How Many Have You Read?

[Sylvia]

There was a survey done by the BBC a few years ago on classic books. The BBC claimed that most people had only read 6 books off this list - how many have you read?

I've read about 45 of them, started (and not finished) 60, and know 90ish. A bit more than 6...

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter Series – JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
8. Nighteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D’Ubervilles – Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk
18. Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch – George Eliot
21. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
34. Emma – Jane Austen
35. Persuasion – Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Correlli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41. Animal Farm- George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
45. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins (Currently reading)
46. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
47. Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
50. Atonement – Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
52. Dune – Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Mark Haddon
60. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66. On the Road – Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones Diary – Helen Fielding
69. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72. Dracula – Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson
74. Noted from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses – James Joyce
76. The Inferno – Dante
77. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal – Emilie Zola
79. Vanity Fair – William Makepiece
80. Possession – AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance – Robinston Mistry
87. Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94. Watership Down – Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet- William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

[Leprechaun Lukia]

Harry Potter series,Charlotte's Web, and if A Christmas Carol and The Invention of Hugo Cabret count that's...9 XD

[Hitokiri]

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[Sylvia]

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English isn't your first language though so you're excused

[Hitokiri]

well, it's a total of 20 if you count plays/movies based on the books
(25 if you count parodies and derivative works)

[Shadow00]

There was a survey done by the BBC a few years ago on classic books. The BBC claimed that most people had only read 6 books off this list - how many have you read?

I've read about 45 of them, started (and not finished) 60, and know 90ish. A bit more than 6...

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen. yes
2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien yes (all three)
3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte no
4. Harry Potter Series – JK Rowling yes
5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee yes. Loved it
6. The Bible synopsis, yes. Whole thing with hymns,no
7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte yes
8. Nighteen Eighty Four – George Orwell no
9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman no
10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens yes
11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott no
12. Tess of the D’Ubervilles – Thomas Hardy no
13. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller no
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare not finished
15. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier no
16. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien yes
17. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk no
18. Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger yes
19. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger no
20. Middlemarch – George Eliot yes
21. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell no
22. The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald yes
23. Bleak House – Charles Dickens no
24. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy like 3 times
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams nope
26. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh no
27. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky yes
28. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck yes
29. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll yes
30. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame no
31. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy yes
32. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens yes
33. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis Yes
34. Emma – Jane Austen yes
35. Persuasion – Jane Austen no
36. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis yes
37. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini never even heard of
38. Captain Correlli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres nope
39. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden yes, but after watching the movie
40. Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne no
41. Animal Farm- George Orwell no
42. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown YESSSSS
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez no
44. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving no
45. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins (Currently reading) no
46. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery no
47. Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy no
48. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood no
49. Lord of the Flies – William Golding yes. Great book
50. Atonement – Ian McEwan no
51. Life of Pi – Yann Martel yes (also theres a movie on the way)
52. Dune – Frank Herbert yes
53. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons nope
54. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen yes (utterly boring imo)
55. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth no
56. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon no
57. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens yes
58. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley yes
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Mark Haddon no
60. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez no
61. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck no
62. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov no
63. The Secret History – Donna Tartt no
64. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold no
65. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas yes
66. On the Road – Jack Kerouac no
67. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy no
68. Bridget Jones Diary – Helen Fielding no
69. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie no
70. Moby Dick – Herman Melville yess
71. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens YES!
72. Dracula – Bram Stoker yup
73. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson no
74. Noted from a Small Island – Bill Bryson no
75. Ulysses – James Joyce no
76. The Inferno – Dante no
77. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome no
78. Germinal – Emilie Zola no
79. Vanity Fair – William Makepiece no
80. Possession – AS Byatt yes
81. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens yes
82. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell no
83. The Color Purple – Alice Walker no
84. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro no
85. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert no
86. A Fine Balance – Robinston Mistry no
87. Charlotte’s Web – EB White yes
88. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom no
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle read every single book of holmes he wrote
90. The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton no
91. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad no
92. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery no
93. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks yes
94. Watership Down – Richard Adams no
95. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole no
96. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute no
97. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas yes
98. Hamlet- William Shakespeare yes
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl yes
100. Les Miserables – Victor Hugo yes

answers in red. Mind, I've read most of them translated, excpet lord of the flies, all of the sherlock holmes books and Uncle tom's cabin (which isn't on the list, sadly )
Total of 41. Guess i am a bookworm

[Karek]

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[Dr Frook]

marked the ones I've read with a ---

around 20 ... o oh... the others sound soooo boring.

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen ---
2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien ---
3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte ---
4. Harry Potter Series – JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee ---
6. The Bible ---
7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte ---
8. Nighteen Eighty Four – George Orwell ---
9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D’Ubervilles – Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare ---
15. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien ---
17. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk
18. Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch – George Eliot
21. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams ---
26. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame ---
31. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
34. Emma – Jane Austen
35. Persuasion – Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Correlli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41. Animal Farm- George Orwell ---
42. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown ---
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
45. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins (Currently reading)
46. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery ---
47. Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
50. Atonement – Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
52. Dune – Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen ---
55. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Mark Haddon
60. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66. On the Road – Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones Diary – Helen Fielding
69. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72. Dracula – Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson
74. Noted from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses – James Joyce
76. The Inferno – Dante
77. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal – Emilie Zola
79. Vanity Fair – William Makepiece
80. Possession – AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance – Robinston Mistry
87. Charlotte’s Web – EB White ---
88. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94. Watership Down – Richard Adams ---
95. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet- William Shakespeare ---
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl ---
100. Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

[mmm]

28. You can thank school for the vast majority, not too many of them I read of my free will or found interesting.

[Rainshard]

Ive read jane eyre 13 times.

any way ive read about 60 of them