Hi everyone, since we're all interested in reading why don't we create a list of 1000 books people think everyone should read before they die?
Here are the simple rules:
1) Please include the title and author of the books mentioned.
2) Please do NOT repeat if the book you would like to mention is on the list already.
3) Number the lists in order, so this means that if the previous poster left the list at #19 you continue the list at #20 and so forth.
Example>
Previous poster writes:
17. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
18. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
19. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Next poster continues:
20. Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
21. The Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
... and so on... got it?
I'll start off.
1000 Books to Read Before You Die (UPDATED: December 7, 2008)
1. The Bible 2. White Oleander by Janet Fitch 3. WutheringHeights by Emily Brontë 4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 5. The Giver by Lois Lowry 6. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks 7. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 8. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 9. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 10. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
11. The Lord of the Rings I: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 12. The Lord of the Rings II: The TwoTowers by J.R.R. Tolkien 13. The Lord of the Rings III: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien 14. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 15. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 17. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene 18. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 19. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 20. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
21. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis 22. The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis 23.The Silver Chair by CS Lewis 24. The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Dr. Bruce H. Lipton 25. Why People Don't Heal And How They Can by Caroline Myss, Ph.D. 26. The Power Of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer 27. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra, M.D. 28. The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters by Seth R. Reice 29. Global Issues: An Introduction by John L. Seitz 30. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling 32. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling 33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling 34. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling 35. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling 36. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling 37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 38. Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells 39. Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success by Deepak Chopra 40. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
41. The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale 42. 1984 by George Orwell 43. Mein Kamph by Adolph Hitler 44. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 45. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 46. The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert Heinlein 47. Animal Farm by George Orwell 48. The Discourses on the First 10 Books of Titus Livi by Niccolo Machiavelli 49. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 50. I will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlien
51. A Christmas Carol – Dickens 52. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 53. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 54. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 55. Paradise Lost by John Milton 56. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 57. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber 58. Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson 59. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 60. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
61. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 62. Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe 63. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Stephen K. Dick 64. Possession - A Romance by A.S. Byatt 65. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 66. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 67. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 68. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 69. Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose 70. Unintended Consequences by John Ross
71. Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock 72. The Law by Frederic Bastiat 73. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt 74. The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek 75. American Band by Kristen Laine 76. Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris 77. Firebird: A Trilogy by Kathy Tyers 78. Legends of the Guardian King 1-4 by Karen Hancock 79. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkein 80. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
81. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas 82. The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers 83. The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers 84. The Mark of the Lion Series:A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers 85. The Mark of the Lion Series:An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers 86. The Mark of the Lion Series:As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers 87. The Federalist Papers 88. The Anti-Federalist Papers 89. Tyranny of the Status Quo by Milton and Rose Freeman 90. No More Vietnams by Richard Nixon
91. And You Know You Should Be Glad by Bob Greene 92. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell 93. Five Years to Freedom by James N. Rowe 94. Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden 95. Breakout by Martin Russ 96. The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater 97. Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides 98. The Winds of War by Hermann Wouk 99. The circle trilogy by Ted Dekker 100. Arena by Karen Hancock
101. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 102. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 103. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer 104. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer 105. Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul 106. DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul 107. DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul 108. DragonFire by Donita K. Paul 109. DragonLight by Donita K. Paul 110. The Wind's 12 Quarters by Ursula K. LeGuin (For the short story 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas', collected many places, actually even can be found online).
111. Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis 112. Utopia by Sir Thomas More 113. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey 114. Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey 115. The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey 116. Inferno by Niven and Pournelle 117. Inferno by Dante 118. Purgatory by Dante 119. Paradise by Dante 120. The Apology by Plato
121. Word Smart by The Princeton Review 122. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 123. The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe 124. Discourse on metaphysics by Leibniz 125. Fundamental Principals of the Metaphysic of moral by Immanuel Kant 126. Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes
Last edited by Caoimhe; 7th December 2008 at 03:48 AM.
15. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
17. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. Noam Chomsky
Wenn aber man kann nicht meinem Rede Verstehen, so werde ich ihm später dasselbe übersetz, wenn er solche Dienst verlangen wollen haben werden sollen sein hätte.-Mark Twain Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill-Flann O'Brian
18.) The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
19.) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
20.) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
21.) The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
22.) The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
23.)The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
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and my side
They swallowed the grave
on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
24. the BIBLE, especially Jesus' words of instruction, & also Acts, & other such positive encouragements
25. Dr. Bruce H. Lipton: "The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles"
26. "Why People Don't Heal And How They Can", by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
27. "The Power Of Intention" by Dr. Wayne Dyer
28. "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
31) "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
32) "Harry Potter" series by J. K. Rowling
33) "Ann Veronica" by H.G. Wells
34) "Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success" by Deepak Chopra
35) "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
36) "The Power Of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale
37) 1984 - George Orwell
38) Mein Kamph - Adolph Hitler
39) The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx
40) Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
41) The Past Through Tomorrow 0Robert Heinlein
42) Animal Farm - George Orwell
43) The Discourses on the First 10 Books of Titus Livi - Niccolo Machiavelli
44) Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
45) I will Fear No Evil - Robert Heinlien
46) A Christmas Carol - Dickens
47) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
48) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
49) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
50) Paradise Lost by John Milton
51) The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
52) The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
53) Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
54) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
55) The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
56) Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
57) Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
58) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Stephen K. Dick
59) Possession - A Romance by A.S. Byatt
60) Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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61) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
62) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
63) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
64) Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
65) Unintended Consequences by John Ross
66) Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock
67) The Law by Frederic Bastiat
68) Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
69) The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
70) American Band by Kristen Laine
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