: books
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000) [this is on the list? As expected. Bull!]
x 3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987) [it’s one of those books that haunt me, literally, following me everywhere]
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997) [hmm, why is Portnoy’s Complaint not on this list?]
x 6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
x 9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997) [Oh Murakami, my evasive muse… soon I shall have the chance to read one of your works]
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
x 13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87) [v. philosophical, this should be discussed in philo 114]
14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)
x 15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000) [I read it I think 8 years ago. Malaki na yung brother niya, as in! Check out Best American Non-required Reading which Dave edited, interesting collection.]
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986) [I think I have a copy lying around]
x 17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988) [yes, they all die in the end.]
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990) [but I’ve read Rabbit Run and Redux, the third and fourth of the series I have no intention of reading]
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
x 20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998) [para kasing Pride and Prejudice lang talaga. Hehe.]
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
x 27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990) [I always enjoy references to dead thinkers]
x 28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997) [one of the few non-fiction writers I thoroughly appreciate]
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
x 36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000) (still reading)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
x 45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988) [hmph, I forgot to finish the latter third. Hehe, tinamad.]
x 46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996) [yeyeyeye! Dream, Death, Desire, Destiny, Delirium, Destruction, Despair]
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
x 50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001) [thanks james salisi!]
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992) [panoorin niyo na lang sina whitney]
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
x 57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987) (haaay, “A Man In Full” kelan ko kaya matatapos. I prefer Wolfe’s Non-fiction.)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)
x 61. Money, Martin Amis (1985) [I thought “Self” was a v. interesting name for a character. Check out “Time’s Arrow”, it has this weird backward technique.]
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
x 64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997) [sana maintindihan ko na ang “The Body Artist” hahaha]
65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)
x 66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997) [They’re turning “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” into a movie. Pano kaya yun?]
x 67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003) [tears]
68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)
x 73. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
x 82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
x 88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
x 89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999) [yes yes, she wrote “the brokeback mountain”]
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003) [somebody gave me a copy as a gift. Anong gagawin ko dun?]
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000) [this is on the list? As expected. Bull!]
x 3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987) [it’s one of those books that haunt me, literally, following me everywhere]
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997) [hmm, why is Portnoy’s Complaint not on this list?]
x 6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
x 9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997) [Oh Murakami, my evasive muse… soon I shall have the chance to read one of your works]
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
x 13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87) [v. philosophical, this should be discussed in philo 114]
14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)
x 15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000) [I read it I think 8 years ago. Malaki na yung brother niya, as in! Check out Best American Non-required Reading which Dave edited, interesting collection.]
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986) [I think I have a copy lying around]
x 17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988) [yes, they all die in the end.]
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990) [but I’ve read Rabbit Run and Redux, the third and fourth of the series I have no intention of reading]
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
x 20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998) [para kasing Pride and Prejudice lang talaga. Hehe.]
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
x 27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990) [I always enjoy references to dead thinkers]
x 28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997) [one of the few non-fiction writers I thoroughly appreciate]
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
x 36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000) (still reading)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
x 45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988) [hmph, I forgot to finish the latter third. Hehe, tinamad.]
x 46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996) [yeyeyeye! Dream, Death, Desire, Destiny, Delirium, Destruction, Despair]
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
x 50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001) [thanks james salisi!]
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992) [panoorin niyo na lang sina whitney]
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
x 57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987) (haaay, “A Man In Full” kelan ko kaya matatapos. I prefer Wolfe’s Non-fiction.)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)
x 61. Money, Martin Amis (1985) [I thought “Self” was a v. interesting name for a character. Check out “Time’s Arrow”, it has this weird backward technique.]
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
x 64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997) [sana maintindihan ko na ang “The Body Artist” hahaha]
65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)
x 66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997) [They’re turning “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” into a movie. Pano kaya yun?]
x 67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003) [tears]
68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)
x 73. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
x 82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
x 88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
x 89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999) [yes yes, she wrote “the brokeback mountain”]
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003) [somebody gave me a copy as a gift. Anong gagawin ko dun?]
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)