So here they all are. I was debating whether or not to put up a list (mainly because of how long it would take to type it up, my fingers are killing me) but I thought this way you, faithful readers, can give me advice about what I should read next. If, however, you can say with certainty that something on this list is utter crap, please keep it to yourself!
This list will shrink with time, I'll edit out the stuff I read as I finish them.
This list will shrink with time, I'll edit out the stuff I read as I finish them.
Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York
Shalom Auslander, Hope: A Tragedy
Shalom Auslander, Hope: A Tragedy
Jane Austen, Shorter Works
J.G. Ballard, The Drowned World
J.G. Ballard, Rushing to Paradise
J.G. Ballard, The Drowned World
J.G. Ballard, Rushing to Paradise
J.G. Ballard, Cocaine Nights
Nicola Barker, Darkmans
James Blish, Cities in Flight
John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Steven Carroll, The Gift of Speed
Chris Cleave, The Other Hand
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things
Robert Coover, Pricksongs & Descants
Robert Coover, Pricksongs & Descants
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Cory Doctorow, Little Brother
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Michel Faber, The Fahrenheit Twins
Michel Faber, The Fire Gospel
Michel Faber, The Fire Gospel
Ian Fleming, James Bond Collection
Jonathan Franzen, Strong Motion
L.R. Fredericks, Farundell
Helen Garner, Postcards from Surfers
L.R. Fredericks, Farundell
Helen Garner, Postcards from Surfers
William Golding, The Inheritors
William Golding, The Spire
William Golding, The Spire
Gunter Grass, The Danzig Trilogy
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Joseph Heller, Closing Time
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Homer, The Odyssey
Roy Jacobsen, The Burnt-out Town of Miracles
Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Naomi Klein, No Logo
Christopher Koch, Out of Ireland
Christoper Kremmer, The Carpet Wars
Doris Lessing, Shikasta
Jonathan Lethem, You Don’t Love Me Yet
Andrew McGahan, Praise
Alister MacLeod, Island
Norman Mailer, The Fight
Javier Marias, Your Face Tomorrow trilogy
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
Christine Montross, Falling Into the Fire
Alister MacLeod, Island
Norman Mailer, The Fight
Javier Marias, Your Face Tomorrow trilogy
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
Christine Montross, Falling Into the Fire
Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon
Haruki Murakami, Birthday Stories
David Nicholls, One Day
Haruki Murakami, Birthday Stories
David Nicholls, One Day
Anais Nin, Delta of Venus
George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell, Coming Up For Air
George Orwell, Coming Up For Air
Elliot Perlman, Seven Types of Ambiguity
Tom Perotta, Little Children
Christopher Priest, Fugue for a Darkening Island
Christopher Priest, Fugue for a Darkening Island
Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
Thomas Pynchon, V
Simon Reeve, One Day in September
Jose Saramago, Seeing
Dan Simmons, Hyperion
Peter Singer, One World
Michael Steen, The Lives of the Great Composers
Peter Singer, One World
Michael Steen, The Lives of the Great Composers
Neal Stephenson, Zodiac
Neal Stephenson, Anathem
Neal Stephenson, Anathem
Jacqueline Sussan, The Valley of the Dolls
Jean Teule, Eat Him If You Like
Jean Teule, Eat Him If You Like
Marcel Theroux, Far North
Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
Kate Worsley, She Rises
H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
Kate Worsley, She Rises
John Wyndham, Chocky
Arnold Zable, Jewels and Ashes
Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
Yep, I'm pretty intimidated now.
Cheers, JC.
Yep, I'm pretty intimidated now.
Cheers, JC.
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ReplyDeleteCat's Cradle is really good - but being a Vonnegut fan i'm sure you already know it.
ReplyDeleteThe 3 Musketeer's was a brilliant movie and i'm still unsure as to why Oliver Platt never went on to be the next Julia Roberts, but i'm curious to hear how the actual story is and whether it's worth a look - if you're feeling like being a guinea pig...
I recently saw my lovely girlfriend's youngest brother's school musical production of Les Miserables. Correction - i saw the first half.
good luck and i hope my advice has helped, but i'm well aware that it probably hasn't!
anyhoo, i'm off to Cambodia and Vietnam - hopefully see you in October.
Lucky bastard. Have fun.
ReplyDelete('Have fun' ... that's gotta be the most obvious and easiest to follow advice in the history of the universe. I might as well have said 'Remember to breathe' or 'Left foot, then right foot' or 'Try not to be an elephant'. You get the idea.)
Still, have fun!
Hi John, Dave Glenister here.
ReplyDeleteReading 'Revolutionary Road' at the moment. Having to wield in public a book with Leonardo DiCaprio's photo on the cover.
My housemate is reading 'Cities in flight'. He has lent me Zelazny's 'Lord of light'. Struggling.
You're going to review them as you read them?
Hey Dave G, how are ya?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'll be putting up reviews as I work my way through them. I can't promise enlightening critiques, but I'll try. 'Lord of Light' sounds pretty out there, but not necessarily in a good way ... there's a few on here that I'm not really looking forward to, and that's one of them! I just need to make sure to space those out, I don't want to hit the last 20 books and find I don't want to read a single bloody thing!
(And yeah, gotta admit I'm pretty glad to have a non-Leo-ised version of 'Rev Road' ... although I wouldn't say no to Kate Winslet)