Books, books, lovely books ...

I started this recently - but was overwhelmed by the share volume of books that this list contained - shopgirl had a good idea - and cut it down to the first 100. Here is my list to 159 (at which point my eyes started to blur and my interest and enthusiasm waned)(this was mainly because I couldn't format it properly)(well, since you've probably seen this list at least twice already I've taken out the ones I've never heard of) perhaps one day I'll finish the list.
started 29/03/08


*bold those you've read
*add your own
*italicise those you started but never finished
*double star ones you want to read
*Put a smiley face next to the ones you watched (added by me)
*post to your blog, if desired

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien :)
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen :)
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling :)
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne :)
8. 1984, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis :)
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte :)
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller **
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte **
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger **
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame :)
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott **
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell** :)
22. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling :)
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling :)
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling :)
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien**
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving **
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck **
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll :)
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl :)
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen**
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen **:) (Have you ever watched Clueless?!)
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery :)
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald :)
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas **
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens :)
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett :)
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck**
53. The Stand, Stephen King :)
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell** :)
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden :)
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens**
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough :)
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl :)
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding**
78. Ulysses, James Joyce **
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
83. Holes, Louis Sachar :)
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo **
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel :)
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot** :)
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker** :)
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 1/2, Sue Townsend
114. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo :)
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt**
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett**
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. IT, Stephen King :)
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl :)
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King ** :)
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey**
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling

ps - does reading the list of 500 count as a book?