1001 books you must read before you die

I've read and enjoyed many classics, but to name them? I don't know... If I had a list, I could check off the ones I've read, though! Silas Marner is one that I reread when I was older and appreciated it more. I never could get into Emily Bronte's books, but loved Anton Chekhov, but he wrote more short stories. I just can't think of the titles, but I read a lot and enjoyed it and still do.

I Never heard of it. I graduated from university. I majored in Linguistic. When I was studying there, we were used to be told to analyze book that was hardly to be understood or learned, because all book that I analyzed or read written by British people. You would have guessed how people like me could understand the language in the book, moreover, English language is foreign language for us Indonesia and I was not that kind of smart, so I found that this subject was too burdening and exasperating. I didn't know how to cope with the subject. Luckily, I tried to learn continuously and be able to finish my major. It's an honor I would be able to graduated from the faculty.

I would not be interested on that book. I choose books to read depending on my state of mind and many other things. I have over 1000 in my house and, thanks be given, my friends and family take books to read and don´t return it. If not, I would not have room for me here. I have read some books several times and some I could not read more than a few pages for different reasons. I have read a lot of Latin American and spanish literature, some American, French,English, Italian and Russian authors. I know little about danish literature and I´m just starting to read some books written by authors from India. Some of the books that I have in very bad shape due to my reading them many times throughout the years are the work of Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters (England), John Steinbeck (US), Dostoiewski´s Crime and Punishment, Le Petit Prince (France), books by Hermann Hesse (Germany) and many others.

Hi Porcospino At school we had Wuthering Heights and Emma. They introduced me to the world of novels and as we had a newly built up Library at school, I did read a few of the Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Collections of O Henry, Charles Dickens. I remember there was a Television Serial (In Hindi) that showed the translated versions of stories from many great writers and also people. But over time, I got more busy with other non-college activities and when I did find time to read, there was little to devote to reading the Novels. Today, I am more confined to reading texts related to my profession - website development and design. But yes, given a chance again, I would love to read short story collections from O'Henry, Lev Tolstoy

I've read a few classics for school, not that I can name most of them. I know there was The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, 1984, Tom Sawyer ... I liked basically everything we read in school since I was practically a sponge when it came to books. I've read a few outside of the required school reading, too, and all of the ones I've read I would definitely pick up again, if I ever find the time - I just don't have nearly as much to devote to reading these days as I did when I was younger.

Hi Porcospino, I have read the very much popular Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare years ago..lol. I liked the story though I found the main characters really stupid to die in such a way if they family would reconcile in the end. I just wished that they had a better ending than that. Then another one is the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It is one of the great products of the classic era, but until now, I'm still half through it. I don't know, lately I'm just getting lazy of reading anything about the classics.

I do not have much recall about what classics I read in school. I know that books required in my college courses were not classics, but rather contemporary. I do like to read, but lately I have been caught up in audio books. I listen to all kinds of books and usually enjoy them all. Every once and a while I will actually stop part way through a book and say forget it. Obviously it has to be pretty bad (in my eyes) to do that. There are some classics in audio format, but I prefer to waste my time on romance, adventure, mystery, crime solving and people stories. Let's not forget historical fiction. I have made it through some large non fiction books on topics such as Einstein, coffee origins in the world, mystery of science and biographies. There is always something new to learn. Sometimes the non-fiction books are the hardest since I am prone to fall asleep. Even so, I think I like reading and learning more now than back when I was in school, and I have always been kind of a book worm.

I know this book is not a classic but I think everyone should read Transister Radio by Chris Bohjalian.It's really amazing. It's about this person's gender transition and how it affects all the people in their lives.

I've read different kinds of books here in our house. And i think this is not 100 nor 200 neither 1001 books as you said or type ^^, if i die now, i don't read books instead of it i will read a bible and lay down to my bed at peacefully die! ^^,

I honestly don't remember any of the classics that I read in school. At that time of my life, I was just wanting to get through it! But I have grown up to be an avid reader and decided about a year ago, to try to cover all of the classics. First of all, I found it very difficult to define "classic", so my list is ever-changing. There are the obvious ones, of course, but everyone has a different opinion on what should be on the list. I am currently reading "War and Peace" and I must say that it will be a miracle if I get through it! I read "1984" before that and this is one that I would read again, for sure.