Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't
- Beschrijving
- I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!
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door Vladimir Nabokov
31,621 leden
557 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 32
Score 126.39
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 10:17 AM
- 69 Members
- Aquila, Only2rs, bookwoman84, ABVR, gennyt, eromsted, mybookshelf, foggidawn, longway, paradoxosalpha, pamelad, jamesabg, booksinbed, SimoneA, smcwl, lwbooklover, prosfilaes, varielle, EmScape, otterlake, icre8dstny, amanda4242, martina_hrubes, artturnerjr, cathyta, brenzi, fundevogel, ukh, mousse, nik61, Cindy1954, CVido, Bici47, Dehinde, rretzler, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, bwtsang, Marleen_Cloutier, flying_monkeys, Elizabeth088, EElsen, linlef, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Laura1124, SamTaylor, christianromney, hudzilla55, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, JohnMB, loogawa, courtneyp93, Zaeynab, kierstens, merriqat, Sisif, electricgoddess1993, steller0707, CyndiCiavarella, Stephan_Rogers, TaraJohnson, Tyler_DDurden, jarcipreste,gilroy , ,waitingtoderail ,tiddleyboom ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,sjmccreary ,peterdj ,sturlington ,Simone2 ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda ,gerggerggerg
- Verklaringen
- gilroy : Read it. Hated it. Let the dang thing die.aulsmith : I see no reason for anyone to feel obligated to read this bookamanda4242: Read it, but not in a rush to read it again.sturlington : Could not finish.Simone2 : Loved itManWithAnAgenda : Read.
2
door Henry James
10,770 leden
126 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 72
Score 68.03
Toegevoegd 2012-05-16, 09:40 AM
- 45 Members
- wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, eromsted, mybookshelf, foggidawn, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, almigwin, .Monkey., otterlake, sjmccreary, redsox0407, cathyta, ncgraham, souloftherose, Cindy1954, CVido, bw94612, Bici47, Kristelh, rretzler, BlueSkies305, electrice, al.vick, jaysbooks, Elizabeth088, NinieB, pewterbreath, linlef, LesleyAshton, FlorianKarpfinger, linnzsue, dljones442, courtneyp93, joannawolotira, mmseiple, lsah, Zaeynab, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, mcountr, steller0707, TaraJohnson, MaureenONeill,gennyt ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda ,CharlesTheB
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : Didn't get past the first chapter.sturlington : Done with James!ManWithAnAgenda : Read. A favorite.
3
door Henry Fielding
8,099 leden
97 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 64
Score 76.83
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 10:16 AM
- 45 Members
- gennyt, hipdeep, tiddleyboom, eromsted, mybookshelf, almigwin, lwbooklover, .Monkey., thorold, amanda4242, martina_hrubes, cathyta, ncgraham, BekkaJo, ridgididge, nik61, cc9, Cindy1954, Dilara86, Bici47, rretzler, BlueSkies305, TrulyAragorn, Himalmitra, fuzzi, al.vick, jaysbooks, ahef1963, raperper, matthewmason, Elizabeth088, NinieB, EElsen, linlef, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, hudzilla55, linnzsue, joannawolotira, mmseiple, kierstens, TwinDaddy, mcountr, CharlesTheB,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith , ,CVido ,rplinke ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : Life is to short to bother with this one.ManWithAnAgenda : Read. Honestly, if you have to read the 18th century....this is a good one.
