I took 50 books from my BBC Top 100 Books that I have not read, to cross over into my Classics Club Challenge that I aim to read between October 2015 to October 2020.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
3. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
5. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
6. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
7. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
8. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
9. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
10. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
11. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
12. Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
13. Middlemarch, George Eliot
14. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
15. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
16. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
17. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
18. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
19. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
20. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
21. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery (2016)
22. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
23. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
24. Animal Farm, George Orwell
25. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
26. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
27. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016)
28. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
29. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
30. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
31. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
32. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
33. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
34. Mort, Terry Pratchett
35. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
36. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
37. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
38. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
39. Matilda, Roald Dahl
40. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
41. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
42. Ulysses, James Joyce
43. Bleak House, Charles Dickens (2015-2016)
44. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
45. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
46. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
47. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
48. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
49. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
50. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
You will really enjoy the Narnia series. I couldn’t believe how I had whizzed right through all 7 books so quickly.
Oy, The Count of Monte Cristo. Wanted to read it. Put had put it back down cuz of its intimidating book size – even in paperback.
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I have one film adaptations or so for Narnia and it was ok for me but I will give the book a try to see if I am moved more. Now The Count of Monte Cristo is one I am definitely looking forward to reading.
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Unfortunately, I didn’t care for the Narnia movies at all either. I shoulda mentioned that. Happy reading!
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I got you :). It goes into the Fantasy which I not a huge fan but eventually, I will get into it.
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Great list! Anne of Green Gables is wonderful.
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I have heard so much about the books for a long time. I hope it does not disappoint :).
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Anne won’t disappoint! 😀
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I hope not :).
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I SEE IT! GONE WITH THE WIND!!! (I really am quite calm. About other matters.) 🙂
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LOL, oh my goodness your energy from your replied made me laugh so much.
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