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!

De goddelijke komedie

door Dante Alighieri

21,747 leden

188 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 6

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 didn’t 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.

Anna Karenina

door Leo Tolstoy

38,454 leden

627 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 3

101 Members: timspalding, AntiLeah, Only2rs, ABVR, rosalita, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, _Zoe_, cpg, mybookshelf, pamelad, Ragnell, booksinbed, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, .Monkey., antqueen, AnnaClaire, pmdean, Aninja, dhm, bell7, otterlake, stellarexplorer, icre8dstny, karamazow, sjmccreary, amanda4242, redsox0407, peterdj, crazy4reading, deldevries, artturnerjr, cathyta, brenzi, ncgraham, jyssco, Percevan, susiesharp, perennialreader, bacbaby, Kodibear, ridgididge, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, CVido, bw94612, Bici47, Dunord, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, TrulyAragorn, gypsysmom, Luisali, Shutzie27, raperper, AmourFou, flying_monkeys, NinieB, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Chirules, christianromney, linnzsue, December7, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, blancosa, lsah, RodgerA, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, kierstens, spiderlily, JMK2020, Rusty37, TwinDaddy, Sisif, mcountr, steller0707, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, emily-judith, Tyler_DDurden, gerggerggerg, gunarss, MaureenONeill, scstubbs, FinleyBlackGold, DianaInSydney, ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,electrice , ,courtneyp93 ,CharlesTheB
Verklaringen: electrice : read in 2013, excellent

Ulysses

door James Joyce

24,072 leden

377 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 11

86 Members: timspalding, AntiLeah, ABVR, gennyt, benfulton, hipdeep, wordswordswords, anglemark, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, evilmoose, Rtrace, mybookshelf, paradoxosalpha, pamelad, Ragnell, lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, SimoneA, almigwin, lwbooklover, .Monkey., europhile, pmdean, Aninja, dhm, EmScape, Zylphan, Smiler69, icre8dstny, crazy4reading, SylviaC, jerry-book, Myrrha, Matke, cathyta, auntSteelbreaker, jyssco, Percevan, citybird, ridgididge, mousse, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, CVido, Bici47, Kristelh, rretzler, BlueSkies305, Tess_W, JqnOC, bwtsang, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elia1168, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Laura1124, banana4thelord, christianromney, oires, ramsesiii, linnzsue, JohnMB, seanogui, courtneyp93, Evelyn_Lilly_317, mmseiple, blancosa, RodgerA, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, spiderlily, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, CharlesTheB, GrimFiend1977, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, gerggerggerg, scstubbs, DianaInSydney,eromsted ,cpg , ,prosfilaes ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary , ,peterdj ,suitable1 ,nlgeorge ,lsah ,
Verklaringen: : Stream of consciousness writing is a gimmick, a way of vomiting out words that sometime sound interesting but are hollow of meaning and intent.
nlgeorge : needs editing
Arrashid7: Retrying this modern classic this summer.

Odyssee

door Homer

53,040 leden

474 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 17

77 Members: Aquila, Only2rs, hipdeep, kerry1897, kageeh, Rtrace, jamesabg, booksinbed, BookWallah, almigwin, varielle, antqueen, pmdean, Zylphan, bell7, otterlake, karamazow, sjmccreary, amanda4242, crazy4reading, PatsyMurray, artturnerjr, SylviaC, jerry-book, Myrrha, cathyta, ukh, jyssco, souloftherose, briarhills, JerryMmm, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, CVido, Dilara86, Bici47, eclecticdodo, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, fuzzi, jaysbooks, StefanieGeeks, SkuldOMG, AmourFou, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, SamTaylor, banana4thelord, christianromney, hudzilla55, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, dljones442, JohnMB, Ares14, courtneyp93, mmseiple, Saxon451, RodgerA, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, spiderlily, HollieKirt, Rusty37, TwinDaddy, Sisif, rjbd, mcountr, TaraJohnson, Tyler_DDurden, gunarss, MyFathersDragon, valeriepatton,Edward , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,electrice ,lsah
Verklaringen: amanda4242: Read it in college. Long, but a breeze to get through.
sturlington : Read in college
electrice : read in college
MyFathersDragon: I’ve loved this since grade school.

