Which have you read?

bettielee · Sep 6, 2011

I stumbled across this - the 20 most iconic book covers.

http://flavorwire.com/206111/the-20-most-iconic-book-covers-ever

It was fun to go through and be like "Read it, hated it, read it, wanna read it..."

I've read 10 of these books, remember and/or was influenced by 7 of those I remember, forgot the other 3 but know I read them, haven't read a couple because I don't like the author, put the others down to try and read... etc. And I am going to try and read Catcher in the Rye again, despite hating it in school. It's been a long time.

And I've changed a little since then.

What about you?

Maryn · Sep 6, 2011

I'm not sure what happened, but I could not view past #8. Oddly, while I own or have read the first eight, I only am familiar with two of the covers.

More often, a bazillion reprints and somebody changes the cover. I've owned maybe a half-dozen copies of Catcher in the Rye but have never even seen that cover.

Pauline Nolet · Sep 6, 2011

I've read 14 of them and not one of the covers on the editions I read are the same as the ones shown there.

The site got a little weird for me too but hitting next instead of the numbers allowed me to go through all 20.

backslashbaby · Sep 6, 2011

I've (only) read 9 of them, but I've studied more of them, if that makes any sense. I never have read some that I've read so much about, because the plot is spoiled now

I really should read them, of course!

DeaK · Sep 6, 2011

13 for me. Most of them I read in high school, although just recently I picked up and read Rabbit, run by Updike. I have Rabbit at rest lying around, and am hunting for the intermediate ones.

On the road would be fun to reread – after I finished that, I went on to Ginsberg and Burroughs. My english teacher was worried about me – as he should have been

scarletpeaches · Sep 6, 2011

I've read three of those books, none with the featured covers.

Adam · Sep 6, 2011

Not a single one.

MacAllister · Sep 6, 2011

I've read 18 out of the 20. It would have been all 20, except Atlas Shrugged bored me into a drooling stupor, and Rabbit, Run annoyed me so mightily I chewed the book into little hamster-style shreds.

I've seen all of them in the wild with those covers -- but I'm old, and I also haunt used bookstores.

HarryHoskins · Sep 6, 2011

I'm pretty sure I've read 13 of them, although, what with the drunkeness, sometimes I forget whether I read the book or saw the film. So lets just say 11 to be on the safe side.

MacAllister said:
Rabbit, Run annoyed me so mightily I chewed the book into little hamster-style shreds

Rabbit, Run is in my bookcase awaiting reading. After this anti-recommendation it has to be next up.

DeaK · Sep 6, 2011

MacAllister said:
... and Rabbit, Run annoyed me so mightily I chewed the book into little hamster-style shreds.

I was tempted several times to introduce the book to the wall, but in the end I decided I would take the novel as an example that it is possible to have a hateable character as a protag. It'll be a while before I attempt anything to that level of contemptibility, though. (Apparently hateable is a word, according to my dictionary, but contemptibility is not, alas).

Vito · Sep 6, 2011

I've read 10:

The Great Gatsby
A Clockwork Orange
1984
Catcher in the Rye
The Godfather
Death of a Salesman
On the Road
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lord of the Flies
Fahrenheit 451

And I'm currently reading The Grapes of Wrath.

Except for The Godfather, none of 'em had the "iconic" book cover featured on the list.

bettielee · Sep 6, 2011

Adam said:
Not a single one.

This surprises me.

MacAllister said:
I've read 18 out of the 20. It would have been all 20, except Atlas Shrugged bored me into a drooling stupor, and Rabbit, Run annoyed me so mightily I chewed the book into little hamster-style shreds.

This does not.

Adam · Sep 6, 2011

bettielee said:
This surprises me.

Meh. There are a hell of a lot of books out there, y'know. Can't read 'em all.

bettielee · Sep 6, 2011

I haz a disapoint.

NO! J/k!

I feel the same way. I sometimes despair of how many books there are. And that I may not get to all of them.

haha! actually, some of those I've just read in the last year. I won't say how many years I have on you... I'm sure you'll get to some of them!

JSDR · Sep 6, 2011

Read a few of them. The woman on the Lolita cover looked pretty old. heh...

Someone once compared me to a character on Atlas Shrugged. Never read that one. Hopefully it's not about a serial killer...

Adam · Sep 6, 2011

bettielee said:
I'm sure you'll get to some of them!

Oh, no doubt. Especially if I can get 'em cheap. :tongue

bettielee · Sep 6, 2011

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 6, 2011

I've only seen 3 of those covers. How can they be iconic in that case?

And I'll have to go back and see what the books were. I forgot to pay attention if I read them or not.

OK. I read 8 and attempted 2 others and intend to read another 3.

Which have you read?

bettielee

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Maryn

Baaa!

Pauline Nolet

backslashbaby

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DeaK

scarletpeaches

Adam

Not dead.

MacAllister

'Twas but a dream of thee

HarryHoskins

Straw-fed

DeaK

Vito

Recalled to life

bettielee

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Adam

Not dead.

bettielee

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

JSDR

wants moar baddassery.

Adam

Not dead.

bettielee

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

Which have you read?

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Baaa!

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Not dead.

'Twas but a dream of thee

Straw-fed

Recalled to life

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Not dead.

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

wants moar baddassery.

Not dead.

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Court Jester

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