The 100 Titles
Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 11:49 AM in MyBookworm
Hokay... let's get this over with.
Bold - I've read,
Italicize - I want to read,
Crossed out - won’t touch with a 10 foot pole,
Cross (+) - on my book shelf,
Asterisks (*) - never heard of.
Underline - the movies of the books I have watched
Left unmarked - heard but not sure whether would want to read them
1. + The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) - glad that i own the (huge) illustrated version. the pictures make the reading more interesting :) i have the ciplak DVD of the movie but belum nonton lagi.
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) - want to reread this sometime.
3. + To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) - bila nak baca ni? was in my 2006 To-Read list tapi tak baca-baca lagi.
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. + The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. + The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. + The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien) - i have the big fat book that comprised all three LOTRs.
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. * Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. * A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. * A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. + Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) - i haven't watched the movie!
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling) - this is also the only HP movie i have watched.
17. * Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King) - read It and The Shining. gave me the creeps. i kept imagining seeing clowns when walking home from school. and for a while i was afraid to walk down a long corridor alone.
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. + Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) - bought during a sale at MPH but belum baca.
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. * The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. + Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) - loved book, enjoyed movie.
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) - got movie? or miniseries? remember seeing Ralph Fiennes...
28. + The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) - i haven't watched the movie!!!
29. + East of Eden (John Steinbeck) - this book very the tebal. tak berani attempt lagi :p
30. + Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) - this book got movie also kan? have not watched the movie.
31. * Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks) - this book made me cry.
33. * Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. * 1984 (Orwell)
35. * The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. * The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. * The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. * The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. + The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) - finished reading this book in a day (during pantang).
41. * The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. + The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) - recently purchased
43. + Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella) - read the other books by Kinsella (the Shopaholic series) except for this one and the new one (with the baby).
44. + The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) - read the book but missed the movie when astr0 showed it on THC.
45. Bible
46. + Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) - another super tebal book. i started reading this sometime masa pregnant with Sofea, but never finished it and i don't remember why.
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. * The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. * Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens) - was a reading assignment
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. * The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. * The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. + The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger) - recently read and thoroughly enjoyed. i hope the movie does the book justice.
61. * Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. * The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. * War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. + Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice) - read this twice. once before the movie. another time after the movie. enjoyed the second read coz i kept hearing Brad Pitt's voice doing the narration hee hee. read the other books in the Vampire Chronicles too.
65. * Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. + One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. * The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. * Catch–22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo) - i watched the movie (quite long it was, but not that bad). yang ada claire danes, liam neeson and the guy from Shine: geoffrey (spelling?) rush.
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint–Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. + Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell) - there was a miniseries, kan? i was still kecik then. watched the series on TV coz my mom was watching it.
74. + The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) - the book was good. but the movie had Ralph Fiennes in it hee hee hee.
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) - i read this when i was young. but i think it was a summarized version or sthing. maybe Ladybird?
76. * The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. * The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. * The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) - liked the story. yang tak berapa best sebab satu daripada watak utamanya adalah haiwan itu.
81. * Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. * Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. + Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier) - read and enjoyed Jamaica's Inn. Rebecca is in my To-Read list for 2007.
84. * Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. + Emma (Jane Austen) - want to reread this sometime too.
86. * Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. * Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields) - read this a long time ago. somehow i can't recall when and where.
89. * Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. * In The Skin Of a Lion (Ondaatje)
92. * Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. + The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) - in my 2007 To-Read list.
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. * The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. + White Oleander (Janet Fitch) - was in my 2005 cum 2006 To-Read list. never got to it. not sure if this title would be carried over to 2007's list or not.
98. * A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. * The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. * Ulysses (James Joyce)
I used to read a lot of Ag@tha Chr1stie. I still do, sometimes, in between books. Old habits die hard :)
I've only read one HP book! And it was not self-owned. Musti start koleksi soon.