4
door Victor Hugo
14,084 leden
176 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 85
Score 59.2
Toegevoegd 2012-10-25, 03:44 PM
- 40 Members
- gennyt, tiddleyboom, eromsted, longway, jamesabg, SimoneA, .Monkey., europhile, icre8dstny, sjmccreary, redsox0407, cathyta, BekkaJo, cc9, Cindy1954, Beorn_se_Bacaire, Kristelh, Dunord, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, BlueSkies305, Himalmitra, JalenV, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, al.vick, elia1168, bcrowl399, Elizabeth088, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Laura1124, linnzsue, nedhyu, JohnMB, mmseiple, TwinDaddy, TaraJohnson,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,Simone2 ,CVido ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- JalenV: Another library audio edition I checked out. I knew from my mom's copy of Plot Outlines of 100 Famous Novels that it didn't have a happy ending, but it was even more grim than I expected.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
5
30,370 leden
449 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 2
Score 326.11
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 10:17 AM
- 106 Members
- Only2rs, bookwoman84, ABVR, hipdeep, conceptDawg, staffordcastle, SqueakyChu, anglemark, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, Rtrace, cpg, Scorbet, mybookshelf, foggidawn, Ragnell, ghilbrae, lahochstetler, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, varielle, .Monkey., antqueen, thorold, AnnaClaire, pmdean, Aninja, dhm, EmScape, ScarySquirrel, bell7, Smiler69, chgstrom, otterlake, stellarexplorer, sjmccreary, amanda4242, sundancer, peterdj, crazy4reading, deldevries, cathyta, ncgraham, ukh, Percevan, perennialreader, citybird, souloftherose, 2wonderY, Cindy1954, Simone2, Beorn_se_Bacaire, Bici47, Dunord, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, Tess_W, JqnOC, electrice, tjsween, Himalmitra, fuzzi, gypsysmom, al.vick, SkuldOMG, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, james.proffitt, Jacqklueh, FlorianKarpfinger, dwightie, jnmlkr901, morgandgarcia, Arrashid7, banana4thelord, christianromney, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, Ares14, seanogui, dianeham, blancosa, Saxon451, RodgerA, spiderlily, MargaretD1, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, mcountr, electricgoddess1993, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, IreneDeTogni, KrystalSheppard, gunarss, tjtjtjtj, scstubbs, bookthief07, DianaInSydney,Edward ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,CVido ,courtneyp93 ,lsah ,pkloza ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : Read enough to know I don't want to finishManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
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door Dante Alighieri
21,657 leden
187 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 6
Score 251.12
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 06:40 PM
- 94 Members
- Edward, Only2rs, ABVR, gennyt, conceptDawg, tiddleyboom, evilmoose, foggidawn, Ragnell, lahochstetler, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, prosfilaes, .Monkey., antqueen, thorold, AnnaClaire, europhile, Aninja, dhm, EmScape, Zylphan, bell7, Smiler69, otterlake, olgakm, stellarexplorer, sjmccreary, Myrrha, Matke, cathyta, StephenBarkley, fundevogel, auntSteelbreaker, ukh, bacbaby, citybird, souloftherose, 2wonderY, mousse, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, Dilara86, Bici47, Kristelh, Dunord, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, electrice, TrulyAragorn, al.vick, raperper, SkuldOMG, AmourFou, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, james.proffitt, Jacqklueh, FlorianKarpfinger, dwightie, Liivin, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, kristilabrie, christianromney, linnzsue, JohnMB, Ares14, dianeham, joannawolotira, mmseiple, blancosa, RodgerA, spiderlily, JMK2020, TwinDaddy, CTyner, Sisif, kihohamu, electricgoddess1993, Aggelos, CharlesTheB, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, Tyler_DDurden, gunarss, MyFathersDragon, tjtjtjtj, scstubbs, evaneshel,lorax , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,peterdj ,sturlington ,CVido ,courtneyp93 ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : Got halfway through hell and gave up.sturlington : Read Inferno in college. Not sure of the point of reading the rest.Arrashid7: I plan to read it this summer.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, loved.MyFathersDragon: I didnāt finish. I read some in Italian, but I am not very good with Italian. I read more in English translation, but I wanted to go back to the Italian, and never finished.
7
door George Eliot
17,638 leden
331 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 39
Score 110.97
Toegevoegd 2012-05-16, 09:39 AM
- 61 Members
- hipdeep, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, eromsted, mybookshelf, foggidawn, pamelad, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, AnnaClaire, otterlake, sjmccreary, amanda4242, peterdj, martina_hrubes, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, perennialreader, Kodibear, cc9, Cindy1954, Dilara86, bw94612, Bici47, vwinsloe, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, electrice, fuzzi, gypsysmom, al.vick, ahef1963, Marleen_Cloutier, AmourFou, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, pewterbreath, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, Arrashid7, Laura1124, christianromney, linnzsue, dianeham, lsah, Rusty37, MargaretD1, JessGalchutt, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, steller0707, TaraJohnson, CarolynBurke7, MaureenONeill,cpg ,nephron44 ,sturlington ,Simone2 ,CVido ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Never finished it :-(ManWithAnAgenda : Read. Loved.
