Thursday, September 21, 2006
Every Book I've Ever Read
Just for a lark, I'm now going to list all the books I can remember having read straight through.
THE MONKEY IN THE ROCKET-Jean Bethell; CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY-Roald Dahl; JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH-Roald Dahl; THE LITTLE PRINCE-Antoine De Saint Exupery (This was read to me); WINNIE-THE-POOH-A.A. Milne (This was read to me, too); THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER-A.A. Milne (And this); THE MYSTERY OF THE STUTTERING PARROT (starring Alfred Hitchcock's The Three Investigators, and I don't know who wrote it); THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH-Norton Juster; FANTASTIC MR. FOX-Roald Dahl; CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR-Roald Dahl; WOLF STORY-William McCleary; TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD-Harper Lee; THE LADY IN THE MORGUE-Frank. J. Lattimore; THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS-P. G. Wodehouse, who wrote the next six books on this list; BRINKLEY MANOR; THE PLOT THICKENS; THE CATNAPPERS; LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS; UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME; JEEVES AND THE TIE THAT BINDS; MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES-James Thurber; THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE-James Thurber; LENNON REMEMBERS-Jann Wenner (interviewing John Lennon and Yoko Ono); APPLE TO THE CORE-McCabe and Davis; MOBY-DICK--Herman Melville; LORD JIM-Joseph Conrad; UNDER WESTERN EYES-Joseph Conrad; THE SECRET AGENT-Joseph Conrad; THE ROCK 'N' ROLL BOOK OF THE DEAD (I can't remember who wrote it, but I'll try to find out); BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES-David Niven; THE AMERICAN-Henry James; WASHINGTON SQUARE-Henry James; THE SWIMMING-POOL LIBRARY-Allen Hollinghurst; A BOY'S OWN STORY-Edmund White; MYSTERIOUS SKIN-Scott Heim; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE-Jane Austen; PIERRE, OR, THE AMBIGUITIES-Herman Melville; THE CONFIDENCE-MAN--Herman Melville; ISRAEL POTTER--HIS FIFTY YEARS OF EXILE---Herman Melville; PUDDN'HEAD WILSON-Mark Twain; THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN-Mark Twain; THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER-Mark Twain (audio); THE ABOLITION OF MAN-C. S. Lewis; THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS-C. S. Lewis; THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV-Fyodor Dostoevsky in the Garnett translation (audio); Thomas Mann's DOCTOR FAUSTUS in the H.T. Lowe-Porter translation; ALL WE HAVE IS NOW (I'll supply the author's name soon); AVOIDANCE-Michael Lowenthal; IN AWE-Scott Heim; GIOVANNI'S ROOM-James Baldwin; THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES-David Leavitt; THE PAGE-TURNER--David Leavitt; A MARRIAGE BELOW ZERO-Alan Dale; THE AWAKENING-Kate Chopin; SOUTHERN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Florence King, who wrote the next seven titles as well; WASP, WHERE IS THY STING?; REFLECTIONS IN A JAUNDICED EYE; WITH CHARITY TOWARD NONE; LEAVE IT OR LUMP IT; WHEN SISTERHOOD WAS IN FLOWER; WITH CHARITY TOWARD NONE; HE; NOSTROMO-Joseph Conrad; THE LAST ADAM-James Gould Cozzens; BY LOVE POSSESSED-James Gould Cozzens; MEN AND BRETHREN-James Gould Cozzens; ASK ME TOMORROW-James Gould Cozzens; VIRTUALLY NORMAL-Andrew Sullivan; SS SAN PEDRO-James Gould Cozzens; WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE-Robertson Davies; FOOLS OF FORTUNE (I can't believe I've forgotten this author's name); BOON (by two authors, neither of whose names I can remember); THE CLOCKS OF COLUMBUS-Robert M. Coates; ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE-Robert