Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay It was a long read, but quite good. Well-written, and so well-researched, one comes to almost believe it is true.

Just finished:

As If I'm Not There such a sad and emotive novel, devastating story.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

I finished Rabbit Redux by John Updike.

Pilgrimage: Pointed Roofs by Dorothy M. Richardson

“Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. This is my “I” book for the A-Z challenge. I immediately decided to read all his books, whether or not they are on the list, and even if it slows me down on the challenge. I also found that he is the monthly spotlight on the Booker Prize site with great commentary on all his books. web-site. https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke.... I also learned from post that other people found that reading “Remains of the Day” before “Artist of a Floating World” made “Artist…” a bit of a disappointment, but still thought provoking.

As a Man Grows Older by Italo Svevo and
Pricksongs and Descants by Robert Coover

I just finished Neuromancer. Quite a wild read. Amazing how much influence it has had.

Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger

From least favorite to most:
Vanishing Point by David Markson
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Kello by Iris Murdoch.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

The Invisible Man by H.G.Wells

Given that the fact that Wells wrote his books well over a century ago I still find it remarkable how he is still asking us to look at the world in new ways.

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis - 4* - My Review

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

Just finished The Virgin Suicides. Certainly a sad tale, not only for the girls but for the narrators, still trapped in their unrealistic memories of the girls.

Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola.
Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Aileen wrote: "Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola.
Thoroughly enjoyed it!"

I also enjoyed that book!

The Man with the Golden Arm

Wanted to read since finishing The Mandarins last year.

Gritty story but well written.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford - 3.5 - My Review

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

Just finished The Monk. Whew! It was as shocking as advertised. A fascinating tale of evil.

The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 4* - My Review

I just finished Middlemarch by George Eliot. This was a 5-star read for me!

Summer by Edith Wharton

Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The simplicity of this tale makes it a remarkable piece of powerful writing that deserves to be on this list.

Finished:
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco - 4.5* - My Review

The Bell by Iris Murdoch

After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

I just finished Middlemarch, it was a 5 stars from me.

Cane by Jean Toomer

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Z by Vassilis Vassilikos

A Buyer's Market by Anthony Powell.

Finished:

Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - 3* - My Review

Saturday by Ian McEwan

Mao II by Don DeLillo. Not big fan of his style.

The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner.

Maybe the book would have been better if it had been given a third-person narrative but in the end I found none of the characters particularly engaging and along with most modern art I found them pretentious and facile. I didn't hate this book but it didn't really interest me either.

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist.