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Pingback by Arukiyomi » 1001 Books to Read Before You Die - the spreadsheet — May 21, 2007 @ 7:59 am
There’s an anomaly here: 1001 books you MUST read (as if any not on the list aren’t as worthy), and it’s based on ‘the development of the novel’. Ah, so there aren’t any non-fiction titles worth reading then? What a pointless exercise.
Comment by George Buck — May 30, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Hey George… I didn’t make the list nor name it. I’m sure you can find a way to contact Mr Boxall with your criticisms if you want.
I can’t think what’s more pointless than pointing out something is pointless to someone who really enjoys something… but there you go
Comment by John — May 30, 2007 @ 5:48 am
85. Though I could add another 5-10 if I could count books I’d started and got bored with… And another 20 are on my invisible ‘to be read’ list…
Comment by meli — June 1, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
wow Meli – exactly the same as me at the moment!
Comment by John — June 1, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
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Pingback by A Few Summer Readings at aquatique.net — June 5, 2007 @ 9:03 am
Dropping by from Dewey’s Blogroll Game. Downloaded the list. Am a voracious reader, so I truly wonder out of the 1001 how many I’ve read?
Comment by Christine — June 5, 2007 @ 10:42 am
Very cool. Thanks so much for making this spreadsheet available. I’m at about 100 on my first run-through just noting down the books I remember off the top of my head (though I’m sure that I’ve missed many books that I have actually read) and I have a bunch of the newer ones on Mt. TBR (to be read).
Anyway, I found your blog through Dewey’s Blogroll game.
Comment by karen — June 5, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
Wow, thanks for the spreadsheet, it’s amazing, so many reccomendations. It’s inspired me to pick up all those books that i’ve left on my shelf waiting for a rainy day.
I’m pretty chuffed that i’ve already read 12.3% of the books without even trying (or 123 books)! But perhaps I only think i’ve read some of those books because i’ve seen the films so many times….
Comment by victoria hume — June 6, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
… by the way, i have a copy of wildswans if you fancy a swap for something else on the list x email me if you’re interested
Comment by victoria hume — June 6, 2007 @ 7:21 pm
Wow, I wasn’t aware of this book – I may have to check out my library’s copy. Cool spreadsheet. I’ve read 49.
Comment by Tiny Librarian — June 15, 2007 @ 4:45 am
Thank you for doing this. It has inspired me to search out some of those books I keep meaning to read.
Comment by Lorna — June 25, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
Thanks so much for the list – it’s really nice and nifty. I’ve only read 33 so far, but hey, I’m only 18, and unless I die early, I still have plenty of time.
Comment by Mei-yi — July 3, 2007 @ 4:52 am
Alain de Botton’s Essays On Love is really good.
It’s full of keen observations on humans. It’s not a cheesy, romance story. It’s a love story for sure, but it takes a philosophical stance on it.
Comment by Mei-yi — July 3, 2007 @ 4:55 am
What a great service you have done by posting this. I love a good list and I love a good spreadsheet! I too, own this book and am using it as a guide. I also use the Modern Library’s list of the Top 100 books of the 20th Century (not surprisingly there is overlap with the 1001 list). Also Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust is a great resource.
I have read 131 of the books on the 1001 list.
Comment by Thomas — July 6, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
It’s hard to see in my comment above but there are some hyperlinks there you might find interesting.
Comment by Thomas — July 6, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
@ Thomas – thanks for the comments and the links. If there is more than one link in a comment, my blog holds it for moderation.
Anyway, I’ve checked out your spreadsheet fetish. Very detailed! You have far more free time than I do it seems
My blog is basically fulfilling the same function really i.e. a searchable database of info I want to collect about books I read. If others want to read it too, that’s great. If not, no worries. I’ve often thought of adding info about where I got the book, where I started it and finished it but these would too often be rather mundane and repetitive. Do you find yourself purposefully going somewhere to finish a book just so you can record it on your spreadsheet?
Comment by Arukiyomi — July 6, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
I don’t get obssessive about where I finish a book (I don’t keep track of that) but I do get obssessive about the number I read each year.
Comment by Thomas — July 18, 2007 @ 12:32 pm
The choice of books on Boxall’s list is odd in places to my way of thinking, but many thanks for making this available (though the formulae didn’t translate to Microsoft Works Spreadsheet and I had to put in my own). I’ve read 56 of them and have a few more on my shelf waiting to be read. Doubt I’ll ever get very high on this list, thouhgh, as I love non-fiction equally.
many thanks.
