Friday, 22 March 2013

The List

Ask anyone that actually knows me and I'm pretty sure they'll all agree on the answer - how would I respond to a list of 'things to do'?  I would start ticking off items on the list that I have already accomplished and then set about wondering how to tick the rest of them off in the least amount of time possible.  So it was when the Metro presented me today with a list of the top 100 most popular books (apparently) compiled by researchers at http://www.bookmarkyourlibrary.org.uk/.

Trouble is, of course, I can't find this list anywhere on their website.  Although, no matter, I'm already hooked now by the idea that I will actually read all of these titles.  I've read at least 23 of them already and quite possibly another 8 more (I am 42 and started reading seriously from about age 12 so I think I'm allowed to forget if I actually read something in case you're criticising) and quite frankly, I need a bit of a challenge, so I'm giving myself a year to finish this list.  I invite you all to join us.  David has already signed up for it.  Go on, you know you want to... imagine all the dinner party conversations you could be having... not to mention how popular you will become with the local librarian(s).

Granted, some of these titles below are a little trashy (it's a popular list after all....) and others are just plain crazy (do people actually read The Official Highway Code cover to cover?  And what about Jamie Oliver's 15 Minute Meals.... ?? But David and I intend to be reading these over the course of the next year.  And we'll be starting at Book 100 and working our way to through to that top spot and we'll re-reading the ones that we've already covered, Bible included.

Reading Enid Blyton at Drama School Camp... many moons ago
Of course I'll keep you posted after each read with our thoughts and comments.  I plan to start on the next full moon and am hoping that I'll be done by this time next year.  Do we need luck with this one?  Well, wish it to us anyway.  I could always do with a lottery win.  I'd have more time to read at least.
 
Anwyay, here is the list:



# Title Author Daniel David
100 The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance Edmund de Waal No no
99 Eloise Judy Finnigan No no
98 The Autobiography Of Jack The Ripper James Carnac No no
97 Looking For Alaska John Green No no
96 Honest: My Story So Far Tulisa Contostavlos No no
95 Over The Moon: My Autobiography David Essex No no
94 The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey No no
93 Ratburger David Walliams No no
92 Running My Life Seb Coe No no
91 Entwined With You Sylvia Day No no
90 The James Bond Archives Paul Duncan No no
89 My Animals And Other Family Clare Balding No no
88 A Street Cat Named Bob James Bowen No no
87 The Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared Jonas Jonasson No no
86 Football!  Bloody Hell Alex Ferguson No no
85 The Inside Piers Morgan No no
84 Bring Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel No no
83 Still Standing: The Savage Years Paul O'Grady No no
82 Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Walter Isaacson  No no
81 The Snail And The Whale Julia Donaldson No no
80 We Can Remember It For You Wholesale Phillip K Dick ? no
79 12th Of Never James Patterson No no
78 A Thousand Splendid Sons Khaled Hosseini No Yes
77 World War Z Max Brooks No no
76 Frank Skinner Frank Skinner No no
75 Me Before You Jojo Moyes No no
74 Mr Stink David Walliams No no
73 Blood Of Dragons Robin Hobb No no
72 The Pillars Of The Earth Ken Follet No yes
71 Riders Jilly Cooper No no
70 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling No no
69 How To Be A Woman Caitlin Moran No no
68 Secret Diary Of A Call Girl Belle de Jour No no
67 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell No no
66 Bradley Wiggins: An Autobiography Bradley Wiggins No no
65 Being Jordan Katie Price No no
64 On The Road Jack Kerouac Yes Yes
63 Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In the 1950s Jennifer Worth No no
62 Wonders Of The Universe Brian Cox No no
61 Life And Laughing Michael McIntyre No no
60 The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot No no
59 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn No no
58 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney No no
57 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer No yes
56 American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis No Yes
55 Kane And Abel Jeffrey Archer No Yes
54 Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus John Gray No Yes
53 Brief History Of Time Stephen Hawkin No Yes
52 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel No no
51 The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Stephen Chbosky No no
50 The Godfather Mario Puzo No Yes
49 My Booky Wook Russell Brand No no
48 Moby Dick Herman Neville Yes Yes
47 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini No Yes
46 One Day David Nicholls No no
45 Mort Terry Pratchett ? no
44 Is It Just Me? Miranda Hart No no
43 My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult No no
42 Silence Of The Lambs Thomas Harris Yes Yes
41 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton Yes Yes
40 Far From The Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy ? no
39 Memoirs Of A Geisha Arthur Golden No Yes
38 Life Of Pi Yann Martel Yes Yes
37 Game Of Thrones George R R Martin Yes Yes
36 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella No no
35 The Shining Stephen King Yes Yes
34 The Story Of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson No no
33 Lord Of The Flies William Golding Yes Yes
32 Emma Jane Austen No no
31 The Picture Of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Yes Yes
30 Lovely Bones Anne Sebold No Yes
29 David Copperfield Charles Dickens No Yes
28 The Catcher In The Rye JD Salinger Yes Yes
27 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Yes Yes
26 Time Traveller's Wife Audrey Niffenegger No Yes
25 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl No no
24 The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett ? Yes
23 Dracula Bram Stoker Yes Yes
22 Romeo And Juliet William Shakespeare Yes Yes
21 Little Women Louisa May Alcott ? Yes
20 Bridget Jone's Diary Helen Fielding No Yes
19 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson No Yes
18 1984 George Orwell Yes Yes
17 Animal Farm George Orwell Yes Yes
16 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams Yes Yes
15 Great Expectations Charles Dickens ? Yes
14 The BFG Roald Dahl ? Yes
13 Jamie's 15 Minute Meals Jamie Oliver No no
12 Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien Yes Yes
11 Pride And Prejudice Jane Austen ? Yes
10 Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King J. R. R. Tolkien Yes Yes
9 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Yes Yes
8 Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James No no
7 The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe C. S. Lewis No Yes
6 The Official Highway Code Department of Transport No Yes
5 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling Yes Yes
4 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Yes Yes
3 The Bible Anon Yes Yes
2 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien No yes
1 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire J. K. Rowling Yes Yes

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