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Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 27th 2011, 04:27 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...e-you-die.html
I know it's the Torygraph, but this is actually pretty funny. And while this is mostly an excuse to link to a lulzy article, I'm also curious to see how many of these books people have read. I've managed to complete a mere six: 1984, The God Delusion, The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, Harry Potter, and... one other. In other words, the least literary ones on the list. *is clearly a philistine* 
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Re: Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 27th 2011, 04:43 PM
Only 4...
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Harry Potter… by JK Rowling. Quite a few of those (including the God Delusion) are on my kindle waiting to be read though... |
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Re: Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 27th 2011, 05:20 PM
I've read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and Harry Potter by JK Rowling
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Re: Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 27th 2011, 05:27 PM
I've read five...
1984 The Great Gatsby The Da Vinci Code Twilight Harry Potter What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. . .
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March 27th 2011, 05:34 PM
The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, Harry Potter, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
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March 27th 2011, 06:48 PM
1) the Great Gatsby
2) Eat, Pray, Love 3) Harry Potter 4) Twilight I need to read ore books. 
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Re: Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 27th 2011, 07:08 PM
1. Harry Potter
I have Lolita, Twilight, Les Miserables and Nineteen Eighty- Four on my to read list though 
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March 27th 2011, 10:49 PM
I've read Harry Potter, Twilight, The Da Vinci Code and we read about half of Pride and Prejudice in advanced English last year. So three and a half.
Though, it didn't say which Harry Potter book, so that's like seven books, so can I say nine and a half? 
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March 27th 2011, 10:54 PM
I've read 7: Nineteen Eighty Four, Pride&Prejudice, The Canterbury Tales (briefly), Men are from Mars Women are from Venus, Angela's Ashes, Twilight, and Harry Potter...although I've been meaning to read a few more. Might take a while though... :/
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Re: Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 27th 2011, 10:56 PM
1. 1984
2. Emma 3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 4. A Short History of Nearly Everything 5. Birdsong 6. The God Delusion. 7. The Da Vinci Code 8. Harry Potter. 9. The Alchemist (One of the worst books I've ever read) So 9 and a half because I've read most of Crime and Punishment but honestly it's such a load of crap that I couldn't be bothered to end it. No idea why it's so popular. |
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March 28th 2011, 02:04 AM
Pride and predjudice - Jane Austin
Emma - Jane Austin A brief history of time - Steven Hawkin (boring!) Twilight - Stefanie Meyer Harry Potter - JK Rowling  |
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March 31st 2011, 12:50 AM
I've read Twilight and Harry Potter. Wow. That's sad..
 A bunch are ones I've been meaning to read, though. |
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Re: Not the 50 books you must read before you die -
March 31st 2011, 01:33 AM
1 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
2 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3 Emma by Jane Austen 4 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 5 The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 6 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 7 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 8 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 9 Harry Potter… by JK Rowling = so 9 ! This list makes me want to get reading again lol |
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March 31st 2011, 03:30 AM
Twilight
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April 10th 2011, 08:04 AM
Pride and Prejudice
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April 22nd 2011, 04:16 PM
Er, read Harry Potter. Seen Eat pray love if that counts
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April 25th 2011, 12:13 AM
1. Pride & Prejudice
2. Emma 3. The Canterbury Tales 4. Great Gatsby 5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (which I actually loved) 6. Eat, Pray, Love 7. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas 8. Angela's Ashes 9. The Da Vinci Code 10. Twilight 11. Harry Potter Most of them were pretty good. I know 2 of them are actually favorites of mine.. I'm a huge Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Jane Austen fan. "Although only breath, words which I command are immortal." Sappho
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April 25th 2011, 01:55 PM
Ulysses by James Joyce
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald The Outsider by Albert Camus The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Harry Potter… by JK Rowling I don't understand how this person thought it was reasonable to put Stephenie Meyer on a list including Kafka and Camus. Horror. "Most thought-provoking in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking." -Martin Heidegger |
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April 25th 2011, 02:42 PM
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 3. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 4. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell [Read his other books, too] 5. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 6. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 7. Harry Potter… by JK Rowling Part of 1984, Emma and Crime and Punishment.  |
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April 25th 2011, 02:48 PM
you've all put me to shame. i've not read any of theese books!
 attempted to read harry potter but failed, found the books to long and complicated and confusing.
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May 3rd 2011, 10:29 PM
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~1984 ~The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo ~Eat, Pray, Love ~The DaVinci Code ~Twilight ~Harry Potter (The first one, anyways) ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the [mome raths] outgrabe. |
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May 4th 2011, 08:17 AM
I read eight.
1984 The Canterbury Tales The Great Gatsby The Metamorphosis Crime and Punishment Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (this book is hilarious, I recommend it) Da Vinci Code Harry Potter I love all those books too. woo |
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May 4th 2011, 10:26 AM
From that list I've read:
- 1984 - Pride and Prejudice - The Canterbury Tales - The Great Gatsby - Gone With the Wind - The Outsider - The God Delusion - DaVinci Code - Harry Potter I tried reading War & Peace years ago but didn't get far at all, so I won't include that. So 9 in total, although as said above, if you're nit-picky then 10. I can rip you off, and steal all your cash, suckerpunch you in the face, stand back and laugh. Leave you stranded as fast as a heart-attack.
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May 9th 2011, 09:25 PM
20) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - I really enjoyed this.
26) A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson - I've read a bit of this, and it's really good. Then I lost my copy. I've found it again and it's on my list of books to finish reading. 46) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - I hated it. 47) Harry Potter… by JK Rowling - I am a complete and utter Harry Potter nerd and I live for these books. But I've read loads of good books. 
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May 11th 2011, 10:38 PM
1. 1984
2. The Great Gatsby 3. The Metamorphosis 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 5. The God Delusion 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. Twilight (Sorry) 8. Harry Potter 9. One Day Lolita is on my list to read. I thought about you for the rest of the day. Catching my head turning to find you again. I hated myself for it. |
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May 15th 2011, 02:46 AM
I have read 4:
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May 16th 2011, 05:41 AM
Just 1... The Stranger. It was very good tho
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May 30th 2011, 03:21 AM
3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
9 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 45 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 46 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 47 Harry Potter… by JK Rowling  !~Mariposa~! |
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