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<blockquote data-quote="Arken" data-source="post: 645642" data-attributes="member: 3469"><p>Bear in mind I'm only 17 so I haven't read all that so I might miss some stuff that I'll respect hugely later in life or after being through University (I just got replies from the universities I applied to to study english <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />). Also I'm doing this quickly so I'm sure to miss something <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Fantasy: (Haven't actually read that much)</p><p></p><p>1. The Lord of the Rings</p><p>2. Discworld Novels (sorry couldn't seperate them)</p><p>3. The wizard of earthsea</p><p>4. The hobbit</p><p>5. The Silmarillion</p><p>6. Gormengast trilogy</p><p>7. Owlflight, Owlsight, Owlknight - Mercedes Lackey</p><p>8. Weaveworld</p><p>9. The Finovar Tapestry trilogy</p><p>10. The Dragons of Pern series</p><p></p><p>Sci-Fi: (even shorter list)</p><p></p><p>1. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy etc.</p><p>2. Dune</p><p>3. 1984</p><p>4. The Otherland series</p><p>5. The war of the worlds</p><p></p><p>Fiction: (Can't really rank them unfortunately...so jsut a list of greats)</p><p></p><p>Shakespeare's plays - Particularly The Tempest and King Lear, Love those <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Anna Karenina</p><p>Gulliver's Travels</p><p>Dickens in general - let's say Great Expectations <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p><p>The Brontes - Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights in particular</p><p>The Tale of Genji</p><p>Sherlock Holmes stories</p><p>Dracula</p><p>The Solitaire Mystery, Sophie's world</p><p>The God of Small Things </p><p>Erewhon</p><p>Lord of the Flies</p><p>Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 20,000 leagues under the sea</p><p>Morte D'Arthur</p><p>George Elliot in general</p><p>A passage to India</p><p>The Pilgrim's Progress</p><p></p><p>Whatever there are loads more that I value just as highly but never mind I'll stop there...</p><p></p><p>Poets:</p><p></p><p>1. Ovid's Metamorphoses</p><p>2. Homer, the Illiad and the Oddesy</p><p>3. Virgil, The Aeneid</p><p>4. Dante's Inferno, Pergetorio and Paradiso</p><p>5. Andrew Marvell</p><p>6. Edgar Allen Poe</p><p>7. Robert Frost</p><p>8. Milton, Paradise Lost</p><p>9. Blake</p><p>10. Spenser</p><p></p><p>Old Texts and Mythology</p><p></p><p>1. The Norse Myths especially the lead up to Ragnarok</p><p>2. Beowulf</p><p>3. The dream of teh Rood</p><p>4. Sir Gawain and the Green KNight</p><p>5. The Myths of the Cordillera in the Phillipines</p><p>6. Tam Lin (I think that's what it's called)</p><p>7. Anansi stories</p><p>8. The tale of Perseus</p><p>9. The tale of Theseus</p><p>10. Native american Mythology</p><p></p><p>Again hard to pin down that catagory and there are a lot of things I would have mentioned but couldn't...</p><p></p><p>Children's Stories.</p><p></p><p>1. The Dark Materials Trilogy</p><p>2. The Narnia Stories</p><p>3. Winne the Pooh</p><p>4. Alice in Wonderland and through the looking glass</p><p>5. The Neverending Story</p><p>6. Harry Potter</p><p>7. Just So Stories</p><p>8. The tale of the Firebird</p><p>9. The fairytales of the brother's grimm</p><p>10. Oscar Wilde's children's stories</p><p>11. Hans Christian Anderson's fairytales</p><p></p><p>Lol. I think I'd better stop now, I'll do philosophy and sociology etc. some other time. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">EDIT:</span> On second thoughts I might as well put them down now...</p><p></p><p>Philosophy, Psychology, History etc.: ( no order)</p><p></p><p>The Heart of Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh</p><p>Certain Books of the Bible - Genesis & Exodus, the book of Job, Psalms, The four Gospels, Revelations</p><p>Apocryphal books of the bible - The Gospel of Truth, The Gospel of Thomas (I've only read parts of them)</p><p>Politics - Aristotle</p><p>Summa Theologica - Aquinas (heavily edited <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p>Meditations - Descartes</p><p>Books introducing Philosphy (varied, sorry not to be more specific)</p><p>The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (Though you may want to find an updated version, I've seen them about)</p><p>The Capital - Karl Marx </p><p>The Tao of Pooh the Tee of Piglet - Philosophy through Winnie the Pooh, REally good but I can't remember the author <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>There are a few more I can't remember but nevermind.