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fiver · 09-30-2009, 09:05 PM

1. Watership Down by Richard Adams
2. Neverness by David Zindell
3. The Broken God by David Zindell
4. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
5. The Collector by John Fowles
6. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
7. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
8. Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
9. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
10. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

I have read many of the classics, but my first love is still in the SF genre. My #1 pick has been there since I was ten years old - I'm reading it for the 4th time right now.

Michael

maggie* · 10-01-2009, 03:18 PM

That's tough.... but it's a great post to find something you might like to read... you know similar tastes...

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Anna Karenina Tolstoy
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien
His Dark Materials Philip Pullman
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
Dune Frank Herbert
North and South Elizabeth Gaskell
Lord of the Flies William Golding
Harry Potter Series J. K. Rowling
Dracula Bram Stoker

Well I've read these this last few years so I remember them, I'm sure there are so much more I enjoyed before...

m*

ronnn · 10-01-2009, 04:24 PM

My 10 books or series of books :

1 - Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
2 - the neverending story - Michael Ende
3 - Robots and Foundation cycle from Asimov
4 - The Discworld serie - Terry Pratchett
5 - Le comte de monte christo - Alexandre Dumas
6 - Wuthering heights - Emily bronte
7 - Brave new world - Aldous Huxley
8 - Hamlet - Shakespeare
9 - Hercule poirot mysteries serie - Agatha Christie
10 - The lord of the rings - J.R.R Tolkien

DixieGal · 10-01-2009, 04:30 PM

Foundation series (of course)
Hobbit and LOTR series
A Fire Upon the Deep series
Black Beauty
Nova by Samuel R Delaney
The Once and Future King and/or Morte de Arthur
Starfish series by Peter Watts
Discworld series

toomanybooks · 10-01-2009, 07:23 PM

My honest top ten list (not my still an an english major after all these years list)

1) Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
2) Breakfast At Tiffanys (Truman Capote)
3) Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery)
4) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
5) Confessions of A Failed Southern Lady (Florence King)
6) A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
7) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein)
8) Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving)
9) Prodigal Women (Nancy Hale)
10) Hitchhikers Guide (Douglas Adams)

BlackVoid · 10-02-2009, 09:55 AM

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov
Dune by Frank Herbert
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hasek
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian

dmen1 · 10-20-2009, 08:55 AM

john updike rabbit run
richard russo empire falls
john steinbeck winter of our discontent

jinlo · 10-20-2009, 01:52 PM

1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
3. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
4. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
5. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
6. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
7. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
8. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
9. World War Z by Max Brooks
10. The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

MelC · 10-20-2009, 08:45 PM

So, is that 3 weeks now? Curious to see the results (but too lazy to tabulate them myself).

Mel

Bilbo1967 · 10-22-2009, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MelC

So, is that 3 weeks now? Curious to see the results (but too lazy to tabulate them myself).

Mel

Yep - it's my job for the weekend so I'll hopefully get some results out by this Sunday.

kennyc · 10-22-2009, 01:21 PM

Thank you Sir!

Will look forward to the results.

Bilbo1967 · 10-22-2009, 04:21 PM

OK - having said that I would compile the results at the weekend, I actually started (and finished) it tonight.

For both the lists below, I have shown all the entries that garnered three or more votes and then listed them in descending order (i.e. 'winner' first). The final number in each line is the number of votes gained.

Firstly, the most popular single books (or series of books) were.....

......

Lord of the Rings trilogy - J R R Tolkien -11
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 8
Foundation Trilogy - Issac Asimov - 6
Dune - Frank Herbert -5
1984 - George Orwell - 5
The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien - 5
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - 5
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - 4
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - 4
The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas - 4
Harry Potter series - J K Rowling - 4
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 4
Watership Down - Richard Adams - 4
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger - 3
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck - 3
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - 3
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - 3
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein - 3

Secondly, the most popular authors were.....

......