M. Pirsig; MEN OF HONOR-Louis Auchincloss; DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA, OR, THE BOMB PARTY-Graham Greene; CAT'S CRADLE-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS-Kurt Vonnegut (Who dropped the "Junior" with this book); THE FRIENDLY DICKENS-Norrie Epstein; MISS LONELYHEARTS-Nathaniel West; SLEEPLESS NIGHTS-Elizabeth Hardwick; A MIND TO MURDER-P. D. James; DUBLINERS-James Joyce; A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN-James Joyce; THE SUFFERINGS OF YOUNG WERTHER-Goethe (Was he Johanne Von? I can't remember, but it's, well, Goethe, of course); THE FIRM-John Grisham (audio); THE CATCHER IN THE RYE-J. D. Salinger; NINE STORIES-J. D. Salinger; INTRUDER IN THE DUST-William Faulkner; GOD BLESS YOU, MISTER ROSEWATER-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS-James Hilton; LINCOLN'S DREAMS-Connie Willis; PERE GORIOT-Honore de Balzac; WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR-(I think Stephen Runciman wrote this); DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON-George Orwell; ANIMAL FARM-George Orwell; 1984-George Orwell; I LOVED LUCY (I'll find out the author's name and include it sometime soon); HAROLD LLOYD (I'll try to find out this author's name, too); SCARLET AND BLACK-Stendahl; HARD LUCK MONEY-Giles Tippette; ANDORRA-Peter Cameron; THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER-Mark Twain; BARABBAS-Par Lagerkvist; GROWING UP BRADY (by the grown-up version of the kid who played Greg Brady; STRAITJACKET & TIE-Eugene Stein; WHY ORWELL MATTERS-Christopher Hitchens; THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS-William Pene duBois; CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN-Galbraith and Cary; THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO-Charles G. Finney; THE EXORCIST-William Peter Blatty; JAWS-Peter Benchley; THE ENCHANTED FOREST-Christopher Milne; THE BODY SNATCHERS-Jack Finny; RALPH THE HEIR-Anthony Trollope; THE WARDEN-Anthony Trollope; RACHEL RAY-Anthony Trollope; THE WORLD OF NORMAL BOYS-A. M. Sohnlein; THE AGE OF INNOCENCE-Edith Wharton; SUMMER-Edith Wharton; ETHAN FROME-Edith Wharton; LAST STAND AT PAPAGO WELLS-Louis L'Amour; MAURICE-E. M. Forster; BRAVE NEW WORLD-Aldous Huxley; ALL THE ADVANTAGES-Sam Toperoff; THE DEMOCRAT-Sam Toperoff; THE GREAT GATSBY-F. Scott Fitzgerald; O PIONEERS-Willa Cather; WONDER BOYS-Michael Chabon; THE CITY AND THE PILLAR (revised edition)-Gore Vidal; A BETTER ANGEL-Foreman Brown; FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN-Christopher Bram; THE EVENING CROWD AT KIRMSER'S-[I've momentarily forgotten the author's name]; THE BEAUTY OF MEN-Andrew Holleran; FUNNY BOY-Shyam Selvadurai; DRACULA-Bram Stoker; THE WEEKEND-Peter Cameron; THE SAME EMBRACE-Michael Lowenthal; WINESBURG, OHIO-Sherwood Anderson; THE RIDERS-Tim Winton; EATERS OF THE DEAD-Michael Crichton; CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY-W. Somerset Maugham; PIZZA FACE-Ken Siman; FATHERS AND SONS-Ivan Turgenev; THE HAPPY VALLEY-Eric Berne; I HAD TROUBLE IN GETTING TO SOLLA-SOLLOO--Dr. Seuss; THE LAST FLOWER-James Thurber; ALICE IN WONDERLAND-Lewis Carroll; THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN-John Fowles; TOO LONG A SACRIFICE-Jack Holland; LENNON IN AMERICA-Geoffrey Giuliano; RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (I've forgotten the name of the author; a collection of stories, the title of which I cannot remember, by Bernard Cooper; and THE SONG OF ROLAND (I've forgotten the name of the translator.)
The list of books I've started is longer. I've read many short stories and novellas, but very rarely have I read an entire volume of them. I haven't included plays in book form; such as HAMLET.
