Update on the Guardian's 1000 Books You Should Read. It turns out I calculated wrongly. The pages also have side links, which I thought were just supplementary. But no, apparently they count too.
So firstly a little addenda to my previous post. In addition to those War and Travel that I have already blogged about....
Still On Shelves
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Not really made a whole lot of difference, but it does with some of the categories.
So, next up is Comedy. I didn't hold out much hope for this one either, but it was a little more fruitful than I was expecting. But not much.
Read
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones Diary
Henry Fielding - Joseph Andrews
Graham Greene - Our Man In Havana
Graham Greene - Travels With My Aunt
Mark Haddon - Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night
Nick Hornby - High Fidelity
Jerome K Jerome - Three Men In A Boat
Armistead Maupin - Tales Of The City
Of these, the ones I would put my list would be High Fidelity (which is just one the best books on music ever written, by someone who understands why the question "who would you kill come the musical revolution" is endlessly fascinating.
Still on Shelves
Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
Kenneth Grahame - The Wind In The Willows
Books I Am Supposed to Have Read
Will Self - Great Apes
I started this, and got about 3 pages in. It was chosen by someone in my book group whose opinion I respect hugely, but we appear to have differing tastes in literature.... But you know, it makes the world go round.
So after two categories, the running total is: 14
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