A number of memes have been doing the rounds on Facebook recently, inviting people to highlight the books they have read from a long list. Among the variations of the meme, the lists tend to be based on the 100 popular books list crowd-sourced back in 2003 by the BBC. I thought it might be fun to revive the list, and see what I’ve read. Bold indicates I have read the book. Italic indicates I have started, but not finished the book. Feel free to re-post the list to your own blog, and remember to link back here so I can read what you have read via the backlinks! The Lord of the RingsJ R R Tolkien Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen His Dark MaterialsPhilip Pullman The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ K Rowling To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee Winnie the PoohA.
A. Milne Nineteen Eighty FourGeorge Orwell The Lion, The Witch and the WardrobeCS Lewis Jane EyreCharlotte Bronte Catch 22Joseph Heller Wuthering HeightsEmily Bronte BirdsongSebastian Faulk RebeccaDaphne Du Maurier The Catcher in the RyeJD Salinger The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens Little WomenLouisa M Alcott Captain Corelli’s MandolinLouis De Bernieres War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy Gone With The WindMargaret Mitchell Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s StoneJ K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJ K Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ K Rowling The HobbitJRR Tolkien Tess of the D’UrbervillesThomas Hardy MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot A Prayer for Owen MeaneyJohn Irving The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll The Story of Tracey BeakerJacqueling Wilson One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel Garcia Marquez The Pillars of the EarthKen Follett David CopperfieldCharles Dickens Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryRoald Dahl Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson A Town Like AliceNevil Shute PersuasionJane Austen DuneFrank Herbert Emma -Jane Austen Anne of Green GablesLM Montgomery Watership DownRichard Adams The Great GatsbyF Scott Fitzgerald Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh Animal FarmGeorge Orwell A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens Far From The Madding CrowdThomas Hardy Goodnight Mister TomMichelle Magorian The Shell SeekersRosamund Pilcher The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck The StandStephen King Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy A Suitable BoyVikram Seth The BFGRoald Dahl Swallows and AmazonsArthur Ransome Black BeautyAnna Sewell Artemis FowlEoin Colfer Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky Noughts and CrossesMalorie Blackman Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden A Tale Of Two CitiesCharles Dickens The Thorn BirdsColleen McCollough MortTerry Pratchett The Magic Faraway TreeEnid Blyton The MagusJohn Fowles Good Omens- Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Guards! Guards!Terry Pratchett Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding PerfumePatrick Suskind The Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsRobert Tressell NightwatchTerry Pratchett MatildaRoald Dahl Bridget Jones’s DiaryHelen Fielding The Secret HistoryDonna Tart The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins UlyssesJames Joyce Bleak HouseCharles Dickens Double ActJacqueline Wilson The TwitsRoald Dahl I Capture The CastleDodie Smith HolesLouis Sachar GormenghastMervyn Peake The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy Vicky AngelJacqueline Wilson Brave New WorldAldous Huxley Cold Comfort FarmStella Gibbons MagicianRaymond E Feist On The RoadJack Kerouac The GodfatherMario Puzo The Clan of the Cave BearJean Auel The Colour of MagicTerry Pratchett The AlchemistPaolo Coehlo KatherineAnya Seton Kane and AbelJeffrey Archer Love In The Time Of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez Girls in LoveJacqueline Wilson The Princess DiariesMeg Cabot Midnight’s ChildrenSalman Rushdie 23 books out of the 100 popular books from 2003not that bad, but not exactly great; and there are a number of books on the list that have been sat on the shelf for years. Perhaps it’s time I started making time to read once again.