THE MONKEY IN THE ROCKET-Jean Bethell; CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY-Roald Dahl; JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH-Roald Dahl; THE LITTLE PRINCE-Antoine De Saint Exupery (This was read to me); WINNIE-THE-POOH-A.A. Milne (This was read to me, too); THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER-A.A. Milne (And this); THE MYSTERY OF THE STUTTERING PARROT (starring Alfred Hitchcock's The Three Investigators, and I don't know who wrote it); THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH-Norton Juster; FANTASTIC MR. FOX-Roald Dahl; CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR-Roald Dahl; WOLF STORY-William McCleary; TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD-Harper Lee; THE LADY IN THE MORGUE-Frank. J. Lattimore; THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS-P. G. Wodehouse, who wrote the next six books on this list; BRINKLEY MANOR; THE PLOT THICKENS; THE CATNAPPERS; LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS; UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME; JEEVES AND THE TIE THAT BINDS; MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES-James Thurber; THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE-James Thurber; LENNON REMEMBERS-Jann Wenner (interviewing John Lennon and Yoko Ono); APPLE TO THE CORE-McCabe and Davis; MOBY-DICK--Herman Melville; LORD JIM-Joseph Conrad; UNDER WESTERN EYES-Joseph Conrad; THE SECRET AGENT-Joseph Conrad; THE ROCK 'N' ROLL BOOK OF THE DEAD (I can't remember who wrote it, but I'll try to find out); BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES-David Niven; THE AMERICAN-Henry James; WASHINGTON SQUARE-Henry James; THE SWIMMING-POOL LIBRARY-Allen Hollinghurst; A BOY'S OWN STORY-Edmund White; MYSTERIOUS SKIN-Scott Heim; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE-Jane Austen; PIERRE, OR, THE AMBIGUITIES-Herman Melville; THE CONFIDENCE-MAN--Herman Melville; ISRAEL POTTER--HIS FIFTY YEARS OF EXILE---Herman Melville; PUDDN'HEAD WILSON-Mark Twain; THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN-Mark Twain; THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER-Mark Twain (audio); THE ABOLITION OF MAN-C. S. Lewis; THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS-C. S. Lewis; THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV-Fyodor Dostoevsky in the Garnett translation (audio); Thomas Mann's DOCTOR FAUSTUS in the H.T. Lowe-Porter translation; ALL WE HAVE IS NOW (I'll supply the author's name soon); AVOIDANCE-Michael Lowenthal; IN AWE-Scott Heim; GIOVANNI'S ROOM-James Baldwin; THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES-David Leavitt; THE PAGE-TURNER--David Leavitt; A MARRIAGE BELOW ZERO-Alan Dale; THE AWAKENING-Kate Chopin; SOUTHERN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Florence King, who wrote the next seven titles as well; WASP, WHERE IS THY STING?; REFLECTIONS IN A JAUNDICED EYE; WITH CHARITY TOWARD NONE; LEAVE IT OR LUMP IT; WHEN SISTERHOOD WAS IN FLOWER; WITH CHARITY TOWARD NONE; HE; NOSTROMO-Joseph Conrad; THE LAST ADAM-James Gould Cozzens; BY LOVE POSSESSED-James Gould Cozzens; MEN AND BRETHREN-James Gould Cozzens; ASK ME TOMORROW-James Gould Cozzens; VIRTUALLY NORMAL-Andrew Sullivan; SS SAN PEDRO-James Gould Cozzens; WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE-Robertson Davies; FOOLS OF FORTUNE (I can't believe I've forgotten this author's name); BOON (by two authors, neither of whose names I can remember); THE CLOCKS OF COLUMBUS-Robert M. Coates; ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE-Robert M. Pirsig; MEN OF HONOR-Louis Auchincloss; DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA, OR, THE