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