Books to read before you die

Despite the fact that this subject line sounds like a joke it's not. The Guardian Unlimited has published the results of a survey conducted by the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), "in which librarians around the country were asked the question, "Which book should everyadult read before they die?"". It's an interesting quesion and whilst I'm sure we ALL have differing opinions about the topic, the list below is one I'm going to try and fulfil before I'm 30:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


2. The Bible


3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien


4. 1984 by George Orwell


5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


8. All Quite on the Western Front by E M Remarque


9. His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman


10. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks


11. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck


12. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding


13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon


14. Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy


15. Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne


16. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte


17. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham


18. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell


19. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


20. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger


21. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold


22. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran


23. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens


24. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


25. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


26. Life of Pi by Yann Martel


27. Middlemarch by George Eliot


28. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver


29. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess


30. A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn

So far I've read only 1 on that list *blushes*. I'll do better, I promise! :D

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