Comment by John Hopper — July 21, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
Thanks for the spreadsheet. I’ve seen the ook, but haven’t managed to find the money for a copy. I find that I’ve read 106 of the books on Mr. Boxall’s list. A few others I’ve attempted. Anyway, it’s a fun exercise.
Comment by Sherry — July 22, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
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Pingback by Book-spotting #28 at Semicolon — July 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
Sweet, thanks! I have this book and have just putting little black dots next to the titles I’ve read (not sure where I am now, maybe 60 read). This a great spreadsheet!!
Comment by Trish — July 27, 2007 @ 1:25 am
Thanks so much for the spreadsheet!
I know how much work must have gone into it so I thought I’d better actually thank you for it.
Now I have an awful lot of reading to go do…
Comment by Trinah — August 15, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
This spreadsheet is great! Thank you for publishing it.
I’ve only read 45 of the books, there’s a long way to go. If nothing else its a good way to find suggestions when I can’t figure out what to read next.
Comment by Sara — September 28, 2007 @ 9:26 am
I’ve read 72, though that includes a few I never made it all the way through. I’m ready to try Focoult’s Pendulum again but last time I got part way in and decided I needed to take notes to keep track of the plot and characters. And while Naked Lunch and Ulysses are certainly classics I know few people who have finished them bu many like myself that have tried.
One thing that surprised me was seeing how many I knew from seeing the movie, or at least being aware of it, but didn’t’ realize was based off a book. Can we get partial credit for the movie, or a column to track which one’s we’ve seen? ;^) I realize the movies are probably a shadow of the books but it’s hard to get motivated to read a book when I’ve already seen the plot summarized as a movie.
Comment by mal — October 5, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
Hello Arukiyomi, i like your spreadsheet i have given a link of this in my blog. Do you prefer pdf format or the traditional paperbacks?
Comment by Omer Tariq — October 28, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
oh I can’t read on a pc screen for too long before my head explodes. I like paper…
Comment by Arukiyomi — October 28, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
Damn. I thought I’d read at least a hundred of these. Thanks for the spreadsheet.
Comment by LBell — October 30, 2007 @ 6:12 am
Thanks for the spreadsheet. Tried to compile one like it last year and gave up on it. This one is much prettier than any I could have come up with.
Comment by forestsprite — November 5, 2007 @ 6:06 pm
you’re welcome forestsprite… I’m glad it’s pretty enough for you
Comment by Arukiyomi — November 5, 2007 @ 6:47 pm
wow…
i wasn’t expecting to have read as many on the list as i had…
37…
still got a ways to go!
thanks for sharing this, it is so cool…
i am going to send all my book-loving friends here!
Comment by gkgirl — November 6, 2007 @ 5:41 am
Excellent list – many thanks for sharing it with us all!
I’ve read 170 but none in 20nn and only 64 (9%) of those in 19nn. Looks like I’ve some catching up to do. I’ll share the spreadsheet with my friends & family.
Comment by Jonathan — November 7, 2007 @ 5:50 am
Wow thanks! the list is really motivating! good work!
Comment by niu — November 14, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
Mm, I’ve only managed 21 thus far.
Sadly enough.
Comment by Rebekah — November 15, 2007 @ 9:07 am
very cool, thanks!
I only totaled 97 books, and a handful were read waaaaay back in college… but now I have the checklist, and will not be allowed to die until I finish the list. That is the way it works, isn’t it?
Comment by JK — November 16, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
ha ha! No, dying could happen any day. But, let’s face it, if reading your way through 1001 books is better than dying, it’s high time you gave more thought to the only inevitable event of your entire life.
… isn’t it?
Comment by Arukiyomi — November 16, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
This is a lovely spreadsheet! I especially like the “you have to read xx books per year” feature. Now, I may be exposing my spreadsheet cluelessness here, but how do I “check” a title off as finished so it automatically adds it to the books read total at the top?
I’ve been working with this list for a year, and am really enjoying it. I don’t actually have Boxall’s book (I’m planning to get it) so my progress through the titles has been more-or-less dependant on the generosity of folks like you who share the list with the rest of us **laughs**
For the sake of sharing, I get most of my “1001″ books through trades and “bookrings” at http://www.bookcrossing.com — we even have a yahoo! group of members helping eachother through the list (1001mustreadbooks). Consider this an invitation **Smiles** thanks!
