How many have you read?

[Nikola S]

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books liste here. How does your reading habits stack up?

http://cunninghamfan.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-many-have-you-read.html

[Joana]

I've read 22 of them. There's another 7 that I vaguely recall reading (back in school) but I can barely remember them and I can't honestly say I ever finished them, what with the whole group projects and what not, so I didn't count those.

[Ann-Kat]

That's a cool list, though it seems slightly random in its selections--I fully expected there to be more literary classics (and by classics, I means books not exactly written in our generation) or banned books.

In any event, I've read about 30 with another 10 being on my TBR shelf (yes, I actually have copies of the books and they are officially waiting to be read).

[Joana]

(yes, I actually have copies of the books and they are officially waiting to be read).

That's nothing to be ashamed of! I've got a few of those as TBRs as well.

[Lynda Coker]

I read at least 36. A few, I couldn't remember if I'd seen the movie or read the book. *grins* - I didn't count those.

[Book Calendar]

I have read 25 of them. I would not want to read many of them.

[Lisa Gleaton]

I'm with you!

[Laura gerold]

http://lauragerold.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-well-read-are-you.html

I've read 55. I like how there is a nice mix of old and new on this list.

[sari]

Wow, no wonder I don't get out much. I have read 39. I wonder how the BBC picked these book titles? It is a very interesting list.

[Lisa Gleaton]

I've read 41, but I'd love to see the article or hear the story behind this. Are these books supposed to be 'important' or indicative of anything in particular? I'm sure I'm not the only one who was stunned to see some books included and so many great reads excluded. How many have you read, Nikola? :-)

[Sarbear]

I did this a while back -- here is my posting with my responses:

http://mylifeisaneffingfairytale.blogspot.com/2009/08/bbc-99-should...
I have read 24+
I think it's interesting the BBC believes that because know I have read around 24 of them, completely, and a good portion (definitely more than six) of those were for my high school classes. I was also very lucky because my second grade teacher read the Hobbit aloud to us.
Did anyone else have to read any of these for school?

[Wayne Hurlbert]

I have read 34 of the books, but they are almost exclusively the older titles. The list is interesting. It would be interesting to know how they compiled the list.