Unread Books that I have Read

I was reading a great little blog the other day, Bibliotica, and she had a list of the

106 books most often marked as unread by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded.

Well I’ve read a few and have several on my bookshelves so I thought I’d give it a go.  I’m not going to list all of them only the ones I do have and have read.  If you want to check out the original list go here. 

The books that are bolded I’ve read and the others I own but have not read.  Why do I have books that I haven’t read?  Your guess is as good as mine.  Most of them because I saw them at some book sale or another and thought oh, I should read that! But somehow I haven’t found the time yet.  I’ll get there though!

The other thing I found interesting about this list is that a great many of these books were required in one of the many classes I’ve taken.  Some of the others I know are required by teacher friends of mine. 

• Wuthering Heights- Good book that I was forced to read in high school.  Not sure if I would have read it on my own
• Don Quizote
• Moby Dick
• Ulysses
• Madame Bovary - I read this one in college, good but not my favorite.
• The Odyssey
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Great Expectations
• Atlas Shrugged - Someone told me this was similar to Alas, Babylon so I gave it a try.  Good but not as good as Alas, Babylon.
• Memoris of a Geisha Loved this book and I loved the movie!
• Middlesex
• Wicked
• The Canterbury Tales
• The Fountainhead I read this because I liked Atlas Shrugged.  Good.
• Middlemarch I read this one in college as well.  Good, but it took some effort to get into it.
• Frankenstein
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Dracula
• 1984 I read this in high school and loved it.  I’ve read it a few times since then and like it more each time.
• Angels & Demons Really not sure how this book fits with the rest of the list but I read it and liked it…read it because of how much I liked The Da Vinci Code.
• The Picture of Dorian Gray Not sure why I read this but it was all kinds of creepy.
• Tess of the D’Ubervilles Yet another college requirement.  Not my favorite.
• Oliver Twist
• Gulliver’s Travels
• Les Miserable
• Slaughterhouse Five Here is where I’m going to upset a bunch of people.  I was forced to read this in college and I hated it.  I even told the professor how much I hated it..not the best idea I ever had.  One of the few books I’ve disliked intensely but there you have it.  I’ve had people tell me I’m an idiot for hating it but at least I’m an honest idiot, right?  
• Lolita I read this in college and didn’t like the content.  But it was well written.
• The Hobbit How could anyone have NOT read this??  I love this and the entire series.
• Treasure Island
• David Copperfield Read this when I realized it was a classic that I hadn’t read…will probably end up reading the rest of the books on this list (maybe even the entire hundred from the other list who knows) for the same reason
• The Three Musketeers

Which of the books have you read and what did you think of them?