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2/25/2007 - Books I have read

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This is one entry only, which I will keep updating whenever the need arises. I'm classifying all the books I remember having ever read, except comic books, school books, and my small collection of sports books, into five categories. Also, I can read several languages and I don't know the English titles for most foreign language books, so they probably won't show here, but?the ones I do know will appear in brackets. Books in italics have been read by me thru the age of fourteen. Ratings for these books refer to my opinion at the time of reading.

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1. I strongly encourage you to read:

De komst van Joachim Stiller - Hubert Lampo D
Die Blechtrommel - Günter Grass G

From a Buick 8 - Stephen King

Four past Midnight - Stephen King

It - Stephen King

Jakob, der Lügner (Jacob The Liar) - Jurek Becker G

Kiss Kiss - Roald Dahl

Koot graaft zich autobio - Kees van Kooten D

Krabat - Ottfried Preussler G
La Divina Commedià - Dante Alighieri
La Nuit - Elie Wiesel F

Le petit prince (The Little Prince) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry F

Les jeux sont faits - Jean-Paul Sartre F

Lightning - Dean Koontz

Modermismen - Kees van Kooten

Needful Things - Stephen King

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Oeroeg - Hella Haasse

Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin

Stupid White Men - Michael Moore
Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone - James Baldwin

The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul

The Plot against America - Philip Roth

The Revelation - Bentley Little

The Stand - Stephen King

The Time Machine - HG Wells

The Walking - Bentley Little

Tin Toeval en de kunst van het verdwalen - Guus Kuijer

Die Traumnovelle - Arthur Schnitzler
True Crime - Andrew Klavan
Uitgeverij Guggenheimer - Herman Brusselmans
Veertig - Kees van Kooten

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2. You probably should read:

Alles moet weg - Tom Lanoye
Black Lightning - John Saul
Candide - Voltaire
Cell - Stephen King
City of Masks - Daniel Hecht
De donkere kamer van Damokles - W.F. Hermans
De engelandvaarders (trilogy) - K. Norel
Der Untergang (Downfall) - Joachim Fest

De stomme van Kampen - Thea Beckman

Dispatch - Bentley Little
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

Dude Where's My Country? - Michael Moore
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Faust - Goethe

Fightclub - Chuck Palahniuk
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Go Tell It on The Mountain - James Baldwin
Het bittere kruid - Marga Minco
Le avventure di Pinocchio (The Adventures of Pinocchio) - Carlo Collodi

L'Etranger (The Stranger) - Albert Camus

Mark en de Soldaten - Kees Holierhoek

Max Havelaar - Multatuli
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
Paradise Lost - John Milton
Puk van de Petteflet - Annie M.G. Schmidt
The Catcher in The Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Covenant - James Michener

The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Shining - Stephen King

The Store - Bentley Little
The Witches - Roald Dahl
This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

Turks fruit (Turkish Delight) - Jan Wolkers
Vol de nuit - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Vrouwen met een IQ - Herman Brusselmans
Washington, DC - Gore Vidal
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3. I allow you to read:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Bag of Bones - Stephen King
Big Sur - Jack Kerouac

Carel ende Elegast - I dunno
Das Parfum - Patrick Süskind
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
De boeken der kleine zielen - Louis Couperus

De brug - Geert Mak
De grote wereld - Arthur Japin

De klucht van de molenaar - Bredero
De ronde van '43 - Henri Knap
Gummi Tarzan - Ole Lund Kirkegaard DK

Herr Biedermann und die Brandstifter - Max Frisch
Het gouden ei - Tim Krabbe
Kort Amerikaans - Jan Wolkers

Land of Echoes - Daniel Hecht
Silas Marner - George Eliot
The BFG - Roald Dahl
The Blackstone Chronicles - John Saul
The Burning - Bentley Little
The Fixer - Bernard Malamud
The Funhouse - Dean Koontz
The Hound of The Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
The Invisible Man - HG Wells
The Mailman - Bentley Little
The Return - Bentley Little
The Summoning - Bentley Little
The Vanishing - Bentley Little
Tristan - anonymous

University - Bentley Little
Verzet tussen de rails - Wim van Zwol

War of The Worlds - HG Wells

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4. Read at your own risk:
Esio Trot - Roald Dahl
Hide and Seek - Ian Rankin
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

Matilda - Roald Dahl

Misery - Stephen King

Spitzen - Thomas Roosenboom

The Association - Bentley Little

The Colorado Kid - Stephen King

The Dark Half - Stephen King

The Policy - Bentley Little

The Resort - Bentley Little

Vechten voor overmorgen - Evert Hartman

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5. I strongly encourage you to torch:
The Eagle Has Landed - Alistair Maclean
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Le Carre

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PENDING:

open to suggestion

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Authors I am prejudiced against:
Tom Clancy
Michael Crichton
John Grisham
John Le Carre
Robert Ludlum
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Should you have established a pattern here and know of any titles I will definitely post in category one upon reading, feel free to share it with me. I promise to look into it within 4-6 months! Yep, I'm famous for my promises!



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5/1/2006 - Books

Posted by trampoleena

I've read quite a few books on your lists - the ones in English - I too am a King fan, and I like what I've read of Bentley Little. That last category -- books I'd like to torch? Try reading anything by Danielle Steele. I guarantee you'll find something torch worthy.

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5/1/2006 - not a chance in h*ll

Posted by dutchboy

Sorry, but there's not a chance in h*ll that I would read that. My mom made me watch some of the movies, and I hate them so much I don't even want to think about reading the books. And what I haven't read I won't torch. Thanks for reminding me of what not to read, though.

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5/1/2006 - about Bentley Little

Posted by dutchboy

Yeah, I too generally like what I've read of Bentley Little. There's just one negative side to his stories: The Store, The Association, The Policy, and several others are very much the same story, just projected on different things. Of these books I would say The Store is by far the best. Read that one, and you can leave several others at the bookstore.

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5/1/2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Soraya

lol! loved the list. I was having one of the worst days ever but your list has put me in a better mood thanks. Just wish you had put at least one name in the 'books you should torch' section ;-P

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5/10/2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Soraya

so glad you added two names to the list. Bad books need to be named so the world can be saved from them

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