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Submitted by ociocienta on Wed, 11/06/2008 - 3:50am.

Hello everybody! I recently, started a list of 100 books in English and 100 books in Spanish that I have to read before ending university. I have around 70 books in Spanish and 30 in English.

 

What are you reading? Any suggestions for my list?

 

Also, if you wish, I can publish my list if you are interested in books...

 

take care!

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Posted on: Fri, 13/06/2008 - 4:20pm #1

hi there :)

 

please publish your list; I'm taking Spanish and I'm interested in some Spanish literature.

 

Some English books you might want to read:

  1.  the wars by timothy findley (historical fiction)
  2. bloodletting and miraculous cures by vincent lam (shortstories)
  3. regeneration by pat barker (fiction)
  4. the bell jar by sylvia plath (fiction)
  5. atlas shrugged by ayn rand (MUST READ)
  6. brave new world/1984/the handmaid's tale/neuromancer (dystopian novels)
  7. the plays of anton chekhov
  8. war and peace & anna karenina by leo tolstoy
  9. a modest proposal by jonathan swift
  10. a clockwork orange by anthony burgess (must read)

 

happy reading.

Posted on: Sat, 14/06/2008 - 4:41am #2

thanks for sharing!

 

some books in spanish:

como agua para chocolate - Laura Esquivel

la casa de los espíritus - Isabel Allende

la insoportable levedad del ser - Milan Kundera

un cuento de amor - Miguel de Unamuno

100 años de soledad - Gabriel García Márquez

Posted on: Tue, 17/06/2008 - 12:53am #3

Some english books that are good :

1. To kill a mockingbird

2. Farewell to manzanar

Posted on: Sat, 13/09/2008 - 2:14pm #4

I only read in English these days. Have you seen this list?  A download-able spreadsheet  of '1001 books to read before you die' (hopefully MANY yeasrs away)

http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?page_id=160

My own top 10 books are:

Vanity Fair - William Thackeray

The Woman in White - Wilikie Collins

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

The Odyssey - Homer

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

The Golden Compass - Phillip Pullman

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

What I Was - Meg Rosoff

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

The Blind Assassin  - Margaret Atwood 

Happy Reading!

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