8
door Gustave Flaubert
26,101 leden
390 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 29
Score 132.13
Toegevoegd 2012-02-14, 08:06 AM
- 69 Members
- gennyt, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, eromsted, longway, pamelad, booksinbed, SimoneA, almigwin, lwbooklover, .Monkey., thorold, europhile, dhm, jefbra, otterlake, stellarexplorer, karamazow, andejons, sjmccreary, sundancer, redsox0407, martina_hrubes, sturlington, cathyta, ncgraham, jyssco, susiesharp, perennialreader, souloftherose, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, bw94612, Bici47, Dunord, Dehinde, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, electrice, gypsysmom, al.vick, jaysbooks, ahef1963, raperper, Marleen_Cloutier, matthewmason, Elizabeth088, NinieB, pewterbreath, EElsen, linlef, LesleyAshton, FlorianKarpfinger, Arrashid7, Laura1124, christianromney, ramsesiii, linnzsue, nedhyu, dianeham, aquariumministry, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, steller0707, kmc3501, TaraJohnson, MaureenONeill, ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,nephron44 ,peterdj ,Simone2 ,CVido
- Verklaringen
9
door Mary Shelley
42,389 leden
706 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 25
Score 141.53
Toegevoegd 2012-02-12, 05:07 PM
- 75 Members
- Aquila, Rtrace, jain, mybookshelf, foggidawn, longway, pamelad, jamesabg, booksinbed, SimoneA, KimarieBee, BookWallah, varielle, .Monkey., europhile, Zylphan, jefbra, Smiler69, sjmccreary, amanda4242, sundancer, redsox0407, peterdj, sturlington, cathyta, BekkaJo, susiesharp, bacbaby, cc9, Beorn_se_Bacaire, Bici47, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, JalenV, gypsysmom, Aprill, Shutzie27, al.vick, ahef1963, raperper, elia1168, AmourFou, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, christianromney, hudzilla55, linnzsue, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, courtneyp93, dianeham, kierstens, Rusty37, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, CTyner, mcountr, TeriAndersonNeedham, steller0707, CharlesTheB, kmc3501, TaraJohnson, MMC22378,Edward , ,waitingtoderail ,tiddleyboom ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,auntSteelbreaker ,CVido ,electrice ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- tiddleyboom : Read it. Still a great story.jain: Read it in high school but need to reread as an adult.electrice : readJalenV: Listened to my library's audio copy. I've been a horror fan for nearly 60 years and it's a classic monster.Aprill: Read it. Brilliant.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, fantastic.
10
door Salman Rushdie
13,846 leden
242 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 80
Score 61.99
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 10:04 AM
- 39 Members
- wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, jamesabg, booksinbed, smcwl, sarahemmm, .Monkey., antqueen, sjmccreary, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, auntSteelbreaker, ukh, susiesharp, cc9, Cindy1954, CVido, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, gypsysmom, Aprill, ahef1963, elia1168, Elizabeth088, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Laura1124, kdemetter, linnzsue, mmseiple, aquariumministry, TaraJohnson,lorax ,SilentInAWay ,prosfilaes ,Simone2 ,metamedusa
- Verklaringen
11
door Shi Nai'An
949 leden
16 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 134
Score 32.36
Toegevoegd 2012-01-12, 11:22 AM
- 19 Members
- anglemark, henkl, kerry1897, eromsted, jain, SilentInAWay, .Monkey., cathyta, cc9, Cindy1954, CVido, Kristelh, Himalmitra, elia1168, Elizabeth088, linlef, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7
12
door Wu Cheng'en
579 leden
7 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 106
Score 42.66
Toegevoegd 2012-01-12, 11:17 AM
- 25 Members
- kerry1897, eromsted, jain, prosfilaes, .Monkey., stellarexplorer, cathyta, ukh, erijens, cc9, Cindy1954, CVido, Dilara86, Kristelh, Himalmitra, mattries37315, elia1168, Elizabeth088, linlef, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, hudzilla55, lsah, ManWithAnAgenda, GrimFiend1977,SilentInAWay ,Simone2