A lot of people will probably be posting this list with an aside noting that they are so smart for having read some amount of the titles listed, so I figured why not me?
The 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to present.
Between high school, college and the last almost-ten years, I've read 20 of the titles. And that's without ever having read Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret which was included along with works by Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and other canonical works of American fiction. I know it's influential and all, especially among women who were once teenage girls, but does "influential" equal "best"?
Posted by Doug at October 17, 2005 07:33 PMYou have me beat. Only 10 and one was "Are You There God?"
Posted by: Joe at October 18, 2005 11:33 AM12, and that's without Judy Blume.
Posted by: Tracie at October 18, 2005 03:04 PMWow, 11 (including Margaret), and perhaps 5 where I can't remember if I read it...
Posted by: Marylee at October 19, 2005 03:03 PM26! That's a great list!!
Posted by: Tina at October 19, 2005 05:12 PM