100 best novels (According to Time)

[Dave]

Linky-link (http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html)

A few surprises on there...

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and Watchmen stick out the most, i think.

The fact that Pillars of the Earth is not on the list is criminal.

[jjcourtright]

Jesus, I'm extremely un-well read.

[By-tor]

The fact that Pillars of the Earth is not on the list is criminal.Damn good book.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

The TIME is wrong.

[Razorback]

No Moby Dick?

[Zens7s]

This is a very strange list. Of all these, I have only read the ones in the list below. Also, when I look at their selections most of these I prefer another book by that author.

I thought there were moments of brilliance in American Pastoral, but it also equally bored the snot out of me in places. I love Margaret Atwood, but I am suprised they didn't pick Cat's Eye or The Handmaiden's Tale, Alias Grace, or The Robber Bride above The Blind Assassin. The Corrections was OK, but it certainly isn't a classic. If they were going to pick a Rushdie book, I prefer The Ground Beneath Her Feet. East of Eden is my preferred Steinbeck. White Teeth was OVERRATED. Huh.

Guess this confirms why I do not buy Time magazine to help pick my books.

American Pastoral - Philip Roth
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Judy Blume
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Possession - A.S. Byatt
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller
White Teeth - Zadie Smith

[freetoaster]

Linky-link (http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html)

A few surprises on there...

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Dave, I think Judy Blume deserves to be mentioned. This book is priceless. Can you see yourself discussing menstrual cycles with with a twelve year old?

[Dave]

I'm not saying it's not good, but is it one of the best 100 novels ever (or at least in the modern period)?

I mean, i liked Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing, but i'm not saying it's a top book.

[FanGirl]

Here's what I've read and wow is that pathetic

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Judy Blume
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Native Son - Richard Wright
1984 - George Orwell
Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

My all time Top 10 fav Books are (in no order):

Hitman by Lawrence Block
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Bell Jar by Slyvia Plath
Mists of Avalaon by that girl whose name I can nver remember
Rebecca by Daphne DuMoirie
HP: Prisoner of Askaban by JK Rowling
HP: Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Godfather by Mario Puzo
Survior by Chuck Pahluinuk
And The Band Played on by that guy whose name I never remember

[Gheorghe_Zamfir]

You'd think trying to put together a list like this the process would include more than just two guys, especially a list as big as this. There's a separate graphic novel list on one of the links, surprised it failed to list Maus, since its the only graphic novel to win a pulitzer.

[Mighty Wingman]

Linky-link (http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html)

A few surprises on there...

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and Watchmen stick out the most, i think.

The fact that Pillars of the Earth is not on the list is criminal.

I've read a handful of those; only two (maybe three) belong on that list.
This reminds me of the time Dawn Yanek told me Rock was dead and hip-hop was the fresh new sound of the future. I hate polls.

[TLS]

I've only read four of those.
Why don't we create our own list?
Come on, it'll be fun.
If we each pick 1 or 2 books then we'll have a list of 100 in no time.
I'll start:
Through the Looking Glass (by that guy who wrote Alice in Wonderland)
I can never spell his last name right... is 2 r's and 1 L or 1 r and 2 L's. Eh, fuck it, maybe I shouldn't go first.
Anyone else?

[bwdial]

Apparently, I am an illiterate. :(

[Ismael]

No Moby Dick?
FUCK Moby Dick! :mad:

From the list I have read:
Animal Farm (great book)
Catch-22 (took me 3 months to finish this book but still a good read)
The Catcher in the Rye (hated the ending)
A Clockwork Orange (good book, for some reason the original US version did not print the last chapter so the ending is different than the movie)
Invisible Man (okay)
Lord of the Flies (sucked)
1984 (great book)
Slaughterhouse-Five (great book, only anti-war book I know of with aliens and time travel)
To Kill a Mockingbird (okay)
Tropic of Cancer (Miller sure likes the word "cunt")
Watchmen (great book, Alan Moore is a god)
White Noise (good book)

[Dave]

I've only read four of those.
Why don't we create our own list?
Come on, it'll be fun.
If we each pick 1 or 2 books then we'll have a list of 100 in no time.