J R R Tolkien - 16
John Steinbeck - 10
Douglas Adams - 8
Issac Asimov - 8
Alexandre Dumas - 7
Agatha Christie - 6
Frank Herbert - 5
Robert Heinlein - 5
William Shakespeare - 5
George Orwell - 5
Jane Austen - 5
J K Rowling - 4
Richard Adams - 4
J. D. Salinger - 4
Jules Verne - 4
Aldous Huxley - 4
Kurt Vonnegut - 4
Joseph Heller - 3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 3
Arthur C. Clarke - 3
Charles Dickens - 3
David Zindell - 3
Mary Stewart - 3
Robertson Davies - 3
Stephen King - 3 **
Terry Pratchett - 3
Walter Scott - 3
Harlan Ellison - 3
Victor Hugo - 3

** One book co-authored with Peter Straub.

Probably no real surprise to see LOTR and JRR Tolkien at the top (?), but interesting to see the range of styles and eras of authors represented. I think it shows the breadth of membership that MobileRead attracts.

Thoughts etc.. please?

kennyc · 10-22-2009, 04:33 PM

Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!

bcumyns · 10-24-2009, 12:32 AM

Wow - this is really personal. I think I'll call my list Ten Great Reads

Ten Great Reads
1. Anna Karenina Tolstoy
2. Moby Dick Melville
3. Catch 22 Heller
4. Infinite Jest Wallace
5. Cold Mountain Frazier
6. The Prince of Tides Conroy
7. The Magus Fowles
8. The Corrections Franzen
9. Huckleberry Finn Clemens
10. The Recognitions Gaddis

GA Russell · 10-24-2009, 02:25 AM

Too late, I kow, but I'll add my thought.

Otley Victorious - Martin Waddell
Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler
Moby Dick - Herman Melville

10-01-2009, 04:24 PM	#33
ronnn Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: SONY PRS-505	My 10 books or series of books : 1 - Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 2 - the neverending story - Michael Ende 3 - Robots and Foundation cycle from Asimov 4 - The Discworld serie - Terry Pratchett 5 - Le comte de monte christo - Alexandre Dumas 6 - Wuthering heights - Emily bronte 7 - Brave new world - Aldous Huxley 8 - Hamlet - Shakespeare 9 - Hercule poirot mysteries serie - Agatha Christie 10 - The lord of the rings - J.R.R Tolkien Last edited by ronnn; 10-01-2009 at 04:40 PM.

10-22-2009, 04:21 PM	#42
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	The Results !! OK - having said that I would compile the results at the weekend, I actually started (and finished) it tonight. For both the lists below, I have shown all the entries that garnered three or more votes and then listed them in descending order (i.e. 'winner' first). The final number in each line is the number of votes gained. Firstly, the most popular single books (or series of books) were..... ...... Lord of the Rings trilogy - J R R Tolkien -11 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 8 Foundation Trilogy - Issac Asimov - 6 Dune - Frank Herbert -5 1984 - George Orwell - 5 The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien - 5 The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - 5 And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - 4 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - 4 The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas - 4 Harry Potter series - J K Rowling - 4 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 4 Watership Down - Richard Adams - 4 The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger - 3 Cannery Row - John Steinbeck - 3 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - 3 Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - 3 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein - 3 Secondly, the most popular authors were..... ...... J R R Tolkien - 16 John Steinbeck - 10 Douglas Adams - 8 Issac Asimov - 8 Alexandre Dumas - 7 Agatha Christie - 6 Frank Herbert - 5 Robert Heinlein - 5 William Shakespeare - 5 George Orwell - 5 Jane Austen - 5 J K Rowling - 4 Richard Adams - 4 J. D. Salinger - 4 Jules Verne - 4 Aldous Huxley - 4 Kurt Vonnegut - 4 Joseph Heller - 3 Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 3 Arthur C. Clarke - 3 Charles Dickens - 3 David Zindell - 3 Mary Stewart - 3 Robertson Davies - 3 Stephen King - 3 Terry Pratchett - 3 Walter Scott - 3 Harlan Ellison - 3 Victor Hugo - 3 One book co-authored with Peter Straub. Probably no real surprise to see LOTR and JRR Tolkien at the top (?), but interesting to see the range of styles and eras of authors represented. I think it shows the breadth of membership that MobileRead attracts. Thoughts etc.. please?

