How many Of EWs 100 New Classics Have You Read?

[Dendarii Dame]

6 2/3. (I've only read the first two novels of His Dark Materials.)

[Biggirl]

It does have a lot of chick lit. And by "a lot" I mean, "wow, there's chick lit on the list!" There should be more non-fiction. Guns, Germs and Steel and Salt: A World History should be on there.

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2. The Handmaiden's Tale
3. Bridget Jone's Diary
4. On Writing
5. Lonesome Dove
6. Joy Luck Club
7. Neuromancer
8. Possession
9. Angela's Ashes
10. Waiting To Exhale
11. Bright Lights, Big City
12. Fast Food Nation
13. America (the Book)

[panache45]

If these are the "New Classics," I'm sticking with the old ones.

[Ann Onimous]

Originally Posted by Barkis is Willin'

Wow, I have read 1 of those books.

Ditto, but it's one of the books you have waiting;

26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)

Other than that there are many I've never heard of and many I have no desire to read. Weird list, indeed.

Agreed. Very strange list.

[Shoeless]

I have read 11 of these.

The Road
Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire
Beloved
Cold Mountain
Lonesome Dove
Neuromancer
The Poisonwood Bible
The Corrections
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Kite Runner
Presumed Innocent

I have read part of Sandman but not the entire series.

These three are in the house somewhere, my wife has read them but I haven't:

Angela's Ashes
The Glass Castle
The Da Vinci Code

And I saw a few authors in there where I have read something of theirs but not the book in the list.

[Biggirl]

I find it funny that some have never heard of many of the books on this list since, from what I can see, EW picked these books on how popular they are. I don't think any one of them spent less than a week on the NYT Bestseller List.

[Archergal]

15 for me:

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998)
67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)

I'm surprised I'd read that many, since I mostly read sf & fantasy.

I liked Cold Mountain too. I adored Louis Sachar's book Holes. I honestly didn't care for The Poisonwood Bible or The Kite Runner.

[Gangster Octopus]

Can i just recommend Blindness. It is a great book and I see it is only on one other persons list.

[Maserschmidt]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

Can i just recommend Blindness. It is a great book and I see it is only on one other persons list.

I recommend it as well. It's a gripping, dark book based on a truly original idea, and I liked it a lot. There was one scene that bugged me a lot as I thought Saramago was almost wallowing in it, but otherwise great. [I should mention also it's a dense read...IIRC he skips punctuation of some form?]

I never read the sequel.

[Shodan]

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87)
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987)
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)

No idea what the basis is for the list, but FWIW.

Regards,
Shodan