What are your top 5 books? Very difficult Eay!

[KAY]

It's taken a while for me to be able to narrow it down to 5 but in no particular order:

 

 

1) Catcher in the Rye.

2)The Giants House ( by Elizabeth Mc Cracken)

3) The jamacia Inn ( Daphine Du Maurier)

4) Through the narrow gate. Karen Armstrong)

5) The handmaids Tale ( Margaret Atwood)

 

 

The other two i wanted on that list were "Rebecca" br Daphine Du Maurier and "Shadows of the wind" but they missed it by a whisker.

[Liz]

Ooooooo......tough one.

In the mood I'm in at the moment, my top five are.....

 

Animal Farm ~ George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four ~ George Orwell

The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde

Moving Pictures ~ Terry Pratchett

Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall ~ L. Randall & C. Welch

 

Come tomorrow morning, though, and this list would have changed.

[Kell]

Ooh, it's a toughie that one! Lets see, in no particular order...

 

The Stand by Stephen King

Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre

The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis (I know that's seven books, but my copy is an omnibus edition - LOL!)

[Michelle]

We tried to compile a forum 'top 10' a while back, by asking people for their personal top 10. Most found it really difficult.. and the final range was extensive!

[Liz]

The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis (I know that's seven books, but my copy is an omnibus edition - LOL!)

 

Ooooo....Clever thinking, that.

[mrstrecool]

This is really hard, I've been thinking long and hard about this. I THINK my top 5 is:

 

1. Travelling Light-Katrina Kittle

2. Ophelia's Revenge-Rebecca Reisert

3. Little Women-Louisa M. Alcott

4. If Only It Were True-Marc Levy

5. The Thorn Birds-Colleen McCullough

 

I'm sure I'll change my mind as soon as I've hit Submit Reply!! That's my top 5 today!

[Tiger]

Soul Eater- Michelle Paver

Spirit Walker- Michelle Paver

Ingo- Helen Dunmore

Tide Knot- Helen Dunmore

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- J.K. Rowling

[Kell]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- J.K. Rowling

Tjhis is my fave HP book so far, Tiger - I loved it!

[Icecream]

Tjhis is my fave HP book so far, Tiger - I loved it!

 

What about 'The Half Blood Prince'?

[Kell]

I loved them all, but Goblet just pipped then all for me.

[Weave]

Hello,

 

Oh this is a toughie....

 

1. Weaveworld by Clive Barker

 

2. The Dark Tower - The Wolves of Calla by Stephen King

 

3. Little Big Man by Thomas Berger

 

4. Harry Potter and The Prison of Azkaban by J K Rowling

[~V~]

in no particular order (and subject to change):

 

Mr God, This is Anna by Fynn

The Eight by Katherine Neville

The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (i'm with Kell on this one)

[Sugar]

Very tough. I have a top 10, but I'm not sure which make the cut for the top 5!

 

Possibly:

 

Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulkes

The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde

Ink Heart - Cornelia Funke

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

 

I might change my mind though! There are so many......

[Lilywhite]

Right now, the first 5 favs I can think of are....

 

Rebecca ~ Daphne Du Maurier

 

Memoirs of a Geisha ~ Arthur Golden

 

My Sisters Keeper ~ Jodi Picoult

 

Eragon ~ Christopher Paolini

 

Stuart: A Life Backwards ~ Alexander Masters

 

This is in no particular order and there are more, but I could only think of this off the top of my head.

[KW]

I love reading lists like this. So telling.

 

Memoirs of a Geisha

 

Honest Illusions

 

Fighting Reuben Wolfe

 

Wages of Sin

 

Chesapeake Blue

 

 

KW

[Snowflake]

Ummmm.....top five books (non classics) at the moment are:

1. Haweswater by Sarah Hall

2. The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie

3. Distant Music by Lee Langley

4. Music and Silence by Rose Tremain

5. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

[KAY]

i agree with sophies world but bell jar was depressing

[Purple Poppy]

I find lists like this really difficult.

The ones that spring to mind, are(and they will probably change tomorrow)...in no particular order

 

A Traveller in Time - Alison Uttley

Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor

The Woodlanders - Thomas Hardy

The Woman in White - Wilki Collins

 

Pp

[samgrosser]

Right now, the first 5 favs I can think of are....

 

 

Very well put. My first 5 right now are:

 

A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway (that one is always top of the list)

The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje

Lord of the Rings

Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy

Atonement, Ian McEwan

[Weave]

All great choices everyone

[Polka Dot Rock]

I've gone on 're-reading' factor...

 

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Animal Farm - George Orwell

After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell

Maus - Art Speigelman*

*yes PP, that again, lol!

 

I would also like to mention Matilda, Lolita, Brideshead Revisited, On Beauty, The Handmaid's Tale, Wise Children, Dracula and Nervous Conditions... Sorry! But I think those five above would do most nicely

[Polka Dot Rock]

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

 

Aw, I love The Bell Jar - that's also a favourite. I read it when I was 13 and really enjoyed it, but when I read it again at 20 it really freaked me out as I was relating to it! I know a lot of people find it depressing, but I find it truthful and quite inspiring.

[Purple Poppy]

Well done Amy...a sly plug!

[Rosie]

Hmm.... this is difficult but these five are among my all time favourites

 

 

A Month In The Country - J L Carr

 

To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

 

Possession - A. S. Byatt

 

North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell

 

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

 

I could add a lot more:)

[Purple Poppy]

I haven't read North and South yet. But I have always loved Cranford (which I re-read a few weeks ago). Some folk say its better than Cranford. What do you think? Presumably you do too as its one of your top picks!