Comment by GateGypsy — November 18, 2007 @ 5:59 am
Hi GateGypsy
thanks for the lovely comment. It’s easy to check off a book as read, simply type r in the red box next to the book you’ve read. The spreadsheet will do the rest.
Comment by Arukiyomi — November 18, 2007 @ 9:49 am
Your excel file is UNBELIEVABLE! Wow. Very impressive indeed – I love lists but my Excel skills aren’t quite there yet. I’ve been looking for a reliable list on what books I should read, that contained all the classics and good picks of contemporary literature. Where’s Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ though?
I’ve read 92 books on the list and had a further 10 or so already on my bookshelf waiting for me.
As with every country’s book lists, this one is quite biased towards English language literature – which I find a shame. Nevertheless, it’s a nice guide to inspire my future reading choices. Actually I already went to a charity shop today and bought 11 books that are on the list!
Thank you so much for the Excel list, I’ll be sure to pass it on to my friends!
Comment by Heta — November 21, 2007 @ 9:36 am
oh Heta thanks so much for the great comment. Much appreciated…
Homer’s Odyssey was one of my favourite books at school so I share in your disappointment there… and narkfulness that I can’t check it off the list!
Comment by Arukiyomi — November 21, 2007 @ 9:23 pm
Nice, thank you for the spreadsheet. Homer’s Odyssey, Dantes Inferno, Holy Bible didn’t make the cut either, which surprised me. I like your spreadsheet and while it’s a complete list of the reference you disclosed, we can always add our own or subtract on an individualized spreadsheet. I just thank you for the going through the extra effort to put it on the website that was pretty neat of you. William Shakespere’s works were omitted and then we can discuss the controversial writings of Twain etc. I have my work cut out for me. I believe I will have to read 200 pages a day for the rest of my life to get all done. Thanx a mill…
Comment by Lori R — November 26, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
Thanks Lori… although, with all due respect, I believe you are mistaken about the Bible. It’s not the book that didn’t make the cut. It’s the list that didn’t make the cut in that department
Comment by Arukiyomi — November 26, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
My friends and I edited this list greatly, culling out quite a bit and adding an enormous amount – nonfiction, poetry, genre lit and the biggest classics which were skipped.
We’ve made it an automated spreadsheet too, albeit online. You can visit it here, and email me at hundertwasser@yahoo.com if you’d like to add to it or score yourself online.
http://tinyurl.com/385y7d
Comment by moe — November 28, 2007 @ 4:54 am
Oh, and BTW, I’m at 208 on the modified list of 520; I was 254 on the list of 1001.
We added in the Old Testament, as it’s certainly the most influential work of fiction on that list.
Comment by moe — November 28, 2007 @ 4:56 am
thanks for the comments moe however, if you’re going to ascribe the Old Testament to fiction, you’re going to have to persuade a huge body of scholarship that they have been in error about a whole lot of history. The Bible is one of the most historically verified works of antiquity that exists. It’s interesting that you didn’t consider the New Testament for addition either although I’d have the same comment to make.
Comment by Arukiyomi — November 28, 2007 @ 5:14 pm
Thank you for the download. I’ve read 1.3% of the list. I started reading at a late age. So at 34 now I have to read about 21 books a year. Sounds like a challenge.
Comment by Jennifer — November 29, 2007 @ 5:40 am
thanks for the list…at only 50 books, i’ve got some reading to do! but i do feel pretty excited that a roughly equal number of those books were chosen by me to read, as were chosen by my long-ago english teachers!
Comment by fireweaver — December 3, 2007 @ 10:31 am
Along with others, many thanks for this invaluable list. Just wondering though, in order to make my shopping easier-and because memorising the whole list proving insanely impossible-is there a way I might manipulate the excel(lent) file to produce a list alphabetised by author, and of course alongside their respective works? Many thanks in anticipation to anyone who may help.
Cheers
David
Comment by David Croft — December 7, 2007 @ 8:05 am
Hey, thanks a lot for the list. But you know what you should do if you would like to explore deeper? Make a breakdown of the original languages of the books. Of course the majority would be English, but I’d like to see which languages come up next!
Comment by Jay — December 9, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
183 so far.
Thank you!
Comment by gattopardo — December 14, 2007 @ 8:22 am
54 books so far.
Many more not on list.
Bummer.
Beautiful spreadsheet.
