I think I've read a dozen of these (ignoring the ones I'd italicize). Mostly overlap with yours, though I've also read the Harry Potter and Narnia series.
I'm actually surprised the total is as high as seven. These are great books (by which I mean either "really good", "really important", or both) but there are a lot of great books that didn't make the list, and a lot of the books on here are really tough to read (by which I mean "really bad", "really challenging", "really old (meaning style or value difference issues)", or other reasons). Certainly there are a lot on this list that I have no interest in reading.
BTW, any idea who came up with the list? BBC, or are they quoting somebody else?
I'm trying to think of what kind of list would include Grapes of Wrath, A Christmas Carol, Remains of the Day, Harry Potter, and DaVinci Code, and yet leave out Neuromancer, or even Frankenstein. I want to say these books have all been made into movies, but there are a number of titles I'd have to cross-check with IMDb to see if there are corresponding films (and I doubt the Complete works of Shakespeare have been filmed...). Besides, that doesn't explain missing Frankenstein.
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I'm actually surprised the total is as high as seven. These are great books (by which I mean either "really good", "really important", or both) but there are a lot of great books that didn't make the list, and a lot of the books on here are really tough to read (by which I mean "really bad", "really challenging", "really old (meaning style or value difference issues)", or other reasons). Certainly there are a lot on this list that I have no interest in reading.
BTW, any idea who came up with the list? BBC, or are they quoting somebody else?
I'm trying to think of what kind of list would include Grapes of Wrath, A Christmas Carol, Remains of the Day, Harry Potter, and DaVinci Code, and yet leave out Neuromancer, or even Frankenstein. I want to say these books have all been made into movies, but there are a number of titles I'd have to cross-check with IMDb to see if there are corresponding films (and I doubt the Complete works of Shakespeare have been filmed...). Besides, that doesn't explain missing Frankenstein.