I have had a slight problem with this challenge, as at least ten of the books are now out of print and there's no chance I can afford to get them from a collector...!
So... last weekend I discovered that WH smith have a lovely bookmark entitled '50 Books to read before you die' .. which is in keeping with the '50 Films to see before you die' which is also on my blog list.
I've therefore decided to swap my Times list for the WH Smith list (not quite as fancy, I know) in the bid that I'll actually be able to complete this challenge! It also helps that I've read a few of them already, but will probably re-read a few to refresh my memory..
The new list is as follows:
4) The Shapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
5) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8) A Passage to India - E.M Forster
11) A Bend in the River - V.S Naipaul
12) The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
13) The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
15) Brave New World - Alodus Huxley
17) Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
21) The Quiet American - Graham Greene
22) Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
23) Money - Martin Amis
27) His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman
28) Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
30) Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
31) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
33) Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
34) The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope
35) The Outsider - Albert Camus
37) Life of Pi - Yann Martel
39) The War of the Worlds - H.G Wells
40) Men Without Women - Ernest Hemingway
43) Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
45) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - Ken Kesey
47) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
49) The Divine Comedy - Alighieri Dante
This doesn't mean that I won't read more of the Times list, I fully intend to read them too.. but for my own pleasure rather than for this blog.
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