Comment by Rachael — December 18, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
Comment by Maximus — December 20, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Thank you very much! I have just received my very own copy from Father Christmas – now I have book and download. I know there is the LJ group as well – it is where I found this site! Only 35 books read so far so I have a bit of a way to go! Enjoying War and Peace at the moment and have joined a great Yahoo group who are supporting and discussing it with one another.
Thank you
Julie
Comment by Juliette — December 26, 2007 @ 3:02 am
122! I’m lucky, I guess, I only have to read 16 books a year ’til I die… at that rate, I’m doing pretty good. However, I do have some qualms with how many times certain authors hit the list (Coetzee, Roth) and the lack of diversity on the list. Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, etc., but I miss any kind of “eastern” participation. That is, where is Wu Ch’eng-en, Cao Xueqin, Shi Nai’an and Luo Guanzhong? Too hard to spell, perhaps.
For a lot of various lists of book prize winners, check out Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_5901212_3?ie=UTF8&node=542942&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1VXETK6NCP54F5BS3XXH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=344632201&pf_rd_i=283155
Lists of the Booker, National Book, Nobel, and Pulitzer Prizes can be found there. I find the Bookers to be consistently terrific.
Comment by Jessica — December 28, 2007 @ 8:34 am
Thank you! This is an awesome tool!!!
Comment by Christie — December 29, 2007 @ 4:10 am
Read 7.89% of the list. Need to read 16 books per year if.
Thanks for this great tool. It’s really useful!
Comment by Congenitally Disturbed — December 31, 2007 @ 12:11 am
Thanks for the “1001″ spread sheet. One minor edit: line 438, author’s name is mispelled. “Donald Barthelme”. Thanks again.
Jim Meyer
Comment by Jim Meyer — December 31, 2007 @ 11:21 pm
Hmmmm… I go on holiday (Sri Lanka rocks) and I get a ton of comments. Thanks guys.
@ Jessica – thanks for the link
@ Jim – thanks for letting me know that. Version 2 which I hope to release this spring, has that error corrected.
Comment by Arukiyomi — January 4, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
Wow. Only 167 of the books I have read in my 47 years have made it onto this list. To think I majored in English and American literature! I now feel short-changed.
Comment by Carol Dean — January 5, 2008 @ 8:32 am
this is amazing! I just had a ton of fun going through the list and got sad when I realized that I only read 166, and even more discouraged when I realized that most of those reading was done in high school. Time to get this lazy bum into reading mode again; what a terrific find for a new year’s resolution. =) thanks!
Comment by Julie — January 5, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Hi, really great list! Is it okey if I edit it to make it into the Norwegian edition of 1001 books…?
Comment by Plekter — January 6, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
@Plekter – sure, be my guest…
Comment by Arukiyomi — January 6, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
Very nice spreadsheet. I wonder how easy it might be to do one for the Booker winners/shortlist, Hugo winners/shortlist, Pulitzer…etc.
Thanks
Comment by Kilgore Trount — January 12, 2008 @ 2:25 am
WOW! I was working on a spreadsheet myself, and finding this saved me HOURS of work – I don’t have enough words to express my gratitude! Truly, nicely done. I’ve read only 60; if I plan to read them all before I die, my average would need to be 31 per year. My usual average is 50 per year, but I think I’ll save the ones I’m least interested in, as well as those I’ve started before, for last, and reserve some reading time for non-fiction, as well. Hmm, I wonder whether Boxall has released recommendations for non-fiction, yet?
Comment by KatheD — January 29, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Good work here but still, I have been reading 1 book per week since i was 16 ( currently 24) and it appears I’ve read only 90 good books from this list. I have a sheet of my own, but this one can be helpfull too so i’ll use it , thank you very much
P.S: There is a bout 100 books from this one which are not that good to be included in the MUST READ list, for example “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time “- strongly recommended for younger readers.Oh, one more thing: Why so many H.G W’s novels?
Comment by Azra — February 1, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
Ha, I take offense that it says “if you are a western female” … what it that SUPPOSED to mean?
Seriously, this is a great list. Will never run out of good books to read, instead of indulging in too much fluff or chick lit (what is it with shopping and princesses?).
I’ve read a pitiful 32 books. So that means I need to read an average of 21 books if i were a WESTERN female. Do you think Boxall knowns what average no. of books an Asian woman would have to read? Haha.
