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Anonymous wrote:Zero. Am I banished from DCUM now?

Er... I'm a little unclear on how that could happen. Ok, so if you were educated in a non-English-speaking country, that accounts for a lot of it. But do you just not read for pleasure at all?

She/he has read zero books on this list, which is overwhelmingly Eurocentric. Perhaps she/he has more diverse tastes.

No one teaches Ulysses in tenth grade, people!

57. I hated all those Austen and Bronte's. But some of the others are favorites that I've read over a dozen times each.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. Am I banished from DCUM now?

Er... I'm a little unclear on how that could happen. Ok, so if you were educated in a non-English-speaking country, that accounts for a lot of it. But do you just not read for pleasure at all?

So many were posting how many they had read but I was kidding. I do, however, know English speaking people who have not read any of those books. They just aren't interested; not a comment on their intelligence.

Anonymous wrote:Zero. Am I banished from DCUM now?

Er... I'm a little unclear on how that could happen. Ok, so if you were educated in a non-English-speaking country, that accounts for a lot of it. But do you just not read for pleasure at all?

Does anyone else find Jane Austen redundant, or is it just me? I've probably read about 5 of her works, but they all run together.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:31. One of those books nearly killed my joy for reading. I was an avid reader until I came across that monster in 10th grade -- I didn't pick up another book for pleasure until I was 23.

Let me guess... Ulysses?

I'm guessing Moby Dick.

That was my guess too - it certainly felt very long to me. I have to admit that I skipped a lot of the "blubber".

My reading has picked up a great deal since the kids started sleeping through the night and since I got a Kindle. Especially when it comes to the classics - I love it that they are free and available for immediate download. I have quite a long list all loaded and ready to go, all for $0!

Anonymous wrote:Most people that were on a college prep track read these books in High School.

Like the Harry Potter series?

Many of these books were mandatory reading in my high school. So I need to ask, why were they selected?

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Rather bizarre choice of titles - probably wanted to cast a wide chronological net, but ended up missing some of the seminal works.

Zero. Am I banished from DCUM now?

45. Lots of high school books on there. Boy, did I hate Heart of Darkness then. Wonder if I'd like I now.
I'm also glad to be reminded of some new (for me) books to read.

19:02 here -- and how do they have a list without Hemingway. That seems like a giant oversight.

22 - but several of them more than once.

I'm at 34 - but really it's 33. If you've read the 'Complete Works of Shakespeare' you've read Hamlet.