Time's Top 100 Novels 1923-present

[squirrely girl]

i've read 19 of them - i guess i've got some catch up to play...

totally agree with night, of mice and men, and brave new world

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by squirrely girl

i've read 19 of them - i guess i've got some catch up to play...

totally agree with night, of mice and men, and brave new world

Is Night considered to be a novel or an autobiographical work? I always thought it was the latter, which would explain why it didn't make the list.

[shinerbock]

On The Road is one of my favorite books...kinda odd considering my more conservative leanings...but then I like journey-type books...Following the Equator may be my favorite book.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Is Night considered to be a novel or an autobiographical work? I always thought it was the latter, which would explain why it didn't make the list.

I'll bet that's their explanation - but it's still excellent. I toyed with adding The Diary of Anne Frank, but realized that wasn't in English, either. I would've included it as most non-Jewish people's first experience with the Holocaust.

AEPHiSierra, did you like The Painted Bird? It made me physically ill - and I think you know the scene.

Munchkin03, I somehow expected you to be very well read. Unfortunately, I'll read anything at hand. Well, almost anything.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Munchkin03, I somehow expected you to be very well read. Unfortunately, I'll read anything at hand. Well, almost anything.

I consider myself to be very well-read as well.

[Cardinal026]

KLPDaisy - Metamorphosis was originally written in German and I'm pretty sure that it was also written prior to the 1923 cut off. I agree that if the language parameters were broader, it would likely have been included...I didn't particularly like the book, but I found it interesting and well written.

I was happy to see The Sun Also Rises on the list. I am a huge Hemingway fan.

[AEPhiSierra]

Originally Posted by honeychile

AEPHiSierra, did you like The Painted Bird? It made me physically ill - and I think you know the scene.

I don't really remember that much about it. I read in the 8th grade when we had to choose from a list of holcaust books to write a report on it. I just remember it being very graphic but thinking it was a pretty good book. I think you just have to have the right stomac for it.

[Hegemon]

I've read 25 of those. Margaret Atwood is my favorite author so I'm glad The Blind Assassin "made the cut", but I think some of her other books are better. Also, I love Tropic of Cancer. I was reading it once and someone asked me what class it was for - I told them I was reading it "for fun" and they laughed at me.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Hegemon

I've read 25 of those. Margaret Atwood is my favorite author so I'm glad The Blind Assassin "made the cut", but I think some of her other books are better. Also, I love Tropic of Cancer. I was reading it once and someone asked me what class it was for - I told them I was reading it "for fun" and they laughed at me.

I haven't read The Blind Assassin, can you give me a small summary? I did like A Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake very much

[Hegemon]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I haven't read The Blind Assassin, can you give me a small summary? I did like A Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake very much

Sure, I PMed you. You should also read Alias Grace if you like her other novels, though they aren't set in a futuristic society like O and C or The Handmaid's Tale.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AEPhiSierra

I don't really remember that much about it. I read in the 8th grade when we had to choose from a list of holcaust books to write a report on it. I just remember it being very graphic but thinking it was a pretty good book. I think you just have to have the right stomac for it.

Holy crap - you read that in eighth grade?! I read it in a course on the Holocaust in college, and I called the professor deviant! Just before I dropped the class and took it with someone normal, that is! I still have nightmares about the scene with the bottle of manure...

[tunatartare]

If you can handle it, My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman is a good Holocaust book. However, it is pretty long and graphic. My parents' friends gave that to me in fourth grade. I had nightmares for a long time after that.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

If you can handle it, My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman is a good Holocaust book. However, it is pretty long and graphic. My parents' friends gave that to me in fourth grade. I had nightmares for a long time after that.

I've read quite a few books on the Holocaust and seen several movies; the disgusting scene to which I alluded in The Painted Bird had nothing to do with the Holocaust, per se. I'll be checking into your suggestion.