Monday, November 06, 2006

1001 Books Redux

Baby got Books has posted a spreadsheet that calculates how many of the 1001 books you've read; it's pretty sweet.

My score: 113.

I'm a bit ahead of where I was last summer simply because a couple of the classics I've now abridged for Sterling.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. I'm at a sad 49, though I do own more than half of these volumes. Does that count?

Heather said...

44! I redeem myself by smiling and saying I have heard of many of them and a few I own and a few are on my TBR Mountain...

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the linky love. 113 is pretty amazing.

metro mama said...

Hi there. Came to you from Scarbie. I scored 96. Great score you have there!

Anonymous said...

I stopped counting after I found that none of that written by william shakespeare is included in the list. Above 1001 I recommend “The Guide” written by R K Narayan.

Anonymous said...

A few months after Baby Got Books published that spreadsheet, Arukiyomi came out with one that takes things a little further.

If you're interested, you can download it from Arukiyomi's blog.

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