Ilias

door Homer

39,957 leden

386 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 26

71 Members: Aquila, Only2rs, hipdeep, wordswordswords, anglemark, kerry1897, kageeh, Rtrace, jamesabg, smcwl, almigwin, prosfilaes, varielle, antqueen, pmdean, EmScape, bell7, otterlake, karamazow, sjmccreary, amanda4242, crazy4reading, deldevries, SylviaC, jerry-book, Myrrha, cathyta, jyssco, bacbaby, souloftherose, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, CVido, Dilara86, Bici47, eclecticdodo, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, fuzzi, Shutzie27, jaysbooks, SkuldOMG, AmourFou, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, SamTaylor, banana4thelord, chukche, christianromney, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, dljones442, JohnMB, Ares14, mmseiple, Saxon451, spiderlily, TwinDaddy, Sisif, rjbd, mcountr, ManWithAnAgenda, TaraJohnson, gunarss, MyFathersDragon, zombiecat,Edward , ,ABVR ,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay , ,peterdj ,sturlington ,electrice , ,lsah
Verklaringen: sturlington : Read in college
electrice : read in college
MyFathersDragon: I loved this since I was in grade school.

Madame Bovary

door Gustave Flaubert

26,215 leden

390 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Algemene Rangorde 29

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: aulsmith : The first page was so boring I never returned.
ahef1963: Read in university. Hated it.

1984

door George Orwell

81,929 leden

1,271 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 10

98 Members: Aquila, ABVR, waitingtoderail, gennyt, rosalita, wordswordswords, conceptDawg, staffordcastle, anglemark, tiddleyboom, jmnlman, kageeh, Rtrace, mybookshelf, pamelad, ghilbrae, booksinbed, almigwin, lwbooklover, varielle, antqueen, pmdean, Zylphan, jefbra, bell7, m_island, karamazow, amanda4242, deldevries, birder4106, Matke, sturlington, flips, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, fundevogel, ukh, Percevan, ridgididge, briarhills, nik61, canantopaloglu, CVido, Bici47, HMHbooks, Dunord, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, Tess_W, John_Vaughan, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, jaysbooks, ahef1963, bcrowl399, Carmen_13, EElsen, LesleyAshton, Peace2, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, Arrashid7, Laura1124, kristilabrie, banana4thelord, Chirules, christianromney, hudzilla55, linnzsue, dljones442, JohnMB, courtneyp93, Saxon451, misfortune317, kierstens, spiderlily, merriqat, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, hrd666dri, thamara.abrao, Sisif, mcountr, readerdad, steller0707, CharlesTheB, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton, zombiecat, jarcipreste,Edward ,lorax , ,eromsted ,_Zoe_ ,cpg ,Illiniguy71 ,SilentInAWay ,prosfilaes ,aulsmith ,EmScape , ,sjmccreary , ,peterdj ,auntSteelbreaker ,electrice ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: amanda4242: An important book, but I'll probably never read it again.
sturlington: Everyone should read at least once.
electrice : read
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: It is a classic so I thought I should read it.

De druiven der gramschap

door John Steinbeck

34,268 leden

471 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 19

84 Members: AntiLeah, Only2rs, hipdeep, tiddleyboom, mlfhlibrarian, Rtrace, mybookshelf, foggidawn, longway, pamelad, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, SimoneA, almigwin, varielle, .Monkey., pmdean, dhm, jefbra, m_island, karamazow, sjmccreary, amanda4242, deldevries, sturlington, flips, cathyta, brenzi, ncgraham, BekkaJo, souloftherose, ridgididge, canantopaloglu, CVido, Bici47, rretzler, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, electrice, TrulyAragorn, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, bibliobuzz, StefanieGeeks, pincus2, FancyHorse, flying_monkeys, bcrowl399, rosemitchell, NinieB, pewterbreath, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Laura1124, SamTaylor, daisy_jane, Chirules, christianromney, hudzilla55, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, Ares14, lsah, Saxon451, Zaeynab, kierstens, spiderlily, HollieKirt, JMK2020, TwinDaddy, Sisif, readerdad, TaraJohnson, FireflyLover, KrystalSheppard, MyFathersDragon, ArayaK, zombiecat,lorax , ,eromsted ,cpg ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: amanda4242: Read it and loathed it.
sturlington: Important book but kind of a slog.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
MyFathersDragon: It was one of the classics to choose from to read in a high school class. I read lots of the choices, so I had options to choose from when it was time to write a book report.

