{"id":30082,"date":"2022-07-12T08:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T13:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=30082"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:44:48","slug":"a-quiz-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/12\/a-quiz-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quiz, Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst researching my book report for My \u00c1ntonia<\/a><\/em>, I cam across a 2004 post about the 99 best books or series of all time<\/a> that I treated as a quiz as was my wont. In 2004, I’d read 16 of the 99.<\/p>\n

So how do I do now? I have put in bold the books\/series I’ve read (providing links to book reports on this blog where available) and have underlined things I know are on the shelves but are yet unread.<\/p>\n

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  1. Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/em> by Jane Austen<\/u><\/li>\n
  2. The Remains of the Day<\/em> by Kazuo Ishigruo<\/li>\n
  3. Harry Potter Series<\/em> by J.K. Rowling<\/li>\n
  4. The End of the Affair<\/em> by Graham Greene<\/li>\n
  5. All The King\u2019s Men<\/em> by Robert Penn Warren<\/li>\n
  6. Lolita<\/em> by Vladimir Nabokov<\/u><\/li>\n
  7. The Princess Bride<\/em> by William Goldman<\/b><\/li>\n
  8. Invisible Man<\/em> by Ralph Ellison<\/u><\/li>\n
  9. The Name of the Rose<\/em> by Umberto Eco<\/li>\n
  10. Syrup<\/em> by Max (Maxx) Barry<\/li>\n
  11. Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n
  12. The Dirk Gently Series<\/em> by Douglas Adams<\/b><\/li>\n
  13. Ada<\/em> by Vladimir Nabokov<\/li>\n
  14. The Hitchiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> by Douglas Adams<\/b><\/li>\n
  15. 100 Years of Solitude<\/em> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<\/li>\n
  16. Persuasion<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n
  17. The Blind Assassin<\/em> by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n
  18. The Great Gatsby<\/em> by F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/b><\/li>\n
  19. Pale Fire<\/em> by Vladimir Nabokov<\/li>\n
  20. Ender\u2019s Game, Speaker for the Dead, &c.<\/em> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n
  21. Oryx and Crake<\/em> by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n
  22. Survivor<\/em> by Chuck Palahniuk<\/li>\n
  23. Ana Karenina<\/a><\/em> by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n
  24. The Three Musketeers Series<\/em><\/a> by Alexandre Dumas <\/i> [The Three Musketeers<\/em> anyway.]<\/li>\n
  25. The Divine Comedy<\/em> by Dante Alighieri<\/li>\n
  26. The Unbearable Lightness of Being<\/em><\/b> by Milan Kundera<\/b> [“Strip!”]<\/li>\n
  27. Tess of D\u2019Urbevilles<\/em> by Thomas Hardy<\/b><\/li>\n
  28. High Fidelity<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Nick Hornby<\/li>\n
  29. Howard\u2019s End<\/em> by E.M. Forster<\/li>\n
  30. Lullaby<\/em> by Chuck Palahniuk<\/li>\n
  31. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress<\/em> by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  32. Jane Eyre<\/b><\/a><\/em> by Charlotte Bronte<\/b><\/li>\n
  33. The Heart of the Matter<\/em> by Graham Greene<\/li>\n
  34. Cold Comfort Farm<\/em> by Stella Gibbon<\/li>\n
  35. My \u00c1ntonia<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Willa Cather<\/li>\n
  36. The Big Sleep<\/em> by Raymond Chandler<\/b><\/li>\n
  37. To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> by Harper Lee<\/b><\/li>\n
  38. Middlemarch<\/u><\/em> by George Eliot<\/li>\n
  39. Song of Fire and Ice<\/em> by George R.R. Martin<\/li>\n
  40. Love in the Time of Cholera<\/em> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<\/li>\n
  41. Crime and Punishment<\/em> by Fyodor Doestoevesky<\/b><\/li>\n
  42. What Maisie Knew<\/em> by Henry James<\/li>\n
  43. American Pastoral<\/em> by Philip Roth<\/li>\n
  44. Galveston<\/em> by Sean Stewart<\/li>\n
