Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't
- Beschreibung
- I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!
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von Mary Shelley
42,572 Mitglieder
709 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 25
Bewertung 144.36
Hinzugefügt 2012-02-12, 05:07 PM
- 76 Members
- Aquila, Rtrace, jain, mybookshelf, foggidawn, longway, pamelad, jamesabg, booksinbed, SimoneA, KimarieBee, BookWallah, varielle, .Monkey., europhile, Zylphan, jefbra, Smiler69, sjmccreary, amanda4242, sundancer, redsox0407, peterdj, sturlington, cathyta, BekkaJo, susiesharp, bacbaby, cc9, Beorn_se_Bacaire, Bici47, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, JalenV, gypsysmom, Aprill, Shutzie27, al.vick, ahef1963, raperper, elia1168, AmourFou, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, christianromney, hudzilla55, linnzsue, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, courtneyp93, dianeham, kierstens, Rusty37, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, CTyner, mcountr, TeriAndersonNeedham, steller0707, CharlesTheB, kmc3501, TaraJohnson, MMC22378, zombiecat,Edward , ,waitingtoderail ,tiddleyboom ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,auntSteelbreaker ,CVido ,electrice ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- tiddleyboom : Read it. Still a great story.jain: Read it in high school but need to reread as an adult.electrice : readJalenV: Listened to my library's audio copy. I've been a horror fan for nearly 60 years and it's a classic monster.Aprill: Read it. Brilliant.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, fantastic.
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von Leo Tolstoy
38,412 Mitglieder
623 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 3
Bewertung 273.99
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-09, 08:22 AM
- 101 Members
- timspalding, AntiLeah, Only2rs, ABVR, rosalita, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, _Zoe_, cpg, mybookshelf, pamelad, Ragnell, booksinbed, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, .Monkey., antqueen, AnnaClaire, pmdean, Aninja, dhm, bell7, otterlake, stellarexplorer, icre8dstny, karamazow, sjmccreary, amanda4242, redsox0407, peterdj, crazy4reading, deldevries, artturnerjr, cathyta, brenzi, ncgraham, jyssco, Percevan, susiesharp, perennialreader, bacbaby, Kodibear, ridgididge, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, CVido, bw94612, Bici47, Dunord, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, TrulyAragorn, gypsysmom, Luisali, Shutzie27, raperper, AmourFou, flying_monkeys, NinieB, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Chirules, christianromney, linnzsue, December7, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, blancosa, lsah, RodgerA, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, kierstens, spiderlily, JMK2020, Rusty37, TwinDaddy, Sisif, mcountr, steller0707, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, emily-judith, Tyler_DDurden, gerggerggerg, gunarss, MaureenONeill, scstubbs, FinleyBlackGold, DianaInSydney, ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,electrice , ,courtneyp93 ,CharlesTheB
- Erklärungen
- electrice : read in 2013, excellent
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von Dante Alighieri
21,727 Mitglieder
188 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 6
Bewertung 251.12
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-09, 06:40 PM
- 94 Members
- Edward, Only2rs, ABVR, gennyt, conceptDawg, tiddleyboom, evilmoose, foggidawn, Ragnell, lahochstetler, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, prosfilaes, .Monkey., antqueen, thorold, AnnaClaire, europhile, Aninja, dhm, EmScape, Zylphan, bell7, Smiler69, otterlake, olgakm, stellarexplorer, sjmccreary, Myrrha, Matke, cathyta, StephenBarkley, fundevogel, auntSteelbreaker, ukh, bacbaby, citybird, souloftherose, 2wonderY, mousse, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, Dilara86, Bici47, Kristelh, Dunord, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, electrice, TrulyAragorn, al.vick, raperper, SkuldOMG, AmourFou, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, james.proffitt, Jacqklueh, FlorianKarpfinger, dwightie, Liivin, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, kristilabrie, christianromney, linnzsue, JohnMB, Ares14, dianeham, joannawolotira, mmseiple, blancosa, RodgerA, spiderlily, JMK2020, TwinDaddy, CTyner, Sisif, kihohamu, electricgoddess1993, Aggelos, CharlesTheB, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, Tyler_DDurden, gunarss, MyFathersDragon, tjtjtjtj, scstubbs, evaneshel,lorax , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,peterdj ,sturlington ,CVido ,courtneyp93 ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- aulsmith : Got halfway through hell and gave up.sturlington : Read Inferno in college. Not sure of the point of reading the rest.Arrashid7: I plan to read it this summer.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, loved.MyFathersDragon: I didn’t finish. I read some in Italian, but I am not very good with Italian. I read more in English translation, but I wanted to go back to the Italian, and never finished.