Verstand en gevoel

door Jane Austen

38,097 leden

526 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 47

63 Members: Aquila, benfulton, wordswordswords, kerry1897, pamelad, lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, smcwl, almigwin, varielle, .Monkey., antqueen, pmdean, jefbra, otterlake, sjmccreary, amanda4242, WSB7, redsox0407, artturnerjr, SylviaC, sturlington, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, perennialreader, nik61, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, Bici47, Dunord, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, JalenV, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, ahef1963, StefanieGeeks, NinieB, EElsen, linlef, LesleyAshton, FlorianKarpfinger, Laura1124, daisy_jane, nicolaskowsk, linnzsue, December7, nedhyu, JohnMB, mmseiple, kierstens, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, TaraJohnson, KrystalSheppard, gerggerggerg, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton,gilroy , ,eromsted ,cpg ,aulsmith , ,peterdj ,auntSteelbreaker ,Simone2 ,CVido ,ManWithAnAgenda ,CharlesTheB
Verklaringen: amanda4242: Liked it.
auntSteelbreaker : I think Austen is boring.
JalenV: Don't love it as much as Pride and Prejudice, but I've read it a few times.
ahef1963: I love Austen. This may be my favourite of her works.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.

Honderd jaar eenzaamheid

door Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44,425 leden

694 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 30

71 Members: AntiLeah, Only2rs, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, foggidawn, pamelad, lahochstetler, almigwin, lwbooklover, varielle, .Monkey., AnnaClaire, otterlake, m_island, stellarexplorer, sjmccreary, martina_hrubes, deldevries, artturnerjr, jerry-book, cathyta, BekkaJo, susiesharp, perennialreader, bacbaby, ridgididge, briarhills, cc9, canantopaloglu, CVido, bw94612, Dunord, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, electrice, John_Vaughan, TrulyAragorn, Aprill, ahef1963, elia1168, FancyHorse, bcrowl399, NinieB, EElsen, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, metamedusa, Laura1124, hudzilla55, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, courtneyp93, Mellerup, blancosa, lsah, aquariumministry, lindafader, TwinDaddy, Jonas.Pieters, electricgoddess1993, readerdad, ManWithAnAgenda, GrimFiend1977, TaraJohnson, gerggerggerg, CarolynBurke7,lorax ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , ,peterdj ,sturlington ,brenzi ,auntSteelbreaker ,Simone2 ,
Verklaringen: sturlington : I don't really like his style.
Aprill: It's on my tbr shelf.
ahef1963: Read via audiobook. Terriby confusing. Can't say I liked it.

Robaiyat

door Omar Khayyám

2,909 leden

34 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 112

27 Members: hailelib, gennyt, hipdeep, wordswordswords, staffordcastle, eromsted, kageeh, jamesabg, almigwin, varielle, WSB7, SylviaC, cathyta, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, Beorn_se_Bacaire, rretzler, BlueSkies305, pewterbreath, linlef, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, hudzilla55, ManWithAnAgenda, MyFathersDragon,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith , ,sturlington ,CVido ,Bici47 ,lsah
Verklaringen: sturlington : Read at least partly.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking [Volume 1]

door Julia Child

3,382 leden

27 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Algemene Rangorde 299

9 Members: SilentInAWay, almigwin, varielle, cathyta, canantopaloglu, LesleyAshton, Laura1124, JohnMB, JessGalchutt,eromsted ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,aekd
Verklaringen: aulsmith : I see no need to read this. I read Joy of Cooking instead.
sturlington : A classic cookbook, but you don't really read those. You cook from them. Agree that Joy of Cooking is more useful, though.
aekd: Cooking? No, thanks. French cooking? No way!