My top 11 novels what are yours? - Page 3

kennyc · 11-09-2010, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Jcas

Here is my list not in any specific order.

The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
The Alchemist - Coelho
Pillars of the Earth - Follett
The Book Thief - Zusak
Still Alice - Genova
I Know This Much is True - Lamb
The Blind Assassin - Atwood
A Thousand Splendid Sons - Hosseini
Jessica - Courtney
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bryson

I'm reading that last one. Not a novel I don't think.

Bilbo1967 · 11-09-2010, 09:12 AM

My 11, in no particular order, and with the proviso that I may well have forgotten something (and I've also cheated by including a couple of series):

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
Cannery Row John Steinbeck
On the Road Jack Kerouac
The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
The Flashman Novels by George MacDonald-Fraser
English Passengers Matthew Kneale
Good Omens Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Sick Puppy Carl Hiaasen
All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye Christopher Brookmyre
Animal Farm George Orwell
Germinal Emile Zola

brecklundin · 11-09-2010, 05:04 PM

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Happy Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
Ender's Game Series - Orson Scott Card
Time Enough for Love Vol. 1 & 2 - Robert Heinlein
Gor Series (first 9 or 10 anyway) - John Norman
Mash (plus the rest of the series) - Richard Hooker
The Callahan Chronicals - Spider Robinson
A Fool's Progress - Edward Abby
Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abby

And two non-fiction reads that go beyond being just about sports:
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book - Harvey Penickand Bud Shrake
-- You can tell everything you want to know about a person after one round of golf.
Ball Four - Jim Bouton

I think we could all generate a HUGE list but these are some that come to mind at this microsecond.

Jcas · 11-10-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm reading that last one. Not a novel I don't think.

You are so right, i should pay more attention to the topic title ...

pops1959 · 12-05-2010, 01:17 AM

Not in any particular order-
Dead-Eye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maughm
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by A. C. Doyle
The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Alices Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

FatDog · 12-06-2010, 04:13 PM

My favorites :

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton (RIP)
War for the Oaks - Emma Bull
Armour - John Steakley
Deeds of Paksenarrion series (Sheepfarmers Daughter to name one) - Elizabeth Moon
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Diskworld Novels (Maskerade to name one) - Terry Pratchett
Thursday Next series (The Eyre Affair to name one) - Jasper Fford
Angels & Demons - Dan Brown (the better of the two IMHO)
Ringworld - Arthur C Clark
The Hobbit - JRR Tolken
The Rabbit Factory - Marshall Karp (Soon to be a movie)

januaryman · 12-07-2010, 08:43 AM

Favorites that come to mind but are not my only favorites:

The Anubis Gates - Powers

Slaughterhouse Five - Vonnegut

Rabbit Run - Updike

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Joyce

A Boy's Life - McCammon

The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger

Miss Lonelyhearts - West

A Moveable Feast - Hemingway (okay, maybe more a memoir than novel, but still a perfect book!

Light in August - Faulkner

Sons and Lovers - Lawrence

The Foundation Trilogy - Asimov

kennyc · 12-07-2010, 09:57 AM

Some great books, ideas for my reading list.

Thanks all!

DiapDealer · 12-07-2010, 10:14 AM

Extremely glad to see Powers and McCammon finding their way onto more 'favorite' lists.

Rhynedahll · 12-07-2010, 12:13 PM

I've read some of these books, see some of my favorite authors, but don't see a lot of my favorite books.

Forgive me in advance for being less than literate. All of my favorite books are genre specific.

1. Starship Troopers - Heinlein
2. Going Postal -- Pratchett
3. Footfall -- Niven and Pournelle
4. Magic of Recluce -- Modesitt
5. Foundation -- Asimov
6. Galactic Odyssey -- Laumer
7. Witch World -- Norton
8. Tunnel in the Sky -- Heinlein
9. When Worlds Collide -- Wylie and Baumer
10. Lathe of Heaven -- Le Guin
11. Night Watch -- Pratchett

gmw · 12-07-2010, 02:43 PM

I'm sorry, I can't do top 11 novels, just can't. I was able to come up top 11 authors whose work I've read or re-read in the recent years. Listing by author (in alphabetical order) with top picks from their novels. As noted by others, this list is subject to change without notice, with mood or with subsequent reading.

Orson Scott Card : Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead
Nelson DeMille : Cathedral
Stephen Donaldson : Covenant Series / Gap Series
Neil Gaiman : Stardust / The Graveyard Book / Neverwhere
Robert Goddard : In Pale Battalions / Take No Farewell / Beyond Recall
William Horwood : The Stonor Eagles / Skallagrigg
John Irving : A Prayer for Owen Meany / Cider House Rules
Richard North Patterson : Eyes of a Child / Protect and Defend / Balance of Power
Terry Pratchett : The Bromeliad / Small Gods / Hogfather / Night Watch
J.K.Rowling : Harry Potter - the lot
J.R.R.Tolkien : The Lord of the Rings

And I can't leave without at least nodding at a few of the authors with works that got pushed of the list by insufficient room: Isaac Asmimov (Foundation), Stephen King (Stand/It/Deadzone), Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (The Mote in God's Eye). ... Oh, I'd better stop, I guess.

PS. FatDog: Ringworld is by Larry Niven.

kennyc · 12-07-2010, 02:50 PM

GMW, you gotta read John Irving's "Last Night in Twisted River" (if you haven't already)!

gmw · 12-07-2010, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

GMW, you gotta read John Irving's "Last Night in Twisted River" (if you haven't already)!

