Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Total on February 24-- 522

Years with 10 points: 1941,1943,1951,1958,1967, 1919, 1928, 1955, 1933, 1924, 1947, 1938

My score would have been a lot lower without the Harry Potter books.
As well, I would not have read as many of the top five books without goodreads. This is a good resource to learn about books I might not normally have read.

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2014
The Martian (#2)

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1930
The Maltese Falcon (#3)

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1948

Blueberries for Sal (#5)

1955 + 1 (526)

Harold and the Purple Crayon (#4)

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1966 + 1 (527)

Wide Sargasso Sea (#4)

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1933 +1(528)

The Story About Ping (#4)

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1971 +1(529)

The Lorax (#3)

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1955+4 (533)

Lolita (#1)

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1919 +2 (535)

My Man Jeeves (#2)

I now have all five books from that year.

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1973 + 1 (536)

Rendezvous with Rama (#3)

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2010+1 (537)

Room (#3)

1972 +1 (538)

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (#3)

1987 + 1 (539)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (#5)

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1947+ 1 (540)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (#5)

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2017 + 1(541)

Norse Mythology or Lincoln in the Bardo

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Pippi Longstocking (#2)

1945 + 1(543)

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The Waste Land and Other Poems (#5)

1922 +1 (544)

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The Magnificent Ambersons (#5)

1918 +1(545)

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Winnie-the-Pooh (#2)

1926 +1 (546)

Winnie the Pooh is one of my favorites. It stands the test of time so well and the characters are so wonderful.

I read Winnie the Pooh to my daughters when they were small. I love it even more now. I like the way Eeyore Talks. In. Capitals.

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The Land That Time Forgot (#4)

1918 +1 (547)

Update - Now have all five books

The House at Pooh Corner (#4)

The Call of Cthulhu ( #5)
1928 + 3 (550)

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The Secret of the Old Clock (#5)

1930+1 (551)

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane (#5)

2013 +1 (552)

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Letters to a Young Poet (#4)

1929

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Beezus and Ramona (#5)

Now have all 5 books for 1955.

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The Red Pony (#2)

Now have all 5 books for 1933.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (#4)

2004

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The Story of Babar (#3)

1931 +1 (558)

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The Trial(#3)

1925 +1 (559)

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Death of a Salesman (#3)

1949+1 (560)

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead(#3)

1966 +1 (561)

December Update:

Total: 564 (This is the accurate number of points.)

Years with 10 points: 1919, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1943, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1967, 1953, 1947

Update 1959

Starship Troopers (#2)

564 +1 =565 points

Update 1953

Nine Stories (#4)

Now have all five books.

Update 1949

The Martian Chronicles (#2)

567+1= 568

Update 1931

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (#5)

568+1= 569

Update 1924

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (#4)


I now have all five books for 1924

Update 1947

A Streetcar Named Desire (#3)

The Pearl (#4)

I now have all five books for 1947.

Update 1952

Waiting for Godot (#5)

Update 1971

The Lorax (#3)

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As I Lay Dying (#1)

Now have all ten books for 1930

Update 1971

The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (#4)

Update 1942

The Boxcar Children (#3)

Now have all 5 books for 1942.

Update 1917

Summer (#3)

Update 1956

Howl and Other Poems (#3)

Review of points:
1917 to 1936 - 146
1937 to 1956 - 157
1957 to 1976 - 122
1977 to 1996 - 77
1997 to 2017 - 80

Total = 582

My goal is to reach 600 points.

Update 1938

Anthem (#2)

584 points

Update 1959

The Haunting of Hill House (#5)

585 points

Update 1970

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (#1)

590 points