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Topic: Your 10 favorite books
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Here're mine in no particular order:
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I am sure I have left several off... Color Purple by Alice Walker Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier |
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I think I'd probably list (in no order): To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Watership Down by Richard Adams Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton The Making of The Trouble With Tribbles by David Gerrold The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Collected Works of William Shakespeare The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell |
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Wow; so hard to come up with just 10 after a lifetime of reading! I just went over my BIR list, which I add to as I come across books on PBS that I've read. So this is only a partial list, but the best I can do at a moment's notice! Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
Lester reminded me-all of James Herriot's books!
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Oops double post! Last Edited on: 5/11/08 1:05 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 3. Christy by Catherine Marshall 4. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 5. All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg 6. The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy 7. The Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 8. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan 9. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 10. The Color of Water by James McBride Last Edited on: 5/11/08 1:04 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Hmm, in no particular order, I will say
Not sure what else! |
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Mine are: Hawaii by James Michener Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy Beach Music by Pat Conroy The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon Watership Down by Richard Adams Cape Cod by William Martin A Woman of Substence by Barbara Taylor Bradford We are the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates Angela's Ashes (audio version narrated by Frank McCort) Charm School by Nelson DeMille Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille |
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Wow. I don't think I can do that. Here are 10 books I return to over and over. Ask me tomorrow and I'll have a completely different list, probably.
edited for formatting - and spelling, jeepers.
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The Giver - Lois Lowry The Lord and the General Din of the World - Jane Mead (poetry) Night - Elie Wiesel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card The Neverending Story - Michael Ende Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 1984 - George Orwell The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner Last Edited on: 5/11/08 6:27 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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gosh can't narrow it down but overall longtime faves: Boxcar Children=Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children - Surprise Island-Gertrude Chandler Warner Trixie Belden - Red Trailer Mystery-think this one is by Campbell A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith Mackenzie's Pleasure - Linda Howard (like this entire series that were silhouette IM) Wildest Hearts - Jayne Ann Krentz Midnight Jewels - Jayne Ann Krentz The Nerd Who Loved Me - Vicki Lewis Thompson Better Read Than Dead - Victoria Laurie - 2nd in her Psychic Eye mysteries though I've throughly enjoyed all of them along with her ghost hunters series but this is probably the best one IMO Storm Front - Jim Butcher - 1st in Dresden Files series - new read but liked it a lot dangit I need to add another couple and can't decide what to take off :-( so gonna cheat and list them here Shelter Mountain -robyn carr (actuall all 3 of these are awesome!) My Name is Asher Lev - chaim potok and the sequel 'the gift of asher lev'..there..think i'm done.nope more I like..think we need a '10 favorite authors, series or even genres 'thread! Last Edited on: 5/11/08 9:40 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Very hard to keep it to ten! 1. The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 2. Gifts from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 3. The Mitford series by Jan Karon 4. The #1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith 5. Walden by Henry David Thoreau 6. Body & Soul by Frank Conroy 7. Kiss of God The Wisdom of a Silent Child by Marshall Stewart Ball 8. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 9. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 10. Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell
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let's see..mine would be 1. Gone With the Wind- Margaret Mitchell 2. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen 3. The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand 4. Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides 5. Little Children- Tom Perrota 6. A Student of Weather- Elizabeth Hay 7. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald 8. Where the Heart Is- Billie Letts 9. Windchill Summer- Norris Church Mailer |
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1. Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck 2. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein 3. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield 4. A Changed Man - Francine Prose 5. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett 6. Evening Class - Maeve Binchy 7. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 8.The Taking - Dean Koontz 9. The Time Traveler's Wife - 10. Year of Wonders :: |
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In no particular order: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, Possession by A. S. Byatt, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lamb by Christopher Moore, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. My list may change tomorrow but for now, this is as good as any. :)
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Also in no particular order: Ten Stupid Things Women do to Mess Up Their Lives by Dr. Laura Schlessinger The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger Stop Whining, Start Living by Dr. Laura Schlessinger Ten Stupid Things Men do to Mess Up their Lives by Dr. Laura Schlessinger Bad Childhood, Good Life by Dr. Laura Schlessinger Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Sarah Morgan - The Civil War Diary of a Southern Woman edited by Charles East Captured by Scott Zesch Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillain Schlissel |
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1. Gone With The Wind- Mitchell 2. Pillars of The Earth -Follet 3. World Without End- Follet 4. The Firm - Grishom 5. The Queen's Fool - Gregory 6. The Chosen - Potak 7. The Sacrifice of Tamar - Ragen 8. The Source - Michener 9. Exodus - Uris 10. Sara Donati series |
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In no particular order here is my list :)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts Charlotte's Web - E. B. White The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen Wild Swans - Jung Chang Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Red Tent - Anita Diament The Rapture of Canaan - Sheri Reynolds Paradise of the Blind - Duong Thu Huong
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1. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers 2. Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo 3. I Am The Cheese - Robert Cormier 4. Eye Contact - Cammie McGovern 5. Death Be Not Proud - John Gunther 6. A Wrinkle In Time - Madeline L'Engle 7. The Outsiders - S. E Hinton 8. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee 9. Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers 10. Heart Of Darkness - Joseph Conrad |
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In no particular order:
The Stand.....Stephen King Salem's Lot.....Stephen King The Dead Zone.....Stephen King Stranger in a Strange Land.....Heinlein A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.....Smith Gone With The Wind.....Mitchell Time Traveler's Wife.....Niffenigger She's Come Undone.....Lamb To Kill A Mockingbird.....Lee Turtle Moon.....Hoffman
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I'm listing my 10 favorite kids books: Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book Finn Family Moomintroll (tied with Comet in Moominland) Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Spectacles (by Ellen Raskin, I think) A Beastly Circus Kangaroo and Kangaroo Can I Keep Him? The Rotten Island by William Steig Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Goodnight, Gorilla Peace today, Lisa
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Ugh. Ten??
ETA: The Book Thief. How did I forget the Book Thief?? Last Edited on: 5/13/08 11:28 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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1. Cold Mountain 2. Centennial 3. The Book Thief 4. Gone with the Wind 5. Jane Austen 6. Power of One 7. Peace Like a River 8. Wheel of Fortune 9. Eye of the Needle 10. Lonesome Dove So many wonderful books -- not enough time!! |
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1. Random Harvest - James Hilton 2. Rim of the Pit - Hake Talbot 3. The Uninvited - Dorothy Macardle 4. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle 5. Now, Voyager - Olive Higgins Prouty 6. The Three Coffins - John Dickson Carr 7. She - H. Rider Haggard 8. The Source - James Michner 9. Lost Horizon - James Hilton 10. The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey |
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A Man Called Peter - Catherine Marshall Watership Down - Richard Adams We the Living - Ayn Rand Christie - Catherine Marshall Killer Angels - Michael Shaara The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas The Mitford series - Jan Karon All Creatures Great and Small series - James Heriot Harry Potter books - J. K. Rowlings The #1 Ladies Detective Agency series - Alexander McCall Smith The Ladies of Covington series - Joan Medford The Time Machine - H. G. Wells Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Tao of Pooh' - Benjamin Hoff and many more!! Last Edited on: 5/15/08 6:16 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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