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09-30-2009, 09:05 PM	#31
fiver Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 100 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle	1. Watership Down by Richard Adams 2. Neverness by David Zindell 3. The Broken God by David Zindell 4. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre 5. The Collector by John Fowles 6. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 7. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 8. Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison 9. The Gunslinger by Stephen King 10. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende I have read many of the classics, but my first love is still in the SF genre. My #1 pick has been there since I was ten years old - I'm reading it for the 4th time right now. Michael

10-01-2009, 03:18 PM	#32
maggie* PRS addicted... Posts: 43 Karma: 34 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: PRS-505	That's tough.... but it's a great post to find something you might like to read... you know similar tastes... Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Anna Karenina Tolstoy The Lord of the Rings Tolkien His Dark Materials Philip Pullman The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Dune Frank Herbert North and South Elizabeth Gaskell Lord of the Flies William Golding Harry Potter Series J. K. Rowling Dracula Bram Stoker Well I've read these this last few years so I remember them, I'm sure there are so much more I enjoyed before... m*

10-01-2009, 04:30 PM	#34
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Foundation series (of course) Hobbit and LOTR series A Fire Upon the Deep series Black Beauty Nova by Samuel R Delaney The Once and Future King and/or Morte de Arthur Starfish series by Peter Watts Discworld series

10-01-2009, 07:23 PM	#35
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 1039424 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	My honest top ten list (not my still an an english major after all these years list) 1) Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) 2) Breakfast At Tiffanys (Truman Capote) 3) Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery) 4) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) 5) Confessions of A Failed Southern Lady (Florence King) 6) A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute) 7) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein) 8) Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving) 9) Prodigal Women (Nancy Hale) 10) Hitchhikers Guide (Douglas Adams)

10-02-2009, 09:55 AM	#36
BlackVoid Evangelist Posts: 415 Karma: 510423 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov Dune by Frank Herbert Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hasek Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie Solaris by Stanislaw Lem Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian

10-20-2009, 08:55 AM	#37
dmen1 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: cleveland,oh Device: sony prs505	john updike rabbit run richard russo empire falls john steinbeck winter of our discontent

10-20-2009, 01:52 PM	#38
jinlo aka coco jinlo Posts: 415 Karma: 500002 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ-USA Device: Just purchased Sony 505, but alas, it is for the wife	1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 4. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 5. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace 6. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 7. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub 8. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 9. World War Z by Max Brooks 10. The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

10-20-2009, 08:45 PM	#39
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	So, is that 3 weeks now? Curious to see the results (but too lazy to tabulate them myself). Mel

10-22-2009, 01:21 PM	#41
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thank you Sir! Will look forward to the results.

10-22-2009, 04:33 PM	#43
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!

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10-24-2009, 12:32 AM	#44
bcumyns Member Posts: 12 Karma: 276964 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Sony 300	Wow - this is really personal. I think I'll call my list Ten Great Reads Ten Great Reads 1. Anna Karenina Tolstoy 2. Moby Dick Melville 3. Catch 22 Heller 4. Infinite Jest Wallace 5. Cold Mountain Frazier 6. The Prince of Tides Conroy 7. The Magus Fowles 8. The Corrections Franzen 9. Huckleberry Finn Clemens 10. The Recognitions Gaddis

10-24-2009, 02:25 AM	#45
GA Russell Montreal wins Grey Cup! Posts: 7,583 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Too late, I kow, but I'll add my thought. Otley Victorious - Martin Waddell Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett Catch-22 - Joseph Heller Dracula - Bram Stoker The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler Moby Dick - Herman Melville