By the way, where did this list of 100 titles originate from? Based on bestsellers ke?
Bold - I've read,
Italicize - I want to read,
Crossed out - won’t touch with a 10 foot pole,
Cross (+) - on my book shelf,
Asterisks (*) - never heard of.
Underline - the movies of the books I have watched
Left unmarked - heard but not sure whether would want to read them
1. + The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) - glad that i own the (huge) illustrated version. the pictures make the reading more interesting :) i have the ciplak DVD of the movie but belum nonton lagi.
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) - want to reread this sometime.
3. + To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) - bila nak baca ni? was in my 2006 To-Read list tapi tak baca-baca lagi.
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. + The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. + The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. + The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien) - i have the big fat book that comprised all three LOTRs.
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. * Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. * A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. * A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. + Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) - i haven't watched the movie!
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling) - this is also the only HP movie i have watched.
17. * Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King) - read It and The Shining. gave me the creeps. i kept imagining seeing clowns when walking home from school. and for a while i was afraid to walk down a long corridor alone.
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. + Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) - bought during a sale at MPH but belum baca.
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. * The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. + Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) - loved book, enjoyed movie.
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) - got movie? or miniseries? remember seeing Ralph Fiennes...
28. + The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) - i haven't watched the movie!!!
29. + East of Eden (John Steinbeck) - this book very the tebal. tak berani attempt lagi :p
30. + Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) - this book got movie also kan? have not watched the movie.
31. * Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks) - this book made me cry.
33. * Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. * 1984 (Orwell)
35. * The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. * The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. * The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. * The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. + The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) - finished reading this book in a day (during pantang).
41. * The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. + The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) - recently purchased
43. + Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella) - read the other books by Kinsella (the Shopaholic series) except for this one and the new one (with the baby).
44. + The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) - read the book but missed the movie when astr0 showed it on THC.
45. Bible
46. + Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) - another super tebal book. i started reading this sometime masa pregnant with Sofea, but never finished it and i don't remember why.
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. * The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. * Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens) - was a reading assignment
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. * The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. * The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. + The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger) - recently read and thoroughly enjoyed. i hope the movie does the book justice.
61. * Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. * The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. * War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. + Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice) - read this twice. once before the movie. another time after the movie. enjoyed the second read coz i kept hearing Brad Pitt's voice doing the narration hee hee. read the other books in the Vampire Chronicles too.
65. * Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. + One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. * The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. * Catch–22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo) - i watched the movie (quite long it was, but not that bad). yang ada claire danes, liam neeson and the guy from Shine: geoffrey (spelling?) rush.
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint–Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. + Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell) - there was a miniseries, kan? i was still kecik then. watched the series on TV coz my mom was watching it.
74. + The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) - the book was good. but the movie had Ralph Fiennes in it hee hee hee.
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) - i read this when i was young. but i think it was a summarized version or sthing. maybe Ladybird?
76. * The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. * The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. * The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) - liked the story. yang tak berapa best sebab satu daripada watak utamanya adalah haiwan itu.
81. * Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. * Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. + Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier) - read and enjoyed Jamaica's Inn. Rebecca is in my To-Read list for 2007.
84. * Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. + Emma (Jane Austen) - want to reread this sometime too.
86. * Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. * Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields) - read this a long time ago. somehow i can't recall when and where.
89. * Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. * In The Skin Of a Lion (Ondaatje)
92. * Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. + The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) - in my 2007 To-Read list.
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. * The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. + White Oleander (Janet Fitch) - was in my 2005 cum 2006 To-Read list. never got to it. not sure if this title would be carried over to 2007's list or not.
98. * A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. * The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. * Ulysses (James Joyce)
I used to read a lot of Ag@tha Chr1stie. I still do, sometimes, in between books. Old habits die hard :)
I've only read one HP book! And it was not self-owned. Musti start koleksi soon.
By the way, where did this list of 100 titles originate from? Based on bestsellers ke?
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