Comment by aloi — February 9, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
Thanks for the spreadsheet! I’m at 42. I discovered the “1001 books” list through Shelfari, and decided to do some searching on it. I found a link to this site through Wikipedia. This is so much easier than trying to tag all the books I’ve read on Shelfari! And so satisfying to see it turn from red to green! Well done.
Comment by rachel — February 10, 2008 @ 5:15 am
Thanks so much for the spreadsheet. I found it through Librarything. I am an avid reader, but not disciplined so I have read most of the authors, but not necessarily the titles on the list. or I have spent far too much time reading miscellany or other fiction. Also, I have read some of the books, but so long ago that perhaps they don’t count since I didn’t have more than a “yes, read that” reaction. Perhaps I should reread and I should write up the books I read as well as read with more awareness.
Ah, well. I had better get back to my book, which isn’t on the list, but is quite good none the less.
Comment by Rebecca — February 18, 2008 @ 1:54 am
Hey!
I read 41, yay! ^^ And I’m currently reading Jane Eyre, another one to cross off! It was kind of disturbing to see I had to read 18 a year to get through the entire list, but then again, I live a healthy live, I’m sure I can take it easy… ::-D
Thank you a lot for the spreadsheet! Good work!
Comment by Vonnie — February 20, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
man! i feel like a delinquent! have read just 16 and am posting among the likes of 40s to multiple hundreds! have got time on my side though and 21 books per year shouldn’t be too hard to manage
thanks for the spreadsheet John, its a priceless guide! cheers!
Comment by pranay — February 25, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
typical delinquent error.. name confusion..! thanks Arukiyomi, after a hundred apologies
Comment by pranay — February 25, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
I’ve read 47 so far. I’ve miles to go before i sleep.
Comment by akaellen — March 7, 2008 @ 12:07 am
I’ve got a Mac and it won’t let me download the spreadsheet. So disappointed as it sounds great. If a Mac-compatible one is developed, PLEASE let me know!
Comment by Kate Smeeton — March 7, 2008 @ 7:51 am
I have only read 8.9%, and I thought I was an avid reader. I think I am an avid booklover moreso, but the exercise did remind me of some I do want to read and haven’t gotten around to, and of some I never heard of, and wonder about reading. I kept a list of what I’d read for 10 or 15 years, then got distracted. Between BookMooch and Library Thing, I am far too distracted these days.
Comment by Nanci — March 10, 2008 @ 6:13 am
Great spreadsheet, thanks! I’ve set myself a mission now. =)
I’ve read 39 of the books, but the required 16 a year to complete sounds fairly realistic methinks.
Comment by Jess — March 17, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
Marvelous Accomplishment!! I was thinking of attempting to put these in an Excel SpreadSheet so I could sort by Title or Author and you have saved me a LOT of work I read the list on somseone’s bookshelf at BookCrossing and printed it out so I could look and see if I had any to send out or read. Thank you so much!! Anyone who thinks it was time wasted needs to try such a project sometime. Kuddos to you!!
Comment by BookNannyAL — March 18, 2008 @ 11:29 pm
Thanks for the list (like you haven’t already heard that before). I’m only up to 49 the first time through, but there are some that I think that I may have read but am not sure (guess that means that I need to read them again). I only need to read 28 per year to complete the list in my lifetime. Hah! like that’ll happen, I have a hard time structuring my reading. But it’ll be interesting to see how many I happen to pick up and read as I go along through life.
Comment by wes — March 28, 2008 @ 10:12 am
114… No Robertson Davies?!?
Comment by scott — March 31, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Hi, just found this through LibraryThing. Thanks
I’ve only read 101 of the books on the list. I’ve got at least another 36 of these books at home which I have either started and got fed up with or have bought and never opened. Good opportunity to save some money this year. Wonder if I could count Don Dellilos Underworld and James Joyces Ullyses as one as I’ve read at least half of these books several times. Myabe this is the year I’ll make it to the end of them.
I’ve still got to read 25 a year which is a little daunting particularly since my annual average is only about 26 and I’ve loads of other books I want to read that are not on this list.
Thanks again
Comment by Angie D — April 7, 2008 @ 1:01 am
Sorry!!
I think the list is incomplete!
Thanks……….i found it resourceful that some great names which i had not noticed/seen.
But definitely i will try to read all of the books mentioned there.
Bohemian
Comment by Bohemian — April 9, 2008 @ 12:12 am
Thanks a Million!!!!!! It was really thoughtful of you to make up this excel sheet and “then” keep it for download…I am sure this excel sheet will be with me for a long time..
