord Shinigami Owning is the first step, reading is just detail ;)
The Stranger is The Outsider.
well at least yore honest
Ever read looking for Alaska? I'm stuck in that book so much I see miles (pudge) everywhere now! Also I just subscribed :D
Hello and welcome to the fun :)
I read Looking for Alaska a few years ago and had a book hangover, too!
I loved “Picture Of Dorian Gray”
Really liked heart of darkness :(
And yes please read one flew over the cuckoos nest!! WHen i read it for school i was actually so upset when we had to move on to study another book because it was just SO interesting and incredible. Not going to lie i really didnt like the movie... Jack nicholson is great but they took out a LOT of major (in my opinion) pieces of the book
Now that's what I call motivation! Thanks for your thoughts, now I'm interested again:)
So what I get from this is you're absolutely certain you've read Harry Potter.
Oooo I want to do this!
Do it!
Papillon?
I've read 20 of them! I'm only 16 so I'm pretty proud of that number.
You can be!
Awesome video! I love comparing what I've read to the others.
Thanks!
The original Frankenstein is the one to read.
Yikes, I've only read 11 of the books!
Also I love your glasses so much!
thank you!
The outsider and the stranger are the same book. It's just different translations.
Thanks for the list. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was assigned to me in high school and I remember liking it more than the film. I may reread that. Happy reading!
+Xepherus Reads Thanks, same to you!
The Diary of Anna Frank is really entertaining contrary to what you might think.
Oh I've seen adaptations and know the content, still not going to read it.
where is alchemist and other novels by paulo coelo
Hi! Great video. You mentioned that you don't have a copy of the Bible. I'd love to send you one. I'm a pastor in Tennessee and LOVE books! Again, great video!
Thanks you and thanks for the offer, but I would get a German bible and they are not hard to get :)
I've seen/read a version of this list where the complete works of Shakespeare are listed as one. Now come on. This is pretty bad as well. Listing the Harry Potter series, the His Dark Materials series and A Christmas Carol and Alice in Wonderland in the exact same way? Who's the crazy person who thinks these things are alike? Also Ulysses and several of those books that are basically glorified chick lit... oh boy.
I like the variety actually, it gives every reader a chance to score some. I like listing series as one, as it feels like a cheat accomplishment to me to say I read 12 books of a list when 7 are HP...Shakespeare is a different matter as I don't even want to read all of his stuff.
A farewell to arms- hemingway
Pedro Michels I really need to read more Hemingway!
Moby Dick is not a whale it is an american dream...
books to read before you dye your hair