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PBS started a new show called 'The Great American Read'. How many of 100 books (or series of books) have you read? -- (link)

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Sep 6 '18, 19:46

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Only 21 here, most of which I barely remember. (www.pbs.org)

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38 -- nm - Covington Sep 7, 03:29
19 -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 03:00
56. I mean, as long as it's not supposed to be a *top* 100 list, it's not bad. it's a good swathe of pop and lit fiction over the last ~150 years. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 21:00
47 -- nm - Flavorize Sep 6, 20:50
24 -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 20:43
42 -- nm - Ender Sep 6, 20:20
27. Also, I take huge issue with some of the books on here. -- nm - colin Sep 6, 20:14 4
- So do I. -- nm - . Sep 6, 20:29
- I haven’t read Great Expectations, but I have read other books by Dickens. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:20 2
  - He's... tough. I like some, but not all of them. -- nm - colin Sep 6, 20:24 1
    - I read David Copperfield. I know what you mean. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:26
22 -- nm - decline Sep 6, 20:10
Jesus ... 9. I’m a literary wasteland. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:08 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 20:34
32 -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 20:08
30, and one of my all time favorites is on there. -- nm - . Sep 6, 20:04
24. Disgusted as usual 50 Shades is on a list like this. -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 20:03 6
- That and The Marian kind of balance each other out for works that are very much of this age - JD Sep 6, 20:07 5
  - The DaVinci Code though? What balances that out? -- nm - colin Sep 6, 20:17 4
    - Anne of Green Gables -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:21 3
      - Could you be more wrong? -- nm - colin Sep 6, 20:24 2
        
        Not likely. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:26 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - colin Sep 6, 20:26
38 - JD Sep 6, 19:58

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