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von Virginia Woolf
17,562 Mitglieder
268 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 14
Bewertung 185.15
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-09, 10:18 AM
- 74 Members
- timspalding, Only2rs, gennyt, hipdeep, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, eromsted, pamelad, Ragnell, jamesabg, lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, fbroussard, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, antqueen, EmScape, bell7, Cecrow, otterlake, stellarexplorer, andejons, sundancer, peterdj, cathyta, japaul22, brenzi, auntSteelbreaker, perennialreader, bacbaby, citybird, nik61, Cindy1954, CVido, Bici47, HMHbooks, Dunord, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, bwtsang, IslesOfMine, jaysbooks, wrysosrs, pewterbreath, EElsen, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, Arrashid7, Laura1124, SamTaylor, ramsesiii, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, MadaraR, joannawolotira, blancosa, lsah, Zaeynab, RodgerA, linfootr, spiderlily, RachelKirk, Sisif, steller0707, CharlesTheB, dkarenart, Lazlo_Kovaks, TaraJohnson, gerggerggerg, MyFathersDragon, ,cpg ,prosfilaes ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,Tess_W ,Chirules ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- aulsmith : Just can't read Woolf.Arrashid7: She's an awesome writer. I'm reading her this summer.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.MyFathersDragon: When I was an adult, I read part of it. Then we packed and moved books. I didn’t continue reading it later, because I had fantasy books in series I was reading become available that I started reading instead.
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von H. G. Wells
10,903 Mitglieder
253 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 24
Bewertung 144.45
Hinzugefügt 2012-02-19, 01:15 PM
- 68 Members
- Only2rs, gennyt, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, quillmenow, mybookshelf, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, smcwl, lwbooklover, .Monkey., pmdean, Zylphan, jefbra, Smiler69, sjmccreary, martina_hrubes, sturlington, cathyta, perennialreader, bacbaby, citybird, CVido, Dilara86, bw94612, Bici47, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, electrice, tjsween, JalenV, gypsysmom, Aprill, Shutzie27, al.vick, ahef1963, raperper, elia1168, matthewmason, FancyHorse, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, Laura1124, hudzilla55, linnzsue, nedhyu, JohnMB, courtneyp93, joannawolotira, mmseiple, Zaeynab, aquariumministry, linfootr, kierstens, spiderlily, HollieKirt, TwinDaddy, hrd666dri, thamara.abrao, TaraJohnson, KrystalSheppard, MyFathersDragon, ArayaK,cpg , ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda ,CharlesTheB
- Erklärungen
- JalenV: I read quite a bit of H. G. Wells during the 1970s. I'm pretty sure I read this one.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.MyFathersDragon: I would have been about 13. I don’t remember finishing it, so either we went on vacation or I didn’t like it. At that age, I almost always finished books.
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von Homer
39,902 Mitglieder
386 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 26
Bewertung 141.37
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-09, 10:11 AM
- 71 Members
- Aquila, Only2rs, hipdeep, wordswordswords, anglemark, kerry1897, kageeh, Rtrace, jamesabg, smcwl, almigwin, prosfilaes, varielle, antqueen, pmdean, EmScape, bell7, otterlake, karamazow, sjmccreary, amanda4242, crazy4reading, deldevries, SylviaC, jerry-book, Myrrha, cathyta, jyssco, bacbaby, souloftherose, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, CVido, Dilara86, Bici47, eclecticdodo, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, fuzzi, Shutzie27, jaysbooks, SkuldOMG, AmourFou, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, SamTaylor, banana4thelord, chukche, christianromney, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, dljones442, JohnMB, Ares14, mmseiple, Saxon451, spiderlily, TwinDaddy, Sisif, rjbd, mcountr, ManWithAnAgenda, TaraJohnson, gunarss, MyFathersDragon, zombiecat,Edward , ,ABVR ,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay , ,peterdj ,sturlington ,electrice , ,lsah
- Erklärungen
- sturlington : Read in collegeelectrice : read in collegeMyFathersDragon: I loved this since I was in grade school.
