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ozaidentity:

hydeordie:

I have only read 4 off the list and 5 off the shortlist.

How about you?

perfect for this winter

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (1996)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2007)

White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2000)

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (1996)

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (1987)

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (2003)

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2000)

Shortlisted! Other literary touchstones of the last 25 years…

The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002)
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2003)
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (1997)
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (1997 – 2007)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (2000)
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2003)

26 November 2010   » Permalink   Comments (View)
  1. jennhoney reblogged this from ozaidentity and added:
    The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006) Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (1996) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot...
  2. standardgrey answered: None of the above, got halfway through the Eggers. Don’t really care for fiction.
  3. snowbloodxxx answered: out of those 10 i’ve read fight club. however i have read moby dick and that is my get out of jail free card for these sorts of things.
  4. bespangled answered: i’ve read 2 off the list, and 4 off the shortlist, although i want credit for reading other books by authors on the list too
  5. homenumrevalio answered: not yet haha
  6. coopercheat answered: American Psycho
  7. welovelinks reblogged this from hydeordie and added:
    short list. I will not read Chuck Paluchnik (sp?) and I’ve read David Wallace Foster’s non-fiction: does that count.
  8. ashleeiighh answered: gdsgfjhbjkvk
  9. ardenashley reblogged this from hydeordie and added:
    Jesus. It’s embarrassing how few of these I’ve read. It’s a slightly obvious list….You know, playing on
  10. katiedora7 reblogged this from lindsaydinkins and added:
    jimmyjosh:afghanibanani:hydeordie:...While I’ve heard of every book on this list, I’ve...
  11. themindeyelost answered: I’ve only read one. Fight Club. But it is amazing. Movie was also very book accurate.
  12. lindsaydinkins reblogged this from jimmyjosh and added:
    I’m surprised not more people have read The Giver. I’ve read it twice. It’s wonderful.
  13. lindsaydinkins answered: “Everything is Illuminated” is lovely.
  14. ozaidentity reblogged this from hydeordie and added:
    perfect for this winter
  15. nakeyamerican reblogged this from foralskelse
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  17. peanutstcosmo answered: 2 off the list and 3 off the shortlist.
  18. samhumphries answered: 3, plus 2 off the shortlist, but I dispute, emphatically, as many might, the definition of the word “essential” in this context.
  19. iloveenchantment answered: sydney sheldon’s book its worthwhile
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