Five Favorite Books

[EdmondDantes]

This has probably been done before somewhere, so forgive me for being lazy and not looking, but I'm wondering what people's five favorite books are. Here are mine:

1. The Count of Monte Cristo (res ipsa loquitor)
2. The Voyage of the Catalpa
3. La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind)
4. The Four Feathers
5. Pepita Jiménez

 

[Kazoora]

1. The Reckoning
2. Dandelion Wine
3. The Grapes of Wrath
4. Any travel book
5. The Chief

 

[_Lorelei_]

Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
Brighton Rock - Graham Greene
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
The Darkangel Trilogy (*cheats*) - Meredith Ann Pierce

 

[koalabear]

Playboy
Penthouse
Hustler
Swank
Little Janie Visits the Dentist

 

[Mr-Gyrus]

The Age of Fire Series by E.E. Knight
The Dragon Age Series by James Maxey
DragonDoom by Dennis L. McKiernan
The Dragon DelaSangre Series by Alan F. Troop
The Obsidian Chronicles Series by Lawrence Watt-Evans


Okay, okay...I know only one of these listings is just one book, but to only choose 5 single books from my geektastic dragon collection was just too difficult.

 

[kendra1980]

This is hard...I've too many favorites!

First ones that come to mind...

Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Wish You Well David Baldacci
and
Travel book pertaining to my next place of adventure.

 

[EdmondDantes]

Playboy
Penthouse
Hustler
Swank
Little Janie Visits the Dentist

Roflmao...

 

[MsTexas]

My top 5 are all by the same author in a series of 16 and counting ...

Laurell K. Hamilton

 

[crvygirl]

1. Selected Stories by Andre Dubus (the father, not the III)
2. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fizgerald
3. Hateship, Friendship, Loveship, Courtship, Marriage by Alice Munro
4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
5. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Disclaimer: This top five list will change. Not only will it change as I read new books, but it will change as the autumn comes (and then the winter, and spring..), as my moods swing, as some new challenge or joy hits me...perfect books are like the distillation of mood, weather, phase of the moon and my general level of optimism. The consumption of red wine will cause me to include Don Quixote and at least one other Marquez novel, the consumption of vodka will cause me to include at least two Russian novels, the consumption of tequila will result in my claiming this entire enterprise to be an evil attempt to shackle literature...

 

[bknerd]

Disclaimer: This top five list will change. Not only will it change as I read new books, but it will change as the autumn comes (and then the winter, and spring..), as my moods swing, as some new challenge or joy hits me...perfect books are like the distillation of mood, weather, phase of the moon and my general level of optimism. The consumption of red wine will cause me to include Don Quixote and at least one other Marquez novel, the consumption of vodka will cause me to include at least two Russian novels, the consumption of tequila will result in my claiming this entire enterprise to be an evil attempt to shackle literature...

*laughs* what a perfect way to describe the ever shifting need for differing books.... i keep trying to think of a top five to post and it changes each time i log in....

 

[SueandSteve]

At the moment:
1. Lord Of The Rings
2. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
3. Darkness Comes by Dean Koontz
4. Anything in the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwell
5. The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Penman

 

[Daizie]

1. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
2. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. The Dark Hunter Series - Sherrilyn Kenyon
4. The Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice
5. Marley & Me - John Grogan

 

[JonTX]

Without Remorse - Tom Clancy
Band of Brothers - Steven Ambrose
Ted Williams - Leigh Montiville
Flags of Our Fathers - James Brady
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling

 

[EnglishRoseFox]

Of Mice And Men ~ John Steinbeck
Girl With A One Track Mind ~ Abby Lee
Chasing Harry Winston ~ Lauren Weisberger
Lolita ~ Vladimir Nabokov
The Island ~ Victoria Hislop

 

[Thellie]

Peter Pan - Sir James Matthew Barrie
Heidi - Johanna Spyri
The Lost Years of Merlin series - T. A. Barron
The Book of Words trilogy - J.V. Jones
Xanth novels - Piers Anthony

 

[Annicka]

Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly - David Niven
Executive Orders - Tom Clancy
The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Angela’s Ashes - Frank McCourt


These 5 were off the top of my head. It may be accurate today, but not in 5 minutes.

I will read practically anything. My tastes vary wildly, as much as my music choices. I still remember my favorites as a child when I would huddle under my blanket with a flashlight and wish with all my might not to be caught and dragged from bed.

But always, the best books are the ones that take me to a different time and place and with half the book done, I start to mourn the end.

 

[Stillstiff]

1. Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
2. Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
3. Another Fine Myth by Robert Aspirin
4. Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy
5. Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins

***It should be duly noted that it could have been any book by Tom Clancy or Robert Aspirin on this list. This list may change at any time.***

 

[kendra1980]

I would also like to tack on this portion of the Crved Ones disclaimer...


Disclaimer: This top five list will change. Not only will it change as I read new books, but it will change as the autumn comes (and then the winter, and spring..), as my moods swing, as some new challenge or joy hits me...perfect books are like the distillation of mood, weather, phase of the moon and my general level of optimism.


If I didn't, I'd be back her editing that list way too many times!

 

[EdmondDantes]

Yeah, I know for us bibliophiles it's a tough call. The disclaimer's fine.

 

[southerntierguy]

This is tough, because there are lots of books I might want on the list, but some of my most treasured books include:

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
Move Your Shadow, by Joseph Lelyveld
Simple Justice, by Richard Kluger
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett

 

[denali]

Magician ~~ Raymond E Feist
The Sword of Truth (series) ~~ Terry Goodkind
Eagle In The Sky ~~ Wilbur Smith
Winterdance ~~ Gary Paulsen
Moobli ~~ Mike Tomkies


Same as many on here, this list is fluid.
I like to read mostly for escapsim/relaxation. However, the last 3 books on that list have all had me sobbing my heart out - so I tend not to read those in public places !