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wayspooled · 10-24-2009, 09:51 AM

Thank you Bilbo1967

alecE · 10-24-2009, 05:46 PM

Thank you Bilbo, but you are going to update the scores on a regular basis aren't you? (say "Yes").
fwiw my attempt at this impossible task:
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Lewis, Roy The Evolution Man
Tolkein, J R R Lord of the Rings trilogy
Heinlein, Robert The Moon is a harsh mistress
Orwell, George 1984
Le Carre, John Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
Doyle, Arthur Conan The Lost world
Graham, Kenneth The Wind in the willows
Wyndham, John The Kraken wakes
Sayers, Dorothy L Gaudy night

I decided that I couldn't possibly select my ten favourite titles, so went on the basis of ten titles I would really like to share with a.n.other

Bilbo1967 · 10-24-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alecE

Thank you Bilbo, but you are going to update the scores on a regular basis aren't you? (say "Yes").

Now I've started, I'll happily update the results as and when enough people have responded to make it worthwhile.

StayAwake · 10-25-2009, 06:48 PM

Thank you Bilbo.
I just discovered this site - this is my first post.

Picking ten is very difficult. My list has some similarities, but a few differences:

Hobbit/LOTR - Tolkien
Ender's Game series - Card
Metamorphosis - Kafka
Brave New World - Huxley
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller
The Dispossessed - LeGuin
1984 - Orwell
Forever War - Haldeman
And Then There Were None - Christie
Harry Potter Series - Rowling

Littermate · 10-26-2009, 02:31 AM

First post here so basically an introduction. I find it impossible to choose and certainly to rank ten favourite books so here are ten number 1's.

01 Collected poems of Walter de la Mare
01 The complete books of Charles Fort (This may be invalid but I don't care)
01 Ubik by Philip K Dick
01 Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
01 Collected short stories by Robert Aickman
01 Fontana books of great ghost stories (1 to 8) edited by Robert Aickman
01 A scanner darkly by Philip K Dick
01 The desolate Presence by Thomas Owen
01 Hound of the Baskervilles and all Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle
01 The haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

01 The Wendigo (Short Story) by Algernon Blackwood

I dont know if The Wendigo counts, being a short story, but I have probably read it more than anything else so its here as an addendum.

Anyway, greetings to all and this probably represents the internal architecture of my head as well as anything does. Actually, the more I sit here the more other meaningful books I can think of, not all fiction, so I better stop right now or I will be here forever.

markbot · 12-12-2009, 01:26 PM

The Rebel by Albert Camus
Light in August by William Faulkner
War & Peace
1984
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (for philosophical not literary reasons)
Siddartha by Herman Hesse
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick

HomeInMyShoes · 07-20-2011, 10:07 AM

Hmmmm. 10 books. I'll classify it as books that did something for me.

No particular order:

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Golden Gate - Vikram Seth
Popco - Scarlett Thomas
Generation X - Douglas Coupland
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Michael Chabon
If On a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino
The Life and Death of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut

Okay, I violated the rule, but Jacobs is more important than most of the stuff on my list.

sajmon5544 · 08-05-2011, 05:17 AM

Let me contribute:

Malazan Book of the Fallen - S. Erikson
Song of Ice and Fire - G. Martin
General Thrawn Trilogy - T. Zahn
The Shadow of the Wind - C. Zafón

That's pretty much it, Malazans takes most on my reading time.

10-26-2009, 02:31 AM	#50
Littermate Becalmed Posts: 29 Karma: 6172 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tennessee USA Device: Two Sony PRS505 (Breeding pair)	10 Favourite books First post here so basically an introduction. I find it impossible to choose and certainly to rank ten favourite books so here are ten number 1's. 01 Collected poems of Walter de la Mare 01 The complete books of Charles Fort (This may be invalid but I don't care) 01 Ubik by Philip K Dick 01 Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 01 Collected short stories by Robert Aickman 01 Fontana books of great ghost stories (1 to 8) edited by Robert Aickman 01 A scanner darkly by Philip K Dick 01 The desolate Presence by Thomas Owen 01 Hound of the Baskervilles and all Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle 01 The haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 01 The Wendigo (Short Story) by Algernon Blackwood I dont know if The Wendