So, continuing my trek through the Guardian's list, next category is Family and Self. If it means what I think it means, I could score highly-ish, although I doubt anything will come close to my crime figure. But before I start, I forgot to pick out those from my crime list that I would add to my own list of essential books would be Brighton Rock, The Secret History, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and LA Confidential. Much as I love Sara Paretsky, I don't think either of those would be one that I would choose.
Anyway, on to Family and Self.
Read
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Iain Banks - The Crow Road
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
Graham Greene - The Power and the Glory
John Irving - A Prayer For Owen Meany
Bernard Malamud - The Assistant
Sue Townsend - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4
Alan Warner - Morven Callar
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Albert Camus - The Outsider
Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar
JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye
Still On Shelves
William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury
Laurie Lee - Cider With Rosie
Books I Am Supposed To Have Read
Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
So, that is 15 read, bringing my total to 56. This particular category actually includes my favourite book of all time, The Outsider, so that goes on my on essential list. Others? Well, probably Middlesex, the Power and the Glory and The Crow Road.
I wonder if I am going to make 100...
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