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Wow! Thankyou for compliing this. I’ve done Excel spreadsheets of books I want to acquire to read and entered price, ISBN, pages, size, weight, Amazon sales rank, and Amazon cost (discounted price) to help me decide the priority of reading and acquisition.
I’d love to see a program where one can search for all these ‘1001 Must Read BYD’ books (or any other titles in an Excel spreadsheet) from retail store data like Amazon and merge that data like price, ISBN and pages to total up the costs and pages.
Anyone know about datamining programming/codes to ’scrape’ the ISBNs of all these books and then to Import these ISBNs into a bookswapping site or Wishlist??? That’d be great to do! How long did this file take to compile? I’d say grabbing all these ISBNs would take around about 10 seconds to paste into Amazon and then another 10 seconds to copy Alt+Tab back to the sheet and paste it. Then 5 seconds to copy the next title and go back to Amazon.com to search. So that’s four books a minute so that’s around 250 minutes. Just over 3 hours. Otherwise you can have 10 people break it up into 100 books each and each do it for half an hour and then merge each 100 ISBNs into one single final spreadsheet online using writely.com Any takers? John have you considered posting this file on scribd.com for thousands of other people to download and add stuff like the ISBNs and pages to it. Let me know, as I can do it if you want.
….and for some entrepreneurial type to compile all those 1001 Books into a boxes and ship them out to people for the final price of $8000 or so (so about an average $8 per book, when you consider many of them are mass printed and still being reprinted due to popularity. Many of the books prior to 1940 or so would be on Gutenberg.org as E-Books or in ‘public domain’).
I’d do it ‘cos I don’t usually read fiction, yet am interested in those good popular classics that are in 1001BTRBYD, I’ve probably only read about 20 or so of this List.
I’d seriously buy all those books in one pack. So anyone got a big book store or trade books willing to compile all those 1001 titles so I can read them? LOL. Heck I’m even willing to pay a 10% premium of the retail price (which would be around $15,000 RRP) as it would pay me back in saving time searching for and buying them individually. I’d save time to then go explore through Strand, 2nd hand and antique stores for out of print non-fiction politics, esoteric, history and academic texts.
Has someone thought of this or done this? Or with the Movies books? Wow can you imagine paying $30,000 or so for the 1001 DVDs in that book?
Anyhow thanks again and anyone interested or to discuss this you can search for my userID adamogiovane at LibraryThing.com Shelfari.com GoodReads.com or BookMooch.com and Add me or send me a message that way.
I saw this link from GoodReads.com
(Apologies for the LONG post, take it as a sign of my gratitude and excitement over such a list and prospects of collaborating online with other bibliophiles!)
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11.19% — Thank you for doing this! It was fun to do — !
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[...] You may change your list at any time and cross-posting to other challenges is permitted. The only requirement is that your ten book choices must be on the ‘1001 List‘. Another helpful tool is an Excel spreadsheet by Arukiyoma that is found here. [...]
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[...] this awesome Excel spreadsheet made to calculate what percentage of the 1,001 books you’ve already read but unfortunately, I only have Excel viewer and couldn’t seem to edit the spreadhseet to [...]
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[...] very keen on the challenge, despite having very little time to read. then, oh joy of joys, I found Arukiyomi’s wonderful Excel document. The entire list, filterable by author PLUS the ability to note the books you have already read and [...]
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wow… thanks for all the comments guys. I’m backpacking around eastern europe so don’t have much time to get on the blog like I used to.
@Adamo – great comment!! I’d love a bookshelf full of all 1001 books. Some are very hard to get hold of though. If you want to go ahead and post a link to the spreadsheet on that website you mentioned, please do. I’m tied up with other stuff right now. As for creating a version that has links to amazon – I’m in the middle of that but it’s stalled while I’m travelling. One day I’ll have it unless someone else does it before me.
@1% well-read challenge people: what a great idea and thanks for linking to the spreadsheet so people can figure out their progress.
Comment by Arukiyomi — May 7, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
thanks very much for the speadsheet, that is amazing work and makes joining Dewey’s challenge and keeping track of what I’ve (we’ve) read, so very easy. Enjoy your backpacking and Europe!!!
Comment by Susan — May 8, 2008 @ 2:04 am
Hey Arukiyomi,
Thanks so so so much for creating the 1001 books to read. You are a star!
