Thursday, June 4, 2009

Don't think too hard

“This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.”


Hmmm. Here goes.

  1. Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett

  2. Possession by AS Byatt

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  4. Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears

  5. Beloved by Toni Morrison

  6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

  7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

  8. The Information by Martin Amis

  9. What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies

  10. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

  11. Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris

  12. The Middle Ground by Richard White

  13. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

  14. The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott

  15. Pride and Prejudic by Jane Austen

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot is one of those classics of English Literature that show up on most "you must r...