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arken, post: 645642, member: 3469"] Bear in mind I'm only 17 so I haven't read all that so I might miss some stuff that I'll respect hugely later in life or after being through University (I just got replies from the universities I applied to to study english :)). Also I'm doing this quickly so I'm sure to miss something ;) Fantasy: (Haven't actually read that much) 1. The Lord of the Rings 2. Discworld Novels (sorry couldn't seperate them) 3. The wizard of earthsea 4. The hobbit 5. The Silmarillion 6. Gormengast trilogy 7. Owlflight, Owlsight, Owlknight - Mercedes Lackey 8. Weaveworld 9. The Finovar Tapestry trilogy 10. The Dragons of Pern series Sci-Fi: (even shorter list) 1. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy etc. 2. Dune 3. 1984 4. The Otherland series 5. The war of the worlds Fiction: (Can't really rank them unfortunately...so jsut a list of greats) Shakespeare's plays - Particularly The Tempest and King Lear, Love those :) Anna Karenina Gulliver's Travels Dickens in general - let's say Great Expectations :p The Brontes - Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights in particular The Tale of Genji Sherlock Holmes stories Dracula The Solitaire Mystery, Sophie's world The God of Small Things Erewhon Lord of the Flies Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 20,000 leagues under the sea Morte D'Arthur George Elliot in general A passage to India The Pilgrim's Progress Whatever there are loads more that I value just as highly but never mind I'll stop there... Poets: 1. Ovid's Metamorphoses 2. Homer, the Illiad and the Oddesy 3. Virgil, The Aeneid 4. Dante's Inferno, Pergetorio and Paradiso 5. Andrew Marvell 6. Edgar Allen Poe 7. Robert Frost 8. Milton, Paradise Lost 9. Blake 10. Spenser Old Texts and Mythology 1. The Norse Myths especially the lead up to Ragnarok 2. Beowulf 3. The dream of teh Rood 4. Sir Gawain and the Green KNight 5. The Myths of the Cordillera in the Phillipines 6. Tam Lin (I think that's what it's called) 7. Anansi stories 8. The tale of Perseus 9. The tale of Theseus 10. Native american Mythology Again hard to pin down that catagory and there are a lot of things I would have mentioned but couldn't... Children's Stories. 1. The Dark Materials Trilogy 2. The Narnia Stories 3. Winne the Pooh 4. Alice in Wonderland and through the looking glass 5. The Neverending Story 6. Harry Potter 7. Just So Stories 8. The tale of the Firebird 9. The fairytales of the brother's grimm 10. Oscar Wilde's children's stories 11. Hans Christian Anderson's fairytales Lol. I think I'd better stop now, I'll do philosophy and sociology etc. some other time. :D [SIZE=3]EDIT:[/SIZE] On second thoughts I might as well put them down now... Philosophy, Psychology, History etc.: ( no order) The Heart of Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh Certain Books of the Bible - Genesis & Exodus, the book of Job, Psalms, The four Gospels, Revelations Apocryphal books of the bible - The Gospel of Truth, The Gospel of Thomas (I've only read parts of them) Politics - Aristotle Summa Theologica - Aquinas (heavily edited :D) Meditations - Descartes Books introducing Philosphy (varied, sorry not to be more specific) The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (Though you may want to find an updated version, I've seen them about) The Capital - Karl Marx The Tao of Pooh the Tee of Piglet - Philosophy through Winnie the Pooh, REally good but I can't remember the author :( There are a few more I can't remember but nevermind..... [/QUOTE]
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