Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

Completed: 26/26 FINISHED!


A - Annie Henderson - "Momma" - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 1/18/22
B - Axel Borg - On The Seaboard by August Strindberg 3/11/22
C - Walter Claireborne Rawlev - Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster 6/16/22
D - Dionisio Vivo - Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières 2/5/22
E - Evangelina Ranquileo - Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende 3/1/22
F - Mrs Felice Charmond - mistress of Hintock House in The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy 1/11/22
G - Agnes Grey - Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë 4/14/22
H - Henri Christophe - The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier 5/16/22
I - Ida Mancini - Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 2/22/22
J - Julian - Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor 2/13/22
K - Karl - The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke 5/10722
L - Louise Roland - Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant 5/4/22
M - Greta Margolin - City of God by E.L. Doctorow 6/2/22
N - Nwafo - Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 3/29/22
O - Obinze Maduewesi - Amerikana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1/27/22
P - Perceval - The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino 4/15/22
Q - Peer Qvist - The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary
R - Regnak Wanderer - Legend by David Gemmell 3/25/22
S - Malik Solanka - Fury by Salman Rushdie 5/14/22
T - Jack Torrance - The Shining by Stephen King 3/21/22
U - Ursula - Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Non-Existent Knight by Italo Calvino 2/20/22
V - Publius Vergilius Maro - The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch 1/25/22
W - Dr. Wilbur Larch - The Cider House Rules by John Irving 4/28/22
X - Xi Qiaomu - Contact by Carl Sagan 1/30/22
Y - Yusef - The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene 2/4/22
Z - Colonel Friedrich Kraus von Zillergut - The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek 4/9/22

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F - Mrs Felice Charmond - mistress of Hintock House in The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

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A - Annie Henderson - "Momma" - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 1/18/22

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V - Publius Vergilius Maro - The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch 1/25

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O - Obinze Maduewesi - Amerikana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1/27/22

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X - Xi Qiaomu - Contact by Carl Sagan 1/30/22

Dina wrote: "Update

X - Xi Qiaomu - Contact by Carl Sagan 1/30/22"

Copy Cat!

Oh wait.... I haven't finished yet... but I'm reading it now and that's my plan as well.

Sean wrote:

Copy Cat!

Oh wait.... I haven't finished yet... but I'm reading it now and that's my plan as well."

I’m glad I could help find the "hard" letters. :) I find it interesting that I found 2 locations in this book that start with the letter X. Xian and Xinjing Province. Last year I had trouble finding that letter.

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Y - Yusef - The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene 2/4/22

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D - Dionisio Vivo - Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières 2/5/22

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J - Julian - Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor 2/13/22

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U - Ursula - Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Non-Existent Knight by Italo Calvino 2/20/22

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I - Ida Mancini - Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 2/22/22

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E - Evangelina Ranquileo - Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende 3/1/22

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Q - Peer Qvist - The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 3/4/22

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B - Axel Borg - On The Seaboard by August Strindberg 3/11/22

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T - Jack Torrance - The Shining by Stephen King 3/21/22

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R - Regnak Wanderer - Legend by David Gemmell 3/25/22

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N - Nwafo - Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 3/29/22

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Z - Colonel Friedrich Kraus von Zillergut - The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek 4/9/22

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G - Agnes Grey - Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

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P - Perceval - The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino 4/15/22

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W - Dr. Wilbur Larch - The Cider House Rules by John Irving 4/28/22

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L - Louise Roland - Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant 5/4/22

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K - Karl - The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke 5/10722

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S - Malik Solanka - Fury by Salman Rushdie 5/14/22

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H - Henri Christophe - The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier 5/16/22

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M - Greta Margolin - City of God by E.L. Doctorow 6/2/22

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C - Walter Claireborne Rawlev - Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster 6/16/22

Finished!