Monday, May 24, 2010

The LOST Books, Part I

The hit television series LOST wrapped up for good last night, and now it’s time to post a recommended reading list that I’ve been holding off on until after the show’s grand finale.
Over the past six years, some fans of the show have made a side hobby out of collecting and noting all of the books and authors that appeared or were referenced on the show. One of the main characters, Sawyer, is often shown reading, and other characters are often shown reading, holding or reaching for books. The show was so mysterious that fans often saw these books and references as clues with a hidden meaning about what was really happening and where the show was headed.
On the Web site, Lostpedia, there’s an entire section devoted to the books featured on the show as well as literary references made during all six seasons.
This list is long, so tonight I give you “The LOST Books, Part I.”
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
2. After All These Years by Susan Isaacs
3. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
4. Animal Farm by George Orwell
5. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
6. Bad Twin by Laurence Shames
7. Bluebeard by Charles Perrault
8. Book of Laws by Manu
9. The Holy Bible
10. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
11. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
12. Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah
13. Carrie by Stephen King
14. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
15. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
16. The Chosen by Chaim Potok
17. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
18. The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam
19. Dark Horse by Tami Hoag
20. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
21. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands by Stephen King
22. The Dark Tower VI: The Song of Susannah by Stephen King
23. Dirty Work by Stuart Woods
24. The Epic of Gilgamesh
25. Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor
26. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
27. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
28. Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard
29. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
30. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
That takes us through titles A-F, so I'll stop right there for tonight. Look for the rest of the list in the coming days.
In the end, I'd like to know how many of these books have you read? How many have you always wanted to read? How many of them have you never heard of? Let us know in the comments section below.

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