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1asukamaxwell
Whether they be works of fiction, non-fiction, "classics", a biographies, autobiographies, mysteries...etc, share your top 10 favorite books, in no particular order, thus far!
Myself:
1.) Thomas Jefferson: Scientist by Edwin T. Martin
2.) History of My Life by Giacomo Casanova
3.) The Devils of Loudon by Aldous Huxley
4.) The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton
5.) The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
6.) Louis the Beloved by Olivier Bernier
7.) Memoirs of Madame du Barri by Madame Du Barri
8.) The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
9.) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
10.) Candide & Other Short Stories by Voltaire
Myself:
1.) Thomas Jefferson: Scientist by Edwin T. Martin
2.) History of My Life by Giacomo Casanova
3.) The Devils of Loudon by Aldous Huxley
4.) The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton
5.) The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
6.) Louis the Beloved by Olivier Bernier
7.) Memoirs of Madame du Barri by Madame Du Barri
8.) The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
9.) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
10.) Candide & Other Short Stories by Voltaire
3porchsitter55
Just off the top of my head.....(there may be other favorites that I can't recall right now).
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
4Sutpen
I can't put these in a solid order, but top 5:
-Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
-Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
-Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
(Those three are beyond reproach in my mind. Here's where it gets tough...)
-As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
-At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
So yeah, the first 3 qualify pretty easily, but the final 2 might be subbed out for other books, depending on my mood.
-Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
-Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
-Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
(Those three are beyond reproach in my mind. Here's where it gets tough...)
-As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
-At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
So yeah, the first 3 qualify pretty easily, but the final 2 might be subbed out for other books, depending on my mood.
5Porua
This top 10 list does not include the many, many Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K.Chesterton books that I've read because then it would become a mystery top 50.
1. Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen: Timeless and classic. A book with a very, very strong and assertive heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, one of the main reasons I love this book.
2. The Rivals. Richard Brinsley Sheridan: I love reading plays. This play is a classic comedy that never gets old.
3. Seryozha: Several Stories from the Life of a Very Small Boy. Vera Panova: This is a childhood favorite. I remember reading it one summer holiday and have re-read it many times since.
4. Plays Pleasant. George Bernard Shaw: Four funny plays that lighten up my day whenever I read them.
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams: This is probably the funniest book that I’ve ever read.
1. Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen: Timeless and classic. A book with a very, very strong and assertive heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, one of the main reasons I love this book.
2. The Rivals. Richard Brinsley Sheridan: I love reading plays. This play is a classic comedy that never gets old.
3. Seryozha: Several Stories from the Life of a Very Small Boy. Vera Panova: This is a childhood favorite. I remember reading it one summer holiday and have re-read it many times since.
4. Plays Pleasant. George Bernard Shaw: Four funny plays that lighten up my day whenever I read them.
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams: This is probably the funniest book that I’ve ever read.
