You Couldn't Pay Me to Read That (Take 2)

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Finnegans Wake

tekijä: James Joyce

5,321 jäsentä

57 arvostelua

3.9

Global Rank 48

9 Members: thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, suitable1, dste, rretzler, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Selitykset: aulsmith: I admit to liking to hear bits and pieces of this read by Sioban McKenna, but I'll never read it myself.

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Miehet jotka vihaavat naisia

tekijä: Stieg Larsson

43,138 jäsentä

1,747 arvostelua

4

Global Rank 159

10 Members: aulsmith, SylviaC, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, John_Vaughan, Luisali, MissJessie, lisamunro, Lyn5r, mspixieears,bookwoman84 ,gilroy ,schmootc ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay , , ,sjmccreary ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,cej1027 , , ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Okalinnut

tekijä: Colleen McCullough

7,543 jäsentä

147 arvostelua

4

Global Rank 143

2 Members: SylviaC, Dilara86,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,MissJessie

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The Beatles Anthology

tekijä: The Beatles

1,680 jäsentä

10 arvostelua

½ 4.5

Global Rank 130

4 Members: gilroy, AnnaClaire, Dilara86, eclecticdodo,Edward ,pammab ,SilentInAWay , ,elkiedee ,Bretzky1

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Piin elämä

tekijä: Yann Martel

43,573 jäsentä

1,013 arvostelua

3.9

Global Rank 169

5 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, Dilara86, MissJessie, mspixieears,gilroy ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay , , ,EmScape ,sundancer ,merrystar ,SylviaC ,souloftherose ,marq ,eclecticdodo ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: gilroy : I pearl ruled this after just a few chapters. It isn't worth the read from what I could tell.
aulsmith: The movie was schlocky enough.

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Middlemarch

tekijä: George Eliot

17,703 jäsentä

330 arvostelua

4.2

Global Rank 188

Member: SylviaC,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Viattomuuden aika

tekijä: Edith Wharton

13,892 jäsentä

300 arvostelua

4

Global Rank 197

Selitykset: AnnaClaire : I read this one, and without the incentive of cash and/or assignment. (Oh, and I don't normally read a lot of fiction, either.)

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Tuulen varjo

tekijä: Carlos Ruiz Zafón

27,849 jäsentä

1,038 arvostelua

4.1

Global Rank 182

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1Q84 : osat 1-3

tekijä: Haruki Murakami

8,900 jäsentä

352 arvostelua

3.8

Global Rank 177

Member: MissJessie,Edward ,SilentInAWay ,amysisson , ,aulsmith , ,Jarandel ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: aulsmith : On my backlog, though it's a little long to read without being paid.

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Lolita

tekijä: Vladimir Nabokov

31,713 jäsentä

557 arvostelua

4.1

Global Rank 167

7 Members: countrylife, aulsmith, SylviaC, ncgraham, cej1027, chwiggy, annus_sanctus,gilroy , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , , ,EmScape ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: aulsmith: No.

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Koraani

tekijä: al-Qur'an

670 jäsentä

15 arvostelua

3.8

Global Rank 142

4 Members: gilroy, aulsmith, susiesharp, annus_sanctus,Edward ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire , ,merrystar ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Selitykset: annus_sanctus: Worst religious book in the world (by the way, there is not just one Arabic translation, there are at least 14 variations!)

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Mrs. Dalloway : romaani

tekijä: Virginia Woolf

20,593 jäsentä

329 arvostelua

3.9

Global Rank 176

3 Members: SylviaC, ncgraham, mspixieears,Edward ,eromsted , ,SilentInAWay ,thorold , ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Pygmalion

tekijä: George Bernard Shaw

6,726 jäsentä

78 arvostelua

3.8

Global Rank 195

Member: John_Vaughan,Edward ,eromsted , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Selitykset: aulsmith : I like Shaw. I hope to read all of him before I die.

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Alice B. Toklasin omaelämäkerta

tekijä: Gertrude Stein

2,678 jäsentä

43 arvostelua

½ 3.6

Global Rank 173

Selitykset: aulsmith : The more I read about Stein, the more I think I should read this book.

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Kolea talo

tekijä: Charles Dickens

13,674 jäsentä

247 arvostelua

4.2

Global Rank 193

3 Members: SylviaC, eclecticdodo, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: aulsmith : My best friend thinks this is the best Dickens, so it's on my TBR list.