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von J. D. Salinger
69,489 Mitglieder
1,078 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 27
Bewertung 139.74
Hinzugefügt 2012-02-19, 01:09 PM
- 76 Members
- bookwoman84, waitingtoderail, wordswordswords, kageeh, mybookshelf, foggidawn, longway, pamelad, ghilbrae, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, almigwin, lwbooklover, varielle, pmdean, jefbra, chgstrom, olgakm, amanda4242, deldevries, cathyta, brenzi, ncgraham, ukh, perennialreader, bacbaby, CVido, Bici47, Kristelh, Dunord, eclecticdodo, rretzler, JqnOC, tjsween, TrulyAragorn, JalenV, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, al.vick, jaysbooks, bibliobuzz, ahef1963, pincus2, bcrowl399, rosemitchell, pewterbreath, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, metamedusa, Laura1124, kristilabrie, banana4thelord, Sarahlinbook, christianromney, hudzilla55, kdemetter, linnzsue, JohnMB, Ares14, courtneyp93, blancosa, Saxon451, misfortune317, HollieKirt, merriqat, JessGalchutt, TwinDaddy, Sisif, steller0707, kmc3501, TaraJohnson, Tyler_DDurden, MyFathersDragon, zombiecat, Mama_Smurf,Edward ,lorax , , ,eromsted ,cpg ,.Monkey. ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,Simone2 ,electrice ,wrysosrs ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda ,CharlesTheB
- Erklärungen
- .Monkey. : Read it. Hated it.amanda4242: Loved it in high school.sturlington : Read in high school.electrice : readJalenV: Had to read it in high school.ManWithAnAgenda : Read it. Hated. Read it. Loved it.MyFathersDragon: I knew some of the high school English classes read it. I knew it was considered a classic. So, I decided I would read it. I did not like it. I am glad I read it, so I know what people are talking about when they bring it up, but I wouldn’t read it again.
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44,380 Mitglieder
689 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 30
Bewertung 131.53
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-26, 05:19 PM
- 71 Members
- AntiLeah, Only2rs, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, foggidawn, pamelad, lahochstetler, almigwin, lwbooklover, varielle, .Monkey., AnnaClaire, otterlake, m_island, stellarexplorer, sjmccreary, martina_hrubes, deldevries, artturnerjr, jerry-book, cathyta, BekkaJo, susiesharp, perennialreader, bacbaby, ridgididge, briarhills, cc9, canantopaloglu, CVido, bw94612, Dunord, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, JqnOC, electrice, John_Vaughan, TrulyAragorn, Aprill, ahef1963, elia1168, FancyHorse, bcrowl399, NinieB, EElsen, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, metamedusa, Laura1124, hudzilla55, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, courtneyp93, Mellerup, blancosa, lsah, aquariumministry, lindafader, TwinDaddy, Jonas.Pieters, electricgoddess1993, readerdad, ManWithAnAgenda, GrimFiend1977, TaraJohnson, gerggerggerg, CarolynBurke7,lorax ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , ,peterdj ,sturlington ,brenzi ,auntSteelbreaker ,Simone2 ,
- Erklärungen
- sturlington : I don't really like his style.Aprill: It's on my tbr shelf.ahef1963: Read via audiobook. Terriby confusing. Can't say I liked it.
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von Charles Dickens
13,681 Mitglieder
247 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 34
Bewertung 120.26
Hinzugefügt 2012-02-10, 10:27 AM
- 61 Members
- wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, evilmoose, eromsted, jain, foggidawn, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, SimoneA, almigwin, AnnaClaire, europhile, pmdean, Smiler69, m_island, stellarexplorer, peterdj, martina_hrubes, cathyta, japaul22, brenzi, ncgraham, BekkaJo, susiesharp, bacbaby, briarhills, Cindy1954, Simone2, CVido, bw94612, Bici47, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, TrulyAragorn, Himalmitra, JalenV, gypsysmom, ahef1963, raperper, Marleen_Cloutier, NinieB, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, Laura1124, linnzsue, dljones442, joannawolotira, mmseiple, lsah, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, mcountr, CharlesTheB, pozzoandlucky, TaraJohnson, MyFathersDragon, CarolynBurke7, MaureenONeill, ,cpg ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- JalenV: Can't recall if I listened to a library copy or read my sister's copy. It was certainly bleak. Avoid lawsuits!ManWithAnAgenda : Read.MyFathersDragon: I was reading lots of Dickens back then.