I’ve only read 40 of those books! That’s terrible! I have read quite a few on a shorter list created by Exclusive books – I have posted it on my blog: htttp://readingworms.blogspot.com if you want to see how many of those you’ve read (it’s 101 books to read before you die) – I bet you’ve read all of them!
If you get the chance to check, I’d be really interested to know. If you’d like to link blogs, let me know as I’m always keen for that sort of thing..
Happy reading!!
Comment by AST — May 9, 2008 @ 12:48 am
[...] to a nifty spreadsheet provided by Arukiyomi, I’ve only read 25 of these books, or 2.50%. And, statistically speaking, as a western [...]
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[...] You may change your list at any time and cross-posting to other challenges is permitted. The only requirement is that your ten book choices must be on the ‘1001 List‘. Another helpful tool is an Excel spreadsheet by Arukiyoma that is found here. [...]
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Add another column with this:
=HYPERLINK(CONCATENATE(“http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=”, $C17,”+”,E17,”+”,F17), “Amazon”)
And you’ll have a quick link to see if Amazon sells it so you can read about it.
Likewise easy to modify for google or whatever other search you want to run.
Comment by Phil — May 14, 2008 @ 12:42 am
[...] no way that I was going to go through Boxall’s findings and not tally up my score. I used this handy-dandy spreadsheet to help me out, courtesy of Arukiyomi, and got some pretty shameful results: I’ve only read [...]
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[...] found a cool spreadsheet here where you can mark all of the books on the list that you’ve read. Then you enter your age and [...]
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I found this through GoodReads, thanks so much for doing it. I have read only 56 of the books, but have started some as well and not finished. It says I need to read 19 a year to complete in a lifetime (if I live to a ripe old age) I tend to read about 50-60 books a year so I should be able to do it, but do I want to put these ahead of all the others on my “to-read” list? I’m not so sure.
Comment by Janelle — June 15, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
Well, I’ve read 77 of them. That just leaves me 20 books a year if I want to complete it. I’m not sure I’d want to read all of them, but there are some books on the list that I’d forgotten about that I’d like to read. Thanks for posting the very handy spreadsheet!
Comment by Dre — June 18, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Love the spreadsheet! Thank you for sharing it! I went through the list just to “see” what I’ve read: 37. It will be fun to have a great looking spreadsheet to update as I read now.
Comment by Cheryl Flatt — June 20, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
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[...] You may change your list at any time and cross-posting to other challenges is permitted. The only requirement is that your ten book choices must be on the ‘1001 List‘. Another helpful tool is an Excel spreadsheet by Arukiyoma that is found here. [...]
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[...] Posted on June 25, 2008 by abbysmom1005 While stuck in bed the other day I came across this website. Some people might be familiar with the book, I was not though. Since one of my goals is to [...]
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Question. It’s an excel spread sheet, anyway I can load it onto a Mac? or otherwise find another download that could be compatible? I’d love to have the list on my laptop, but unlike my pc it’s a Mac. Anything you can do?
-A
Comment by Anya — June 26, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Question. It’s an excel spread sheet, anyway I can load it onto a Mac? or otherwise find another download that could be compatible? I’d love to have the list on my laptop, but unlike my pc it’s a Mac. Anything you can do? Please and Thank You.
-A
Comment by Anya — June 26, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Accidentally posted twice, with two different emails. Sorry
Respond to the second one so I can get a notification please 
Comment by Anya — June 26, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
It’s a good list and always good to have reading suggestions – but (as far as one can say this about a list of 1001 books) not very varied. Did we really need the complete works of Toni Morrison and Ian McEwan?
Comment by UAOStorm — June 27, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
Thank you very much for doing that – must have taken you ages! I have read 89 books and need to read 18 a year until I die to complete the list. On my book club site we are having a challenge to see how many we can read each year. Last year I managed 9 and so far this year I have read about 4 or 5. I am really enjoying using the list to guide my reading, but with so many good books coming out each year it is difficult!
Comment by Mirandamcd — June 28, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
[...] while back, Beverly wrote a post about being well read. I found the spreadsheet and discovered I’m not well read according to that list. I believe that there are some that [...]
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[...] looked to this list as a standard of how they measure up in their reading. There’s even a great spreadsheet to help keep track of how many books one has read, and how many more one must read each year to [...]
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Thanks. What a lot of work you put into this. My stats:
70 books read = 6.99%
Some of the authors, I read another book by them and didn’t enjoy them. The list is interesting. Those who compiled the list have an affection for certain authors.
