which books should i include in 100 books to read before i die?

Question

i love reading books and want to read some really great ones but i cant decide which ones to read.you can give me the names of the most exciting,inspirational and fun books you've ever read including the classics but others too.

Answer 1

Bible

Gita

da vinci code

angels and demons

love story-erich segal

the dairy of a yong girl-anne frank

the kite runner-khaled hosseini

HP series

the alchemist-pualo coelho

like the flowing river-paulo coelho

midnight's children-salman rushdie

tuesday's with moorie-mitch albom

pride and prejudice

to kill a mocking bird

the god of small things-arundhati roy

Answer 2

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlen

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The End of Alice by A.M. Homes

Night by Elie Wiesel

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

The Stranger by Max Frei

Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer

Venus in Furs by Leopold Von Sacher Masoch





I also think everyone should have read and should read Madeleine L'engle's books as a child. Anything by Marquis De Sade or James Ellroy.



I could go on, but I think I'll stop there. The real point is, there are many, many books you should read before you die. Why limit yourself to 100?

Answer 3

Check out "The Flying Deuce" by Brian Linn Smith. It's gotten good reviews on amazon. Here's the back cover.



Murder in the Mountains



Rob Allen lost his youth and his leg in Iraq. Being the single parent of a four year old girl has given him a reason to recover and paramedic school has given him the means. A disciplinary transfer has displaced him from his native Manhattan into the secluded mountains of northern Pennsylvania. His fears of boredom are quickly replaced by a struggle for survival. When Rob realizes that a traffic accident victim was actually murdered he enlists the help of Deputy Coroner Anna Drake. As the two investigate they discover that the crime of the city has its roots in the beautiful mountains. They become targets and race to stop the killer before more of their informants, or they and their families die.

Answer 4

People..... he/she doesn't mean that they only plan on reading 100 books. They mean which 100 books should they make sure they read at some point. Books they don't wanna miss.



It really depends on your preferance and what sort of stuff you like to read. Like personally.... I've read a ton of classic literature and am not sure there was any I would recomend. Now don't get me wrong.... it is important for someone who wants to be an author or teacher to read certain books like Romeo and Juliet, Beowulf, etc to see where things came from but just books people should read for fun? Nah...



Like a book that meant a lot to me.... was "Bushido, The Way of the Warrior". But I doubt that would be on many peoples lists. Its just what interests me....

And like for a young country boy.... Where the Red Fern Grows, The Yearling, Rocket Boys, etc. But that may not apply to you or interest you....



So to think of books everyone should read.... I would say books that are important to your generation. Books that were phenomenons. Harry Potter for instance. You should read them just to give them a chance to see what you might be missing if you didn't because clearly everybody else thinks your missing something. So think about books that were phenomenons or are now.



Its hard.... I just don't feel right giving you my personal list of books because I don't know you.

Answer 5

Harry Potter- no one can go without this book :D

To Kill A Mockingbird- you cannot live without reading this

December Stillness- sad and inspirational

The Bible- greatest book written, all the answers to life :D

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn- a worthwhile read

The Diary of Anne Frank- historic yet fun and touching

Elsewhere- makes you think

Story of the Dog in the Nighttime- funny and kinda sad

Where The Red Fern Grows- so sad and touching

Little Women- romance, funny parts, life lessons

The Five People You Meet In Heaven- Worthwhile book

Lovely Bones- people either love it or hate it

All the Classics are worthwhile

Anthem- philisophical and powerful

There are also numerous short stories you can read that dont have to count as books in ur top 100 books but can be just as moving and entertaining as one

Answer 6

I'm going to assume/ hope that you've read the religious books pertinent to your faith. . . The Human, The Orchid, and The Octopus by Jacques Cousteau because he was brilliant and the book is insightful, mixing hard facts with pure awe. The Allegory of the Cave in Plato's Republic, because it sets the standard for allegory. Or you can substitute Robert Penn Warren's version, The Cave. The Norton Anthology of Poetry, because there are so many ways to see our world. Novels are a hard category, because many are so good, but never "perfect." I'll say Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, because it shows the unexpected ripple effects that can come from a life. The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck because it made me laugh until I cried, and sometimes it is good to be silly.

Answer 7

The Monk who sold his ferrari-Robin Sharma

The da vinci code-Dan Brown

Love Story-Eric Segal

The Secret Code-Rhonda Byren

5 point someone-Chetan bhagat

The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho

Who Moved My Cheese-Spencer Jonson

Midnight's Children-Salman Rushdie

The Story of My Experiments With Truth-Mahatma Gandhi

No Limits-The Will 2 Sucess-Michael Felip

& the list is endless dude!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

The Brothers Karamazov

Far From the Madding Crowd

Tess of the D'urbervilles

The Great Gatsby

The Princess Bride

Wicked

Tuesdays with Morrie

Answer 9

The Picture of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde

Engleby-Sebastian Faulks

Frankenstein-Mary Shelley

The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank

Dracula-Bram Stoker





I'm sure there's loads more...

Answer 10

I am on book number 657 and have a to read list of ~350.

so my experience tells me, that some books are important to read when you are young, or when you are married, or when you have kids, or when you have already a bit of life experience etc etc.

So, definite lists do not exist.



There are lists like 1001 books to read before you die and they are helpful.

A good way of finding books that can become important books to you: use goodreads.com,, it is a free, non-commercial website which is community based, so you can look what people who have the same taste as you have read and what they said about the books.

Answer 11

Gone With The Wind, Les Miserables (by Victor Hugo),Michelle Remebers (By Michele Smith) The Dead Zone (Stephen King)The Color Purple

Answer 12

Your only going to read 100 books before you die? That doesn't seem like many... Anyway, any book by Karen Kingsbury are really good reads.

Answer 13

The Blood Confession by Alisa Libby. It's gory, it's horribly dark, and the main character is insane and based off of Elizabeth Bathory but it's absolutely fantastic.



Battle Royale by Koushun Tamaki. It's violent but it's thrilling, shocking, and definitely not to be missed.

Answer 14

bible..or any book that professes religion..

mahabharatha..

1984

war and peace

harry potter-just cause its so much fun

to kill a mocking bird

gone with the wind

pride and prejudice

jane eyre

a christmas carol

of human bondage

girls at war

crime and punishment

my experiments with truth

the alchemist

les misrables

...

.....it goes on and on and on..amazing how a book can be a window to the world isnt it??

Answer 15

Definitely Cirque Du Freak series (its in english) by Darren Shan

Also Tuck Everlasting and Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.

Answer 16

You can read 99 books on the topic of your interest but the last one i mean 100 one ,i would like to suggest you according to your religion( that i don't know) must be Bhagwat Geeta,Bible,The al Quran, the Hadees,etc

Answer 17

Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit

Memoirs of a Geisha

The Road

Kidnapped

Marley and Me

Answer 18

The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger

About Holden Caulfield the three days he spends on his own after getting kicked out of high school (again).

Boy Meets Boy- David Levithan (ALL of his books, but that one first)

Boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy gets boy back. Simple plotline, AMAZING book.

And Last, but NOT LEAST

Hero- Perry Moore

Butt kicking teenage superhero. What's not to love?

Answer 19

The Harry Potter Series

Twilight Series

Artemis Fowl Series

Answer 20

I know some people that read only a hundred books each year.

You should try to read as much as you can. Science fiction and other generes i find very interesting.,

Answer 21

the perks of being a wallflower

the count of monte cristo

the portrait of dorian grey

Answer 22

the bible/ quran

harry potter

lord of the rings

the stand

the da vinci code

to kill a mocking bird

angles and demons

the catcher and the rye

Answer 23

THE QURAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!