Okay, I altered this and took the numbers out, because I don't want numbers to limit them. These are quite simple, books that I would read again. I also have the three main genres I read included. I also, didn't do classics. The only two that are mentioned is Anne of Green Gables and Lord of the Rings. I am going to do classics seperately, but not today.
Top twenty-five favourite books (so far)
The Time-Traveller's Wife - Audrey Nieffenegger
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Phantom - Susan Kay
The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
The Sunne in Splendour - Sharon Penman
A Rose for the Crown - Anne Easter Smith
All Families are Psychotic - Douglas Coupland
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Amazonia - James Rollins
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Green Grass, Running Water - Thomas King
The Birth House - Ami McKay
Black and Blue - Anna Quindlen
His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Dark Queen - Susan Carroll
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
The Skystone - Jack Whyte
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
Fortune's Rocks - Anita Shreve
The Romantic - Barbara Gowdy
Embers from the Sun - Mark Cantor
Lord of the Silver Bow - David Gemmell
Downhill Chance - Donna Morrissey
Top 10 Favourite Canadian Novels (so far)
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
The Birth House - Ami McKay
The Romantic - Barbara Gowdy
Barometer Rising - Hugh MacLennan
Cabbagetown - Hugh Garner
Downhill Chance - Donna Morrissey
Mercy Among the Children - David Adams Richards
Green Grass, Running Water - Thomas King
Top 15 Favourite Fantasy Novels (so far)
Daughter of Blood - Anne Bishop
His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
The Skystone - Jack Whyte
Rhapsody - Elizabeth Haydon
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
The Hawk's Gray Feather - Patricia Kennealy
Lord of the Silver Bow - David Gemmell
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Fairy Godmother - Mercedes Lackey
Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones
Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Once Upon a Summer's Day - Dennis McKiernan
Top 10 Favourite Historical Fiction Novels (so far)
Dawn on a Distant Shore - Sara Donati
The Dark Queen - Susan Carroll
The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
A Rose for the Crown - Anne Easter Smith
The Sunne in Splendour - Sharon Penman
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
Slammerkin - Emma Donoghue
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Borgia Bride - Jeanne Kalogridis
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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Good list! As with every list like this there are some books/authors I have heard of but haven't read and some that I've neither heard of nor read.
ReplyDeleteI think Anne of Green Gable, The Time Traveler's Wife, LOTR, and Good Omens are the only books on your list that I have read. They are all fantastic.
I'm notorious for cheating on these type of things and I intend to here as well...just thought I'd be honest about it. I will count trilogies, such as LOTR as one book and Gene Wolfe's 2 book Wizard Knight series as one book, etc. So here goes, in no particular order:
ReplyDeleteDracula by Bram Stoker
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffengger
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Lord of the Rings (plus Silmarillion) by J.R.R Tolkien
The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip
A World Out of Time by Larry Niven
Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death by Daniel Pinkwater
The Importance of Being Earnest/The Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
Bean Blossom Dreams by Sallyann J. Murphey
My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
That was harder than I thought, especially trying to weigh certain books vs. others. It was alot of fun though!
I've heard a lot of good thinsg about A Rose for the Crown. I think I'm going to have to add it to my Wish list. Squeee!!! I love Novik! You have to read Flewelling's Nightruner series. Awesome! :-)
ReplyDeleteCarl - Oh, I like your list. I now have new books to check out. :)
ReplyDeleteMailyn - I loved A Rose for the Crown. I thought it was really well written. And, I am going to check out the Nightrunner trilogy as soon as I can. :)
I must print out this entire post and comments for reference purposes!
ReplyDeleteYes, this definitely makes a good reference list. I have ideas from your list as well Kailana.
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