buy and read every title in "The New Lifetime Reading Plan" : Read dozens of major works of literature, poetry, and philosophy over the next forty years.

I finally finished Dead Souls. There’s apparently other good Gogol out there.

Mr. Fadiman tells me he assumes that I have a familiarity with the Bible, so I am listening to the whole deal while commuting to work. Concurrently, I am reading Dead Souls, by Gogol.

I’ve gotten off track but I’ve put a pretty good dent in the list over the years, so no worries. I’ve recently Read a number of titles not on the list (Omnivores Dilemma, Zuleika Dobson, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) and I’m onto another one not on the list: The Bible.

I am interested in a copy of this book. Anyone have a copy? I would gladly pay shipping.

I’m currently reading Pensees by Blaise Pascal.

I’ve finished The Age of Innocence as well as the House of Mirth.

I finished Orlando and As I Lay Dying. I’m a bit tired of stream-of-consciousness novels for now. What next?

I’m reading Orlando now. I’ve already read Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. This one is a tad more fanciful and the time period isn’t a day or two, like those previous two Woolf novels. It’s more like 300 years. Orlando starts as a 16 year old male and ends up a 36-year old female.

I’m 2/3 done with The Plague. I read the Stranger 2 years ago. Gloomy dude!

I’ve read about 70 of the recommended titles. I have an hour of commuting time each day, so I look forward to finding audiobook versions of these great books. I also rely heavily on online study guides, watching movie versions, listening to abridged versions, etc. Rather than spoiling the reading experience, these other activities help me enjoy the unabridged versions even more.