  45. If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller<\/em> by Italo Calvino<\/li>\n
  46. Catcher in the Rye<\/em> by J.D. Salinger<\/b><\/li>\n
  47. Mansfield Park<\/em><\/u> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n
  48. Madame Bovary<\/u><\/em> by Gustave Flaubert<\/li>\n
  49. Youth in Revolt<\/em> by C.D. Payne<\/li>\n
  50. Moby Dick<\/em> by Herman Melville<\/b><\/li>\n
  51. Sense and Sensibility<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n
  52. Big Trouble<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n
  53. Cat\u2019s Eye<\/em> by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n
  54. Villette<\/em> by Charolotte Bronte<\/li>\n
  55. The Last Chronicle of Barset<\/em> by Anthony Trollope<\/li>\n
  56. Phineas Finn<\/em> Phineas Finn Redux<\/em> by Anthony Trollope<\/li>\n
  57. Darlington\u2019s Fall<\/em> by Brad Leithauser<\/li>\n
  58. This Real Night<\/em> by Rebecca West<\/li>\n
  59. The Baron in the Trees<\/em> by Italo Calvino<\/li>\n
  60. Summer<\/em> by Edith Wharton<\/li>\n
  61. The Unconsoled<\/em> by Kazuo Ishiguro<\/li>\n
  62. Cecilia<\/em> by Frances Burney<\/li>\n
  63. The Secret History<\/em> by Donna Tartt<\/li>\n
  64. Dangerous Liaisons<\/em> by Choderlos de Laclos<\/li>\n
  65. Mr. Scarborough\u2019s Family<\/em> by Anthony Trollope<\/li>\n
  66. The Fellowship of the Ring<\/a><\/b><\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
  67. A Room with a View<\/em> by E.M. Forster<\/li>\n
  68. The Duke\u2019s Children<\/em> by Anthony Trollope<\/li>\n
  69. Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s<\/em> by Truman Capote<\/li>\n
  70. Daniel Deronda<\/em> by George Eliot<\/li>\n
  71. The Dumas Club<\/em> by Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/li>\n
  72. Baudolino<\/em> by Umberto Eco<\/li>\n
  73. Brideshead Revisited<\/em> by Evelyn Waugh<\/li>\n
  74. The Fountainhead<\/em> by Ayn Rand<\/b><\/li>\n
  75. David Copperfield<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n
  76. Catch-22<\/em> by Joseph Heller<\/b><\/li>\n
  77. Great Expectations<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n
  78. The Manticore<\/em> by Robertson Davies<\/li>\n
  79. The Maltese Falcon<\/em> by Dashiell Hammitt<\/b><\/li>\n
  80. Heart of Darkness<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Joseph Conrad<\/i><\/li>\n
  81. Good Morning, Midnight<\/em> by Jean Rhys<\/li>\n
  82. The Series of Unfortunate Events<\/em> by Lemony Snicket<\/li>\n
  83. Sula<\/em> by Toni Morrison<\/li>\n
  84. The House in Paris<\/em> by Elizabeth Bowen<\/li>\n
  85. The Little Friend<\/em> by Donna Tartt<\/li>\n
  86. The Death of the Heart<\/em> by Elizabeth Bowen<\/li>\n
  87. Gaudy Night<\/em> by Dorothy Sayers<\/li>\n
  88. The Discworld Saga<\/em> by Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n
  89. Gone With the Wind<\/u><\/em> by Margaret Mitchell<\/li>\n
  90. The Fountain Overflows<\/em> by Rebecca West<\/li>\n
  91. Possession<\/em> by A.S. Byatt<\/li>\n
  92. The Island of the Day Before<\/em> by Umberto Eco<\/li>\n
  93. God Knows<\/em> by Joseph Heller<\/li>\n
  94. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls<\/a><\/b><\/em> by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  95. 95. Candide<\/em> by Voltaire<\/b><\/li>\n
  96. The Vagabond<\/em> by Colette<\/li>\n
  97. Tom Jones<\/u><\/em> by Henry Fielding<\/li>\n
  98. The Fencing Master<\/em> by Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/li>\n
  99. Portrait of a Lady<\/em> by Henry James<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It looks like I’m up to about 28 of 99.<\/p>\n

    I don’t know how much progress I’ll make between now and 2040, but I have a greater chance of reading the classical literature than the 20th century stuff, especially the children’s books or Colombian magic realism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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