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von Oscar Wilde
39,442 Mitglieder
630 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 37
Bewertung 112.65
Hinzugefügt 2012-02-19, 01:15 PM
- 72 Members
- benfulton, hipdeep, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, eromsted, kageeh, jain, mybookshelf, longway, pamelad, jamesabg, booksinbed, lwbooklover, varielle, AnnaClaire, ScarySquirrel, otterlake, m_island, icre8dstny, amanda4242, redsox0407, peterdj, jerry-book, sturlington, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, fundevogel, ukh, jyssco, bacbaby, Cindy1954, CVido, Bici47, eclecticdodo, electrice, tjsween, TrulyAragorn, cej1027, fuzzi, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, ahef1963, SkuldOMG, pincus2, flying_monkeys, linlef, LesleyAshton, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, jnmlkr901, Arrashid7, kristilabrie, linnzsue, nedhyu, Saxon451, misfortune317, kierstens, RachelKirk, CTyner, Sisif, mcountr, despina.aws, Stephan_Rogers, Musicaldreamer, TaraJohnson, Tyler_DDurden, gerggerggerg, MaureenONeill, ArayaK, zombiecat,Edward , ,waitingtoderail ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,jefbra , ,sjmccreary ,Simone2 ,Aprill ,JohnMB ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda ,emily-judith
- Erklärungen
- jain: Need to read the uncensored version.amanda4242: Brilliant book.Aprill: I found it difficult and not to my taste. Didn't finish.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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von Elie Wiesel
27,536 Mitglieder
571 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 42
Bewertung 106.69
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-27, 06:10 AM
- 52 Members
- Only2rs, kerry1897, dara85, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, almigwin, lwbooklover, Zylphan, bell7, amanda4242, deldevries, cathyta, brenzi, susiesharp, perennialreader, bacbaby, 2wonderY, CVido, Dilara86, BlueSkies305, Himalmitra, bwtsang, cej1027, fuzzi, al.vick, ahef1963, elia1168, EElsen, luvpumpkns, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Laura1124, SamTaylor, darlenebuckner, linnzsue, dljones442, MadaraR, courtneyp93, mmseiple, Zaeynab, linfootr, RachelKirk, CTyner, RadioheadMel, TaraJohnson, gerggerggerg, Evan_Birkeland, valeriepatton, zombiecat,tiddleyboom ,_Zoe_ ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- tiddleyboom : Read in High School...still haunts me after all these years.amanda4242: Read it in high school but should read it again.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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von Wilkie Collins
10,812 Mitglieder
251 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 61
Bewertung 79.66
Hinzugefügt 2012-08-04, 11:37 AM
- 49 Members
- tiddleyboom, kerry1897, cpg, jain, longway, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, smcwl, .Monkey., europhile, jefbra, Smiler69, otterlake, sjmccreary, WSB7, jerry-book, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, barbharper, bacbaby, nik61, Dilara86, bw94612, Bici47, BlueSkies305, tjsween, Himalmitra, JalenV, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, FancyHorse, NinieB, linlef, LesleyAshton, Peace2, james.proffitt, Arrashid7, Laura1124, linnzsue, dljones442, joannawolotira, mmseiple, lsah, Sisif, steller0707, ArayaK,sturlington ,fundevogel ,Simone2 ,CVido , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,CharlesTheB
- Erklärungen
- sturlington : Tried to read--couldn't get into it.JalenV: I believe I read a Classics Illustrated version first. I don't like it as much as The Woman in White, but I liked it.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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von Betty Smith
16,505 Mitglieder
442 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 55
Bewertung 88.03
Hinzugefügt 2012-02-08, 06:48 PM
- 49 Members
- wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, dara85, jain, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, jefbra, sjmccreary, redsox0407, cathyta, brenzi, ncgraham, perennialreader, bacbaby, citybird, cc9, CVido, vwinsloe, BlueSkies305, Himalmitra, JalenV, gypsysmom, Aprill, ahef1963, FancyHorse, bcrowl399, EElsen, linlef, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, metamedusa, Laura1124, darlenebuckner, linnzsue, December7, dljones442, joannawolotira, mmseiple, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MMC22378, ArayaK, Mama_Smurf,eromsted ,kageeh ,.Monkey. ,CharlesTheB
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