10-21-2005, 01:41 AM
19.
Animal Farm
The Big Sleep
Catch-22
Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby (maybe the most over rated novel ever)
I, Claudius
Invisible Man
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
Native Son
Neuromancer
1984
Portnoy's Complaint
Rabbit, Run
Slaughterhouse Five
The Spy Who came in from the cold
To Kill a mockingbird
and i have The Sportswriter (which was a gift) that i've been meaning to read.
its like most lists - completely arbitrary. Choosing Slaughter House Five over Cats Cradle for example (Im figuring they werent gonna choose 2 books from the same author).
It is an interesting list though. some of those books are dated in their references; some socially relevant/political, some simple.
Animal Farm
The Big Sleep
Catch-22
Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby (maybe the most over rated novel ever)
I, Claudius
Invisible Man
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
Native Son
Neuromancer
1984
Portnoy's Complaint
Rabbit, Run
Slaughterhouse Five
The Spy Who came in from the cold
To Kill a mockingbird
and i have The Sportswriter (which was a gift) that i've been meaning to read.
its like most lists - completely arbitrary. Choosing Slaughter House Five over Cats Cradle for example (Im figuring they werent gonna choose 2 books from the same author).
It is an interesting list though. some of those books are dated in their references; some socially relevant/political, some simple.