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1leeward3
Hi All
Interesting group this... I thought I'd take stock of my reading habits and collection against the 1001 list.
At the minute , the books I've read and own are:
1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
2. Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
3. Complicity – Iain Banks
4. The Crow Road – Iain Banks
5. American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
6. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
7. Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter
8. Crash – J.G. Ballard
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke *
11. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
12. The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov
13. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
14. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
15. On the Road – Jack Kerouac
16. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
17. Junkie – William Burroughs
18. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
19. Animal Farm – George Orwell
21. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
22. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The only book that I have but haven't gotten round to reading yet is
135. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks.
Any recommendations folks have and you think I may enjoy, please let me know.
Take it easy...
Interesting group this... I thought I'd take stock of my reading habits and collection against the 1001 list.
At the minute , the books I've read and own are:
1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
2. Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
3. Complicity – Iain Banks
4. The Crow Road – Iain Banks
5. American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
6. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
7. Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter
8. Crash – J.G. Ballard
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke *
11. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
12. The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov
13. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
14. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
15. On the Road – Jack Kerouac
16. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
17. Junkie – William Burroughs
18. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
19. Animal Farm – George Orwell
21. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
22. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The only book that I have but haven't gotten round to reading yet is
135. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks.
Any recommendations folks have and you think I may enjoy, please let me know.
Take it easy...
2paruline
Hi Leeward3,
judging from your library, you seem to be a fan of sci-fi and fantasy. There are a number of titles in these categories on the list. A quick browse showed me the following, which might interest you:
The war of the worlds, The island of Dr. Moreau, The invisible man, and The time machine by HG Wells;
Dracula*;
War with the newts;
The little prince**;
The glass bead game;
Titus groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake;
Nineteen-eighty four**;
I, Robot and Foundation** by Isaac Asimov;
The thirteen clocks;
Day of the triffids and Chocky by John Wyndham;
The glass bees;
The once and future king;
Solaris;
Stranger in a strange land;
Day of the dolphin;
Do androids dream of electric sheep;
Slaughter-house five;
The dispossessed**;
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy**;
Legend;
The handmaid's tale**;
Contact**;
Watchmen;
The discovery of heaven;
The drowned world;
Grimus;
Never let me go**.
* I read this book.
** I recommend this book.
Others might have other suggestions.
Happy reading!
judging from your library, you seem to be a fan of sci-fi and fantasy. There are a number of titles in these categories on the list. A quick browse showed me the following, which might interest you:
The war of the worlds, The island of Dr. Moreau, The invisible man, and The time machine by HG Wells;
Dracula*;
War with the newts;
The little prince**;
The glass bead game;
Titus groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake;
Nineteen-eighty four**;
I, Robot and Foundation** by Isaac Asimov;
The thirteen clocks;
Day of the triffids and Chocky by John Wyndham;
The glass bees;
The once and future king;
Solaris;
Stranger in a strange land;
Day of the dolphin;
Do androids dream of electric sheep;
Slaughter-house five;
The dispossessed**;
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy**;
Legend;
The handmaid's tale**;
Contact**;
Watchmen;
The discovery of heaven;
The drowned world;
Grimus;
Never let me go**.
* I read this book.
** I recommend this book.
Others might have other suggestions.
Happy reading!
3Nickelini
Others might have other suggestions.
One that comes to mind is Neuromancer. Own it, but haven't read it yet.
One that comes to mind is Neuromancer. Own it, but haven't read it yet.
