Lists

Today (thanks to kottke.org), I found Time’s lists of the 100 best movies and 100 best novels since 1923. I have read 19 books on the novels list, and seen 19 movies from the list of films. Coincidences are fun. I think it might be interesting to try to read and see as many of these books and movies as possible this year. Here’s what I’ve read and seen:

Movies

1. Blade Runner
2. Bonnie and Clyde
3. Casablanca
4. Charade
5. Citizen Kane
6. Dr. Strangelove
7. Finding Nemo
8. The Godfather
9. A Hard Day’s Night
10. It’s a Wonderful Life
11. Kind Hearts and Coronets
12. The Lord of the Rings
13. Metropolis
14. Pinocchio
15. Pulp Fiction
16. Some Like it Hot
17. Star Wars
18. Talk to Her
19. Taxi Driver

Books

1. Animal Farm
2. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
3. The Blind Assassin
4. Catch-22
5. The Catcher in the Rye
6. The French Lieutenant’s Woman
7. The Grapes of Wrath
8. Herzog
9. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
10. Lolita
11. The Lord of the Flies
12. The Lord of the Rings [disclaimer: I haven’t finished this yet, but I’m over halfway through]
13. 1984
14. On The Road
15. Ragtime
16. Things Fall Apart
17. To Kill A Mockingbird
18. Watchmen
19. White Teeth