Unread books meme

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Stolen from elaran becuase it amuses me: a list of books most often marked as "unread" in LibraryThing and whether or not I've read them :)



Italics: tried to read and failed
strikethrough: unreadable
bold: have read
*asterixes*: bought, didn't read, gave away (I added this :))

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell But I mean to try again one day
Anna Karenina
*Crime and Punishment*
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights For school, and then never again :)
The Silmarillion I did fail trying to reread it recently
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary I wish I hadn't finished it :)
The Odyssey
Pride and PrejudiceLike a bazillion times!
Jane Eyre ditto
A Tale of Two Cities
The brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies It was a bit of a slog, but totally worth reading
War and Peace
Vanity Fair I don't think I could reread it but quite enjoyed it
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Iliad
Emma ...but it's so awesome!
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway Was very underwhelmed, I think I missed the point
Great Expectations A couple of times, so I skipped to the end :)
American Gods Huh, I should have read this list before setting it as a bookclub text (it didn't go down that well)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Seemed ok but lost motivation
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a Memoir in Books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a Novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World I didn't try very hard though, was just skimming it at school
The Fountainhead
Foucault's Pendulum SO DULL
Middlemarch Another "Very good, hard slog, would never reread"
Frankenstein
*The Count of Monte Cristo*
Dracula I was reading it as a blog for a while, got got behind and never caught up
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys This really wasn't hard to read. Buck up people!
The Once and Future King Read all but the "Book of Merlin", which totally stumped me on every attempt
The Grapes of Wrath But only for school, blah.
The Poisonwood Bible : a Novel
1984 Didn't try very hard though
Angels & Demons
The Inferno
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility Jane austen is not hard to read!
The Picture of Dorian Gray ..and then I skipped to the end :)
Mansfield Park *mutters*
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse For school. Was completely unable to remember the plot from moment to moment though.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles I was given it as a child, I do not know why
Oliver Twist Did take a couple of tries though
Gulliver’s Travels Very dry, bitter satire, not what I was expecting
*Les Misérables*
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune The first book I laid my hands on after a book-free school camp, not sure I would have made it through otherwise :)
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir
The God of Small Things I LOVED this book
A People’s History of the United States : 1492 - present
Cryptonomicon But god was it a slog. Bah.
Neverwhere I thought this was ok
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything Several times, till it got too simplistic :D
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
The Mists of Avalon Guh. Dense dull propoganda.
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita ...odd.
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values But I wish I hadn't
The Aeneid
Watership Down It did take some effort but I'm glad I read it
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit Because anpther girl at my school had read it to accalodes from the teacher, and I refused to be outdone :)
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island Can't remember if I eventually finished it, tried quite a few times
David Copperfield I really liked this
The Three Musketeers

Comments

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell No
Anna Karenina No but want to try it
*Crime and Punishment* ditto
Catch-22 No
One Hundred Years of Solitude No
Wuthering Heights Yes
The Silmarillion &es
Life of Pi : a novel No
The Name of the Rose Very good! Yes!
Don Quixote No
Moby Dick No
Ulysses No
Madame Bovary No
The Odyssey Yes
Pride and Prejudice Naturally
Jane Eyre ditto
A Tale of Two Cities No
The brothers Karamazov No
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies Bits of it
War and Peace Tried as a teenager, gave up
Vanity Fair Yes
The Time Traveler's Wife No
The Iliad Yes
Emma Of couse!
The Blind Assassin No
The Kite Runner Tutored it
Mrs. Dalloway Unreadable
Great Expectations Excellent
American Gods No
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Seemed No
Atlas Shrugged Yes but very dull
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a Memoir in Books No
Memoirs of a Geisha No
Middlesex Yes
Quicksilver No
Wicked : the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Yes
The Canterbury Tales Yes
The Historian : a Novel No
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man No
Love in the Time of Cholera No
Brave New World No
The Fountainhead No
Foucault's Pendulum Gavbe up
Middlemarch ALoved it
Frankenstein Yes
*The Count of Monte Cristo* No
Dracula Yes
A Clockwork Orange Yes
Anansi Boys No
The Once and Future King Yes
The Grapes of Wrath Yes but it sucks
The Poisonwood Bible : a Novel No
1984 Yes
Angels & Demons No
The Inferno No
The Satanic Verses NO
Sense and Sensibility Howcan people not read these?
The Picture of Dorian Gray .Yes
Mansfield Park Love it
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Yes
To the Lighthouse For school. Tried, gave up
Tess of the D’Urbervilles At school
Oliver Twist Many times
Gulliver’s Travels Yes
*Les Misérables* Yes
The Corrections No
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay No
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time No
Dune Yes
The Prince Yes
The Sound and the Fury No
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir No
The God of Small Things No
A People’s History of the United States : 1492 - present No
Cryptonomicon Gave up, so dull
Neverwhere No
A Confederacy of Dunces No
A Short History of Nearly Everything No
Dubliners No
The Unbearable Lightness of Being No
Beloved Gave up
Slaughterhouse-Five Yes
The Scarlet Letter No
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Yes
The Mists of Avalon Hate it
Oryx and Crake : a novel No
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed Yes
Cloud Atlas No
The Confusion NO
Lolita Unreadable
Persuasion Yes
Northanger Abbey Yes
The Catcher in the Rye Loathsome
On the Road NO
The Hunchback of Notre Dame No
Freakonomics No
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values Mp
The Aeneid No
Watership Down Yes
Gravity’s Rainbow No
The Hobbit Yes
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences Yes
White Teeth Yes
Treasure Island Yes
David Copperfield No
The Three Musketeers NO

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Yeah, people ned to stop being such wimps about Austen :)