This week's Top 10 list is a little unusual. Instead of listing some of the top ten books I've read, today I'm focusing on books I haven't read. This list is a little embarrassing, but here are:
The Top 10 Famous (in many cases, classic) Authors I Can't Believe I've Never Read:
- Jane Austen
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Toni Morrison
- Philip Roth
- Norman Mailer
- John Updike
- Virginia Woolf
- Leo Tolstoy
- H.G. Wells
- Ernest Hemingway
And can you recommend any favorite books by the above authors that I should read?
You're not missing anything with Vonnegut. :(
ReplyDeleteI've never read any Woolf, either, but not from lack of trying. Also: Dostoevsky, Philip Roth, and Agatha Christie.
I've read some of Austen (not all to my own shame) and I enjoy her, I also enjoyed Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. I have a goal to read to classic books a year (my first this year is Vanity Fair by Thackery).
ReplyDeleteother authors I've never read, but would like to are:
Dostoyevski
Tolstoy
Victor Hugo
Those are the ones that popped into my head
I do have a copy of Emma (by Austen) on my to-read shelf, but I never seem to get to it. Maybe this summer.
ReplyDeleteI read a lot of Agatha Christie in high school, and I loved her books! I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury back then and keep meaning to return to some of those old favorites.
Sue
I have never read anything by Truman Capote. Austen's great, try Persuasion, it is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteJess - Capote was another one I considered for my list (but I only had 10 spots!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation!
Sue
I have read Austen, Woolf and was forced to read a Hemmingway in high school, blech! I haven't read a Steven King novel---although I am getting ready to read my 1st one for a challenge!
ReplyDeleteI have something for you here:
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweet.html
*smiles*
Kim
I found your blog by way of Kim's Page after Page.
ReplyDeleteI must admit that I have not read many classic authors either, but I am trying to remedy that. Probably the book at the top of my list is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
I have truly come to enjoy and appreciate Jane Austen (I do love Pride and Prejudice).
I came across blog on Book Blogs.Its really good.
ReplyDeleteI must admit I haven't read Kurt Vonnegut , John Updike..I have read Virginia Woolf and I am a serious Austen fan..
I recommend For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. I read it in high school and loved it. I haven't read Tolstoy either, but he's on my list. Someday I will dive into War and Peace!
ReplyDeleteI like your blog! I found it on the Books group on Facebook. I'll click to follow it on My Dashboard! I'm always up for discovering new books. :)
Hi, Carin -
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my blog and thanks for the book recommendation!
Sue
You haven't read any Jane Austen!!! (That is me screaming the question.) She's my fav! I read one Philip Roth, THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, and loved it. Then I read THE HUMAN STRAIN, and hated it.
ReplyDeleteYou can stop screaming, Anne! Austen is one of the 4 I have read since I wrote this :) I read Emma last summer. Not sure i will read any others - not really my cup of tea. I read Roth's American Pastoral (enjoyed it), Beloved by Tony Morrison (good but tough emotionally), and I listened to Wells' The Time Machine last summer with my husband - we both enjoyed it. We just bought a Hemingway so I hope to get to that soon.
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