New challenge for the 35 before 35 list

Read all those books from the BBC Big Read Top 200 list of books that I haven’t before.

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I’ve already read:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
4. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
5. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
7. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
8. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë (and never loathed a book so much in my life!)
9. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger (didn’t like this one much either)
10. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
    

    Wind in the Willows (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

11. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
12. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
13. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling
14. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
15. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
16. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
17. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
18. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
19. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
20. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
21. Dune, Frank Herbert
22. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
23. Watership Down, Richard Adams
24. Animal Farm, George Orwell
25. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
26. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
27. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
28. The BFG, Roald Dahl
29. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
30. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell (still makes me cry, every time!)
31. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
32. Mort, Terry Pratchett
33. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
34. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
35. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
36. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
37. Matilda, Roald Dahl
38. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding
39. The Twits, Roald Dahl
    

    The Twits (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

40. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
41. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett (not his best, in my opinion)
42. Dracula, Bram Stoker
43. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, Sue Townsend
44. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
45. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
46. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
47. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
48. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
49. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
50. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan (hated it!)
51. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
52. The Green Mile, Stephen King
53. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
54. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
55. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
56. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
57. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
58. The Witches, Roald Dahl
59. Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White
60. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
61. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery (read in German, but since the original is actually French it still counts!)
62. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
63. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine (this is actually a series, but I’ve read at least 10 Goosebumps books so will let it count!)
64. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
65. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
66. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
67. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
68. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews

So, 68 down. Only another 132 to go. Should be doable in 5 years!
Next one to read is Pride and Prejudice (number 2 on the Big Read list) because I already have the book.

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