As I mentioned yesterday, I was unable to finish The New Classics Challenge Joanna at Lost in a Good Story hosted based on Entertainment Weekly's list of new classics. I read 4 out of the 6 books required between 8/1/08 and 1/31/09.
Since I still want to read the 2 I haven't and there are other books on the list that intrigue me, I've decided to sign up for the (now) perpetual challenge based on this list being hosted by Tracee at The Review From Here.
The ones that are crossed out I've already read. Some of them have links to my reviews. Others don't because I read them before I started blogging. The ones in red are already on my TBR pile:
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006)2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001)7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998)21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989)31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998)50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001)60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003)68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003)99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995)100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)
The ones that are crossed out I've already read. Some of them have links to my reviews. Others don't because I read them before I started blogging. The ones in red are already on my TBR pile:
3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987)
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87)
15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000)
17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988)
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990)
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000); The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992)
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
61. Money, Martin Amis (1985)
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997)
66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
73. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999)
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
I'm looking forward to reading more of these great books!
1 comment:
Hi Kristi, glad you signed up, you have some great choices there!
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