Books: The Novel 100 Redux
I've started a new collection called Novel 100 where I'm going to collect the books that I've read from the Novel 100 list.
I'm only including a) books that I'm reading now or have read recently enough to remember: b) books that I may have read years ago but that I remember very well, or; c) books that I read years ago but that I have no interest in re-reading, like Gone With the Wind.
There are a lot of books on the list that I can count as having been read, but I read them so long ago that I don't remember too much about them. I'd definitely like to re-read many of them.
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If you're going for pretentious old books that you have to get to because they've become iconic must-reads (is that too cynical?) then I'll recommend Moby Dick. I just posted a mini-review.
Yeah, I'm sure there are a fair number of titles here that might be slogs, but I know I'm missing some great stuff too. I spend so much time reading good but ultimately forgettable fiction, I thought I needed at least to make an effort to dip into some of these.