# Has anyone read every single..... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171 "2000-08-04T20:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JosephFinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JosephFinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JosephFinn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171/41 "2000-08-06T15:20:47Z")
To be fair to the board, they did include two of the greatest science-fiction novels of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World. They definitely fall under the appelaton of science fiction, and they fit even better under the slightly broader term of speculative fiction. Of course, I would have included Forever War, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171/42 "2000-08-07T08:45:24Z")
If you can only count the ones you’ve _finished_, I’ve read 7 on the first list and 19 on the second. I’ve seen the movie for a few more, and started and gave up on several more. And a book has to be seriously dull or depressing for me to give up on it. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171/43 "2000-08-07T08:47:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JosephFinn \* > \*\*Of course, I would have included Forever War, but that’s just me. \*\* Ooooh, ooooh, I just saw what you said! I loved that book. It was the first grown-up science fiction book I ever read. I was blown away. That began a long love-affair with science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171/44 "2000-08-07T23:29:33Z")
Just seven for me on the board’s list, and twelve on the reader’s list (thanks to RAH and Tolkien - can we count LotR as three books?). I’m surprised there were no Robert Jordan _Wheel of Time_ books listed (I’ve never read them, but hear they’re good), and given the obviously Scientological presence, I’m amazed at the absence of the Tim Lahaye/Jerry Jenkins _Left Behind_ series. Me? I’ll stick to re-reading _Starship Troopers_ 😉 * * * Pete Long time RGMWer and ardent AOLer ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171/45 "2000-08-08T00:37:06Z")
I’ve read 8 on the real list (and currently working on another on the list - additionally, every single one of them is on my reading list), and 15 on the drunk list. Some of the stuff on that list is good, but a lot is just trashy airplane reading. I mean, Laurel Hamilton? She writes vampire slaying novels! Really, that list makes me kind of sad. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171/46 "2000-08-08T00:45:54Z")
I’ve only read seven of the ones on the Board’s list, and 14 on the reader’s list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-every-single/28171.md?page=2)