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Yksinäinen sydän

tekijä: Carson McCullers

10,707 jäsentä

243 arvostelua

4

Global Rank 160

3 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, susiesharp,eromsted ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Da Vinci -koodi

tekijä: Dan Brown

70,193 jäsentä

1,305 arvostelua

½ 3.5

Global Rank 139

17 Members: eromsted, liamfoley, foggidawn, rajukv, ghilbrae, smcwl, thorold, countrylife, aulsmith, Cecrow, sundancer, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, cej1027, MissJessie, saintjamesluther, annus_sanctus,bookwoman84 ,gilroy , , ,schmootc , ,dara85 ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,Percevan ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 , , ,mspixieears ,chwiggy ,SFF1928-1973 ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: AnnaClaire : I won't pretend I'd recommend reading it, but it was painless enough.
aulsmith: I already read the book he used as his starting place and that was a bad enough time waster.
annus_sanctus: Never understood people believing all the lies in that book
-pilgrim- : It is fun to read in the "so bad it's hilarious" category

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Taivaan pilarit

tekijä: Ken Follett

27,209 jäsentä

753 arvostelua

4.2

Global Rank 184

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, souloftherose,Edward , ,bookwoman84 ,SilentInAWay , , ,sjmccreary ,kceccato ,Jarandel ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Selitykset: aulsmith: Too long.

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Humiseva harju

tekijä: Emily Brontë

51,885 jäsentä

698 arvostelua

3.9

Global Rank 199

2 Members: gilroy, aulsmith,Edward ,eromsted , ,cpg , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 , ,mspixieears ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: aulsmith: Once was enough.

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Häivähdys purppuraa

tekijä: Alice Walker

19,685 jäsentä

334 arvostelua

4.1

Global Rank 170

2 Members: John_Vaughan, annus_sanctus, ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay , ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: Morphidae : Really? Wow. It's one of my all time favorites.
annus_sanctus: The reason being Oprah Winfrey .....

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Sota ja rauha

tekijä: Leo Tolstoy

28,734 jäsentä

455 arvostelua

½ 4.3

Global Rank 198

2 Members: SylviaC, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg ,Morphidae , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,marq ,kceccato ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset: Morphidae : Still trying to get this started.
aulsmith : On my TBR list.

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Harry Potter (1–7)

tekijä: J. K. Rowling

12,333 jäsentä

171 arvostelua

½ 4.6

Global Rank 200

3 Members: aulsmith, auntSteelbreaker, John_Vaughan,timspalding ,Edward , ,gilroy ,foggidawn ,SilentInAWay ,amysisson ,AnnaClaire , , ,EmScape ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,susiesharp ,souloftherose ,eclecticdodo ,rretzler ,kceccato ,cej1027 ,mspixieears

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Muodonmuutoksia = Metamorphoseon. Libri I-XV

tekijä: Ovid

13,165 jäsentä

102 arvostelua

4.1

Global Rank 189

2 Members: MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted ,Morphidae , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,marq ,kceccato ,chwiggy
Selitykset: Morphidae : I was pleasantly surprised with how good this was.
aulsmith : On my backlog.

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Kissansilmä

tekijä: Margaret Atwood

9,100 jäsentä

162 arvostelua

3.9

Global Rank 163

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1

tekijä: M. H. Abrams

2,517 jäsentä

7 arvostelua

4

Global Rank 174

Selitykset: aulsmith : Admittedly I'll never read it cover-to-cover, but there's some good stuff in here.

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Zen ja moottoripyoran kunnossapito

tekijä: Robert M. Pirsig

18,766 jäsentä

283 arvostelua

3.8

Global Rank 148

3 Members: dara85, Dehinde, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , , ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,

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Odysseus

tekijä: James Joyce

24,069 jäsentä

376 arvostelua

4

Global Rank 155

7 Members: dara85, cpg, chgstrom, rretzler, kceccato, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted , ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Selitykset: aulsmith : Much better than Finnegin's Wake. I'm not a big fan, but I do re-read parts from time-to-time.
kceccato: I don't dispute Joyce's importance to literature, but his style is not to my taste. If I have to read him, I'll read his short stories.