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quietsiege

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Jul 09, 2004 18:36

I know that this is old, but I thought I would post it because of all of the recent interest / self-loathing relating to all of our bookishness. Bold the ones you've read.

( Modern Library's Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century in English )

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jackson_m_pongo July 16 2004, 07:10:02 UTC

I was quite embarassed when I realized I could count the number I've read on one hand. When I realized that the majority of those fingers were the result of class reading lists rather than my own free will, I was just sad. When I realized how few fingers had been added since high school, I was bordeline despondent.

Thank goodness that now I can find some solace in the fact that literary expectations are generally lower for engineers.

quietsiege July 17 2004, 18:08:15 UTC

Also, since the list only includes novels written in Engilsh in the 20th Century, a better approach may be to cry out "literary fads!" and "eurocentric!" and run away.

mike_coop July 24 2004, 16:59:50 UTC

2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
7. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
13. 1984 by George Orwell
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
55. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
64. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
65. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
88. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
I couldnt figure out how to bold, so these are mine.