BOMB PARTY-Graham Greene; CAT'S CRADLE-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS-Kurt Vonnegut (Who dropped the "Junior" with this book); THE FRIENDLY DICKENS-Norrie Epstein; MISS LONELYHEARTS-Nathaniel West; SLEEPLESS NIGHTS-Elizabeth Hardwick; A MIND TO MURDER-P. D. James; DUBLINERS-James Joyce; A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN-James Joyce; THE SUFFERINGS OF YOUNG WERTHER-Goethe (Was he Johanne Von? I can't remember, but it's, well, Goethe, of course); THE FIRM-John Grisham (audio); THE CATCHER IN THE RYE-J. D. Salinger; NINE STORIES-J. D. Salinger; INTRUDER IN THE DUST-William Faulkner; GOD BLESS YOU, MISTER ROSEWATER-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS-James Hilton; LINCOLN'S DREAMS-Connie Willis; PERE GORIOT-Honore de Balzac; WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR-(I think Stephen Runciman wrote this); DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON-George Orwell; ANIMAL FARM-George Orwell; 1984-George Orwell; I LOVED LUCY (I'll find out the author's name and include it sometime soon); HAROLD LLOYD (I'll try to find out this author's name, too); SCARLET AND BLACK-Stendahl; HARD LUCK MONEY-Giles Tippette; ANDORRA-Peter Cameron; THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER-Mark Twain; BARABBAS-Par Lagerkvist; GROWING UP BRADY (by the grown-up version of the kid who played Greg Brady; STRAITJACKET & TIE-Eugene Stein; WHY ORWELL MATTERS-Christopher Hitchens; THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS-William Pene duBois; CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN-Galbraith and Cary; THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO-Charles G. Finney; THE EXORCIST-William Peter Blatty; JAWS-Peter Benchley; THE ENCHANTED FOREST-Christopher Milne; THE BODY SNATCHERS-Jack Finny; RALPH THE HEIR-Anthony Trollope; THE WARDEN-Anthony Trollope; RACHEL RAY-Anthony Trollope; THE WORLD OF NORMAL BOYS-A. M. Sohnlein; THE AGE OF INNOCENCE-Edith Wharton; SUMMER-Edith Wharton; ETHAN FROME-Edith Wharton; LAST STAND AT PAPAGO WELLS-Louis L'Amour; MAURICE-E. M. Forster; BRAVE NEW WORLD-Aldous Huxley; ALL THE ADVANTAGES-Sam Toperoff; THE DEMOCRAT-Sam Toperoff; THE GREAT GATSBY-F. Scott Fitzgerald; O PIONEERS-Willa Cather; WONDER BOYS-Michael Chabon; THE CITY AND THE PILLAR (revised edition)-Gore Vidal; A BETTER ANGEL-Foreman Brown; FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN-Christopher Bram; THE EVENING CROWD AT KIRMSER'S-[I've momentarily forgotten the author's name]; THE BEAUTY OF MEN-Andrew Holleran; FUNNY BOY-Shyam Selvadurai; DRACULA-Bram Stoker; THE WEEKEND-Peter Cameron; THE SAME EMBRACE-Michael Lowenthal; WINESBURG, OHIO-Sherwood Anderson; THE RIDERS-Tim Winton; EATERS OF THE DEAD-Michael Crichton; CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY-W. Somerset Maugham; PIZZA FACE-Ken Siman; FATHERS AND SONS-Ivan Turgenev; THE HAPPY VALLEY-Eric Berne; I HAD TROUBLE IN GETTING TO SOLLA-SOLLOO--Dr. Seuss; THE LAST FLOWER-James Thurber; ALICE IN WONDERLAND-Lewis Carroll; THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN-John Fowles; TOO LONG A SACRIFICE-Jack Holland; LENNON IN AMERICA-Geoffrey Giuliano; RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (I've forgotten the name of the author; a collection of stories, the title of which I cannot remember, by Bernard Cooper; and THE SONG OF ROLAND (I've forgotten the name of the translator.)
The list of books I've started is longer. I've read many short stories and novellas, but very rarely have I read an entire volume of them. I haven't included plays in book form; such as HAMLET.
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