Modern Library's List of the 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century. Is anyone reading their way through this list? I just finished Deliverance and am now ...
1. Joyce, James. Ulysses<br>2. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby<br>3. Joyce, James. A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man<br>4. Nabokov, Vladimir....
51. Mailer, Norman. The Naked And The Dead<br>52. Roth, Philip. Portnoy's Complaint<br>53. Nabokov, Vladimir. Pale Fire<br>54. Faulkner, William. Light In ...
Hello,I am very happy to be a part of this reading group and look forward to meeting with you and discussing books.Are we only reading and discussing the books...
I'm not going to restrict what you discuss, but I would like to focus primarily on the books on the lists (critic's choice and reader's choice). I went to a...
I would be particularly interested in discussing either Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce or Heart of Darkness by Conrad...but any of the top 100 ...
This should be interesting! Shall we start at the beginning and read our way through? I noticed that the list begins with quite a staggering book by Joyce:...
This should be interesting! Shall we start at the beginning and read our way through? I noticed that the list begins with quite a staggering book by Joyce:...
(For any newcomers) here's a copy of my recent email to the members:<br><br>Sorry to email you instead of just posting a message but apparently Yahoo is having...
I think we should start at number 100 and work our way up, reading maybe a book a month. But also if anyone wants to, to post on any other book on the...
Because of teaching literature (forever) and because I have been around for a "few" years longer than most other members, I believe I have read all the books...
So happy to join. 1 1/2 yrs ago I started a literature book club and its going strong. I have also read quite a few listed on my own. <br>Format suggestion- ...
looking at the 2 lists, and I have only NOT read 1 book listed. And some of them I REFUSE to read a second time, but will be happy to weigh in with an opinion...
Hi Litter, as you said you've read all of them I think it might be useful if you could tell us which ones are the real difficult, boring or uninteresting to...
Hello everyone. I just joined the club and wanted to say that I am excited to see that others are interested in reading the books on this list, too. When the ...
I also think we should start at 100 and work our way up the list. I think this could keep the group focused and keep everyone in on the discussion. I am on the...
I also think a combination of 1 and 4 is the best way. In addition, it might be interesting (so long as it doesn't take us off the point), if anyone has read...
Hi everybody,<br><br>I think a combination of #1 and #3 would be great, #1 would get us closer to the goal of reading all the books on the list; #3 would allow...
Hello to all, I would like to read the books in some order, 1-100 or 100-1, either direction is agreeable to me. Having said that, let me now say I attempted...
Are we going to read the critics list or the readers list first? I have read about half on the readers list. Not as many on the critics list. Most of those I ...
Why are 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Of Mice and Men' not on the critics list? They are both socially relevant novels, highlighting situations in America that ...
I think enough time has elapsed for people to join the club and for most members to express their opinions about the procedures of this club.<br><br>It seems...
This was just for fun, but it will give you an idea of how long each book is. They are all standard paperbacks, except where noted and I have bought them...
Let's see....this is always so subjective, but I will take a stab at it:<br><br>Generally, I would say that James Joyce, Faulkner and Henry Miller would cause...
Correction of List: I did notice that the entry for George Orwell's 1984 did not space correctly in my list. It should be below Bulter's The Way of All Flesh,...
