Read LotR before you die! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

JennyHallu · 03-28-2006, 10:55 AM

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- X
The Bible -- X
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien -- X
1984 by George Orwell -- X
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens -- X
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte -- X
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen -- X
All Quite on the Western Front by E M Remarque
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman -- X
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding -- X
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy -- X
Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne -- X
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham -- X
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell -- X
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens -- X
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Middlemarch by George Eliot -- X
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn

X's mean I've read them...but I'm afraid there are many on this list that I simply cannot see as important enough to be on a must-read list, and as much as I love it, LotR falls within that category. Where are Crime and Punishment, Vanity Fair, Tom Sawyer, The Iliad, The Good Earth, Catch-22, and so many TRUE classics?

And yet His Dark Materials is a must read? I know that book was very popular, but it was published what? 5-6 years ago? An interesting list...but I feel it is a sad comment on our society that some of these are on the list.

03-28-2006, 10:55 AM	#14
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- X The Bible -- X The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien -- X 1984 by George Orwell -- X A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens -- X Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte -- X Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen -- X All Quite on the Western Front by E M Remarque His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman -- X Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Lord of the Flies by William Golding -- X The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy -- X Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne -- X Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham -- X Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell -- X Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Prophet by Khalil Gibran David Copperfield by Charles Dickens -- X The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Life of Pi by Yann Martel Middlemarch by George Eliot -- X The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn X's mean I've read them...but I'm afraid there are many on this list that I simply cannot see as important enough to be on a must-read list, and as much as I love it, LotR falls within that category. Where are Crime and Punishment, Vanity Fair, Tom Sawyer, The Iliad, The Good Earth, Catch-22, and so many TRUE classics? And yet His Dark Materials is a must read? I know that book was very popular, but it was published what? 5-6 years ago? An interesting list...but I feel it is a sad comment on our society that some of these are on the list. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!