It's most definitely on my list to get. I still don't have the one before that either, "Until I find You", did you read that?

kennyc · 12-07-2010, 04:36 PM

No, but I loved Twisted River....harkens right back to his best work.

DiapDealer · 12-07-2010, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by gmw

It's most definitely on my list to get. I still don't have the one before that either, "Until I find You", did you read that?

While many seemed to be disappointed with "Until I Find You", I thought it was fantastic.

12-07-2010, 02:43 PM	#41
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I'm sorry, I can't do top 11 novels, just can't. I was able to come up top 11 authors whose work I've read or re-read in the recent years. Listing by author (in alphabetical order) with top picks from their novels. As noted by others, this list is subject to change without notice, with mood or with subsequent reading. Orson Scott Card : Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead Nelson DeMille : Cathedral Stephen Donaldson : Covenant Series / Gap Series Neil Gaiman : Stardust / The Graveyard Book / Neverwhere Robert Goddard : In Pale Battalions / Take No Farewell / Beyond Recall William Horwood : The Stonor Eagles / Skallagrigg John Irving : A Prayer for Owen Meany / Cider House Rules Richard North Patterson : Eyes of a Child / Protect and Defend / Balance of Power Terry Pratchett : The Bromeliad / Small Gods / Hogfather / Night Watch J.K.Rowling : Harry Potter - the lot J.R.R.Tolkien : The Lord of the Rings And I can't leave without at least nodding at a few of the authors with works that got pushed of the list by insufficient room: Isaac Asmimov (Foundation), Stephen King (Stand/It/Deadzone), Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (The Mote in God's Eye). ... Oh, I'd better stop, I guess. PS. FatDog: Ringworld is by Larry Niven.

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11-09-2010, 09:12 AM	#32
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	My 11, in no particular order, and with the proviso that I may well have forgotten something (and I've also cheated by including a couple of series): The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Cannery Row John Steinbeck On the Road Jack Kerouac The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child The Flashman Novels by George MacDonald-Fraser English Passengers Matthew Kneale Good Omens Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Sick Puppy Carl Hiaasen All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye Christopher Brookmyre Animal Farm George Orwell Germinal Emile Zola

11-09-2010, 05:04 PM	#33
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson Happy Potter Series - J.K. Rowling Ender's Game Series - Orson Scott Card Time Enough for Love Vol. 1 & 2 - Robert Heinlein Gor Series (first 9 or 10 anyway) - John Norman Mash (plus the rest of the series) - Richard Hooker The Callahan Chronicals - Spider Robinson A Fool's Progress - Edward Abby Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abby And two non-fiction reads that go beyond being just about sports: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book - Harvey Penickand Bud Shrake -- You can tell everything you want to know about a person after one round of golf. Ball Four - Jim Bouton I think we could all generate a HUGE list but these are some that come to mind at this microsecond.

12-05-2010, 01:17 AM	#35
pops1959 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Everywhere I am. Device: Kindle Oasis	Not in any particular order- Dead-Eye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse Demian by Hermann Hesse Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maughm Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger Cosmos by Carl Sagan The Complete Sherlock Holmes by A. C. Doyle The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Alices Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

12-06-2010, 04:13 PM	#36
FatDog Witless protection Agent Posts: 290 Karma: 1002898 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kindle	My favorites : Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton (RIP) War for the Oaks - Emma Bull Armour - John Steakley Deeds of Paksenarrion series (Sheepfarmers Daughter to name one) - Elizabeth Moon Dracula - Bram Stoker Diskworld Novels (Maskerade to name one) - Terry Pratchett Thursday Next series (The Eyre Affair to name one) - Jasper Fford Angels & Demons - Dan Brown (the better of the two IMHO) Ringworld - Arthur C Clark The Hobbit - JRR Tolken The Rabbit Factory - Marshall Karp (Soon to be a movie)

12-07-2010, 08:43 AM	#37
januaryman Used DTBs & iPad User Posts: 86 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Earth Device: iPad	Favorites that come to mind but are not my only favorites: The Anubis Gates - Powers Slaughterhouse Five - Vonnegut Rabbit Run - Updike A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Joyce A Boy's Life - McCammon The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger Miss Lonelyhearts - West A Moveable Feast - Hemingway (okay, maybe more a memoir than novel, but still a perfect book! Light in August - Faulkner Sons and Lovers - Lawrence The Foundation Trilogy - Asimov

12-07-2010, 09:57 AM	#38
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Some great books, ideas for my reading list. Thanks all!

12-07-2010, 10:14 AM	#39
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,524 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Extremely glad to see Powers and McCammon finding their way onto more 'favorite' lists.

12-07-2010, 12:13 PM	#40
Rhynedahll Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 504062 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	I've read some of these books, see some of my favorite authors, but don't see a lot of my favorite books. Forgive me in advance for being less than literate. All of my favorite books are genre specific. 1. Starship Troopers - Heinlein 2. Going Postal -- Pratchett 3. Footfall -- Niven and Pournelle 4. Magic of Recluce -- Modesitt 5. Foundation -- Asimov 6. Galactic Odyssey -- Laumer 7. Witch World -- Norton 8. Tunnel in the Sky -- Heinlein 9. When Worlds Collide -- Wylie and Baumer 10. Lathe of Heaven -- Le Guin 11. Night Watch -- Pratchett

12-07-2010, 02:50 PM	#42
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	GMW, you gotta read John Irving's "Last Night in Twisted River" (if you haven't already)!

12-07-2010, 04:36 PM	#44
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	No, but I loved Twisted River....harkens right back to his best work.

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