The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read six and force books upon them.
45/100. Huh. I have no idea what that says about me, really. Especially in light of this list. There are some really bizarre repeats in there (like listing
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as separate from the Chronicles of Narnia, both
The Hobbit and
Lord of the Rings, and
Hamlet as separate from Shakespeare's complete works). Not to mention the fact that people like Steinbeck get
two entries (I can totally understand both
War and Peace and
Anna Karenina being listed) and Faulkner, among others, is not on there at all (*is very offended by the absence of favorite author*).
Oh, well, these lists are always arbitrary and perplexing.
Although I personally think that I should get +1000 points for having read
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman in its entirety.