06-08-2011, 12:28 PM
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#42
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Originally Posted by Burninator
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More like top 99, they have A Clockwork Orange on there twice.
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06-08-2011, 12:29 PM
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#43
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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18. I need more time to read.
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06-08-2011, 12:31 PM
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#44
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Burninator
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Bah, a list without Russians is so much garbage...
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06-08-2011, 12:33 PM
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#45
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06-08-2011, 12:33 PM
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#46
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Location: Calgary
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Only 11 for me.
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06-08-2011, 12:34 PM
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#47
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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14 I think, could be plus or minus a few. I can't remember which ones I actually read and which I bought the coles notes for...
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06-08-2011, 12:37 PM
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#48
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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I got 31.
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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I had 20, and I would definitely agree that Margaret Atwood's work doesn't belong on a list of that nature.
"Writers most likely to form a revolutionary political party thereby destabalizing a small country."
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"People who believe they should get to decide who gets to vote."
might be lists where she'd reside, but not a best books type list.
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I'm not certain I understand the Margaret Atwood hate... I also find it odd that you would question The Handmaid's Tale being on this list but not A Brave New World... similar variations on a very common literary theme.
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06-08-2011, 12:38 PM
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#49
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by Boblobla
14 I think, could be plus or minus a few. I can't remember which ones I actually read and which I bought the coles notes for...
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Similarly, I don't know what I would have done without Coles notes.
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06-08-2011, 12:41 PM
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#50
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Bah, a list without Russians is so much garbage...
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Nabokov isn't Russian enough?
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06-08-2011, 12:43 PM
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#51
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I had 26, which was much higher than expected. I guess I owe a big thank you to my school for making me read most of the 26. I think about 3 or 4 were actually by choice
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06-08-2011, 12:44 PM
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#52
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Calgary AB
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I love books, just surpassed 600 total last month, if my house ever burns, it will burn well.
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06-08-2011, 12:45 PM
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#53
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Burninator
Nabokov isn't Russian enough?
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The goalie? 
He was more of an Englishman than a Russian.
Last edited by VladtheImpaler; 06-08-2011 at 12:48 PM.
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06-08-2011, 12:50 PM
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#54
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surprised it was so high
and some of the books on that list absolutely do not belong
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06-08-2011, 12:55 PM
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#55
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I am also a fan of this list of books.
100 Must Read Books: The Man's Essential Library
Some real Russians on this one and a lot of Roosevelt for some reason. No list is perfect, I have a couple that I pull from.
Last edited by Burninator; 06-08-2011 at 12:59 PM.
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06-08-2011, 01:00 PM
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#56
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Location: Singapore
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And I have an English degree! I have probably read enough of the Bible to count as number seven, but cover to cover if I'm being perfectly honest it's six. And one of them, Charlotte's Web, I read when I was like 7. I've read more books by Solzhenitsyn alone than books on that list.
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Last edited by icarus; 06-08-2011 at 01:10 PM.
Reason: Spotted one I missed
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06-08-2011, 01:00 PM
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#57
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Originally Posted by Burninator
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Much better.
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06-08-2011, 01:02 PM
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#58
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Originally Posted by icarus
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And I have an English degree! I have probably read enough of the Bible to count as number six, but cover to cover if I'm being perfectly honest it's five. And one of them, Charlotte's Web, I read when I was like 7. I've read more books by Solzhenitsyn alone than books on that list.
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From where?
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06-08-2011, 01:05 PM
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#59
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49.
Better stop reading. I'm way too high for an Engineering Student.
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06-08-2011, 01:20 PM
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#60
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Location: Singapore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
From where?
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U of C. Mango's got an English degree from there too but she probably actually did the readings.
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