I love that one of my favourite magazines is encouraging readers to shut down their computers, turn off their phones and pick up a book. Company magazine have provided a list on their website of "50 books to read before you die".
As mentioned in previous posts I am a organisation enthusiast and naturally adore lists! I wanted to see how I stacked up and will check off books I've read and plan to read that are on the list. So let's get started. The key I will use is:
[ ] = Not read
[-] = Own, but not read
[X] = Read
Company's 50 Books You Need to Read Before You Die
Wonder - R.J. Palacio [ ]
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt [ ]
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes [ ]
Kiss Heaven Goodbye - Tasmina Perry [ ]
Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg [ ]
The Help - Kathryn Stockett [-]
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn [X]
The Garden of Eden - Ernest Hemmingway [ ]
Animals - Emma Jane Unsworth [ ]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson [ ]
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger [X]
Room - Emma Donoghue [ ]
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis [ ]
1984- George Orwell [ ]
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer [ ]
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger [-]
The Twelfth Tale - Dianne Setterfield [ ]
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald [X]
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak [-]
NW - Zadie Smith [ ]
The Best of Simple - Langston Hughes [ ]
Lord of the Flies - William Golding [ ]
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier [ ]
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin [X]
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee [-]
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid [ ]
Stasiland - Anna Funder [ ]
Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Tosnay [ ]
Scar Tissue - Anthony Keidis [ ]
Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie [X]
How To Be a Woman - Caitlin Moran [X]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling [X]
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell [ ]
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernières [ ]
The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas [ ]
Rookie Yearbook 1/2 - Tavi Gevinson [ ]
The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy [ ]
Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller [ ]
Lace - Shirley Conran [ ]
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby [X]
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [ ]
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy [ ]
The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt [ ]
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst [ ]
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini [ ]
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins [ ]
The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls [ ]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time [X]
The Beach - Alex Garland [ ]
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides [ ]
Results: 9/50
Not bad. I've read almost 20% of this list and have a few on my to-be-read pile. I really enjoy reading through book lists like this as it gives me new ideas about what to read next.
Let me know how you stack up, I'd love to hear which books you've read that are on this list and what you think about them!
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