Comment by booklady331 — July 4, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Thanks for the spreadsheet, really good to be able to keep a track of stuff like this and it is clear you’ve put a lot of work into it.
Read 29 so far but I’m only 18, didn’t expect to get that many to be honest.
Comment by johnno47 — July 8, 2008 @ 12:28 am
[...] You may change your list at any time and cross-posting to other challenges is permitted. The only requirement is that your ten book choices must be on the ‘1001 List‘. Another helpful tool is an Excel spreadsheet by Arukiyomi that is found here. [...]
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I’m such an avid reader, and I’ve only read 28 of these! I’m just not one for the classics. Thanks for setting this up! It’s getting printed and put into my library bag. So i have a list of things to pick from.
Comment by Mab — July 22, 2008 @ 2:16 am
[...] found this interesting spreadsheet were one can keep track someone’s list else’s list of “1001 Books You Should Read [...]
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[...] Free Download – 1001 Books Spreadsheet [...]
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This is a great service to all readers. Now, I am using your spreadsheet to have different kinds of book lists of my own. Thanks a lot!
Comment by BookCrazy — August 1, 2008 @ 9:53 am
you’re more than welcome BookCrazy
Comment by Arukiyomi — August 1, 2008 @ 11:52 am
[...] meet some sort of consensus on what was best. I even found a terrific Excel spreadsheet on the Arukiyomi site specifically for this book list. There are book reviews, too. Several of the books I will [...]
Pingback by 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die « Jorie’s Reads — August 3, 2008 @ 1:43 am
HI i think this list is a great idea. I’ve read just over 70 books so far but the new 1001 list has come out and i was wondering how that might impact on your reading? Will you switch over to the new list and read only the books on there or will you continue to read the old list?
Comment by Emily — August 6, 2008 @ 1:58 am
HI i think this list is a great idea. I’ve read just over 70 books so far but the new 1001 list has come out and i was wondering how that might impact on your reading? Will you switch over to the new list and read only the books on there or will you continue to read the old list?
Comment by Emily — August 6, 2008 @ 1:58 am
I really thank you for creating this spread sheet downloadable. It saves a lot of time and reminds me about my reading goal. Thanks
Comment by Parvez Ahamed — August 10, 2008 @ 4:16 am
This is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Only 20 a year for the rest of my life…very doable.
Comment by Tina — August 21, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
36, and that’s counting the ones I dipped into and couldn’t get through. Like Tristram Shandy. Honestly, why does Boxall want to torture people with it?
Happily, there are quite a few that are already waiting on my shelf, and several more I’d LIKE to read.
Comment by Shen — August 23, 2008 @ 7:43 am
[...] you’ll need to read every year if you really do want to read all of them before you die. Download it here. Books I HAVE read! (More than I [...]
Pingback by 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die — August 23, 2008 @ 7:48 am
Found 1001 books in the library and decided I need to own it; in Googling for a source, I found your spreadsheet – thanks so much for doing the work! I love the # books to read per year calculation! Got a lot of reading each year!
Comment by Helen — August 25, 2008 @ 1:31 am
Thank you very much for sharing. It is really good to have this beautiful and well organised list. I saw titles that I have read, and some other on my book shelf that waiting for me to read them…
Comment by Evrim — August 28, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
Hi,
Comment by Paparazzi — November 6, 2008 @ 9:21 pm
Thank you! This is way cool. Even though I don’t foresee ever reading everything, I love having the TBR list of titles that I do truly plan on reading. I’ve read 95 of them, and three of those are ones I’m astonished to see on his list, such as The Day of the Triffids. Interesting!!
Comment by actonbell — December 2, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
Hi!
Have you still got the Spreadsheet for the old 1001, as that’s the one I’m working on?!
Thanks
– Great spreadsheet!!
Comment by Jenni — December 30, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
Sorry, I put the wrong email address!!
Ta!
Comment by Jenni — December 30, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
[...] you can go HERE for an Excel spreadsheet of the old list, and HERE for an Excel spreadsheet of the new [...]
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[...] you can go HERE for an Excel spreadsheet of the old list, and HERE for an Excel spreadsheet of the new [...]
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[...] Tale and *gasp* White Noise), I’ve dispensed with a mere 6.59 percent of the list, according to the handy Excel spreadsheet available here. Just 93-ish percent to go before death! That’s encouraging, especially considering all the [...]
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