What's Your Literary Score According To The Greatest Novels Ever Written?

mspatharing, XLNT question. How can I be considered just a literary apprentice when I've read two Shakespeare plays, "Of Mice And Men", "Great Expectations", "Beowulf" and "The Odyssey", in high school, and then by my own choice I've read four books by Robert Heinlein, two each by Jules Verne, Agatha Christie, Nevil Shute, and Isaac Asimov, the entire "Giver" series, "The Reader", all eight books in the Harry Potter saga, and the entire Sherlock Holmes canon(plus a collection of 'lost exploits' that Sir Arthur only referred to but were fleshed out by his son Adrian)? Who are they to say I'm not well-read just because I've only finished four on their list when I've read so many others classics?

I have read only the ones I was required to read or teach. I've never been a fan of fiction; I have always preferred to read biographies and books about history, animals and adventure.

Why do you get it wrong if you haven't read it some of these are not what I'm interested in

I have a doctorate in English/Secondary Education and I'm a voracious reader, so of course I've read every one of these books, a couple of them I've read more than once!

I Don't Do Books. 🆘

Jack Scott, I had only four read.

Vita Searle, Shakespeare wrote plays and poetry. He wrote no novels.

Jack Scott, They are just less of a literary master.

Why are the top scorers called "master scribes"? A scribe is not a author and not necessarily an avid reader either. A scribe is a bookkeeper or record keeper and a copier of documents.

Very odd choice, no old classics such as Shakespeare, Dickens or Wilde. What about one of Agatha Christie's, one of the most read authors?

How is a person wrong if they haven't read these.

10/25...most before college.

dpetalas, I LOVE YOUR SARCASM ABOUT "THE LORD OF THE RINGS". I HAVE READ MOSTLY THE ENGLAND WRITERS. HOWEVER, THE BETTER USA ONES ARE UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, TOM SAWYER, LITTLE WOMEN. I DID NOT CARE FOR THE ABOVE CHOICE IN THE QUIZ..

THESE WERE MAINLY AMERICAN WRITERS. I HAVE READ A VERY WIDE SELECTION OF WRITERS OF ENGLAND : SHAKESPEARE, CHARLES DICKENS, THACKERAY, AND MANY OTHERS. MY COUNTRY, INDIA, HAS MANY GOOD ENGLISH AUTHORS, THAT I HAVE READ TOO. (R.K. NARYAN COMES TO MIND).

Not a fair representation of literary prowess. Not everyone likes fiction. I prefer history, biographies, and historical novels. IMO, reading those shows more literacy than entertainment in the form of fiction.