MPS 100 Book List

*Through The Looking Glass (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486408787/qid=1129904913/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6729244-4225725?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) by Lewis Carroll

*Pillars of the Earth (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451207149/qid=1129904977/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-6729244-4225725?v=glance&s=books) by Ken Follett

*Gone with the Wind (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/068483068X/qid=1129905038/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-6729244-4225725?v=glance&s=books) by Margaret Mitchell

[u6ik]

All the usual suspects...

1984,
Catch 22,
Lord of the Rings...

But what's this??? Some class at last! I make an appearance under 'U', and William Gibson's Neuromancer gets a mention. About time if you ask me. Less of the stuffy old, so called 'Classics' - finally some good ideas punching through to enlighten the masses.

Still waiting for Peter F. Hamilton to get the credit he deserves... The Night's Dawn trilogy was class. You have to be commited though, they are just over 1200 pages per book, but you really get immersed in the myriad plot lines.

:D

[Zens7s]

I vote the following for Fiction (in addition to a few already mentioned):

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
The World According to Garp - John Irving
Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
Bel Canto - Ann Pachett
Happy Birthday to Me - Dr. Suess
Empire Falls - Richard Russo
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Generation X - Douglas Coupland
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I thought Clockers was fucking amazing. Spike Lee ruined it in the film though.


Also:
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
A token Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle, perhaps?

Probably will think of more later.

[Psyche]

well it bugs me that it's only from 1923 and on. I've read a few of them:

Animal farm
Are you there god? It's me Margaret
The Catcher in the Rye
Death Comes for the Archbishop (though I remember My Antonia more then this one)
The Great Gatsby
I, Claudius
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
1984
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Slaughterhouse-Five (I think, I've read most of Kurt's stuff I just can't remember if I read this one. I liked Galopagos though)
To Kill a Mockingbird

[acid_soda]

i've read two..

The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird


To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorites

but Catcher in the Rye sucked.

[JaimePaulFalcon]

how do you leave American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-Dr. Hunter S. Thompson off a list like that?

[marksiwel]

I think we need a list of "books not to read, even though alot of people are reading them".
Alot of Dean Knootz falls on that list, and I like D. k. but come on!
I still havent read the Da Vinci Code, just because I saw too many crazy people reading it and saying it was good.

[By-tor]

I think we need a list of "books not to read, even though alot of people are reading them".
Alot of Dean Knootz falls on that list, and I like D. k. but come on!
I still havent read the Da Vinci Code, just because I saw too many crazy people reading it and saying it was good.I've read a bunch ot the Koontz. And the Da Vincui Code was pretty good, but I like Angels And Demons more.

[Zens7s]

I've read a bunch ot the Koontz. And the Da Vincui Code was pretty good, but I like Angels And Demons more.
The last Koontz book I really enjoyed was Lightening.

Everybody hyped the DaVinci Code so much before I read it that it couldn't help but be anti-climatic. I borrowed the hardcover from my now ex-manunit. The funny part was when I accidentally dropped it in the bathtub....so when I returned his crap I also returned it shrivelled up and water logged.

OOPS! :D

[Zens7s]

how do you leave American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-Dr. Hunter S. Thompson off a list like that?
American Psycho is on there.

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
The World According to Garp - John Irving
Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
Bel Canto - Ann Pachett
Happy Birthday to Me - Dr. Suess
Empire Falls - Richard Russo
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Generation X - Douglas Coupland
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie

[By-tor]

....I also returned it shrivelled up and water logged.

OOPS! :DI dont' know where to start.

[Zens7s]

I dont' know where to start.
You have a point. That sounds absolutley perverted. But don't you fret...I returned his other appendage to him also. It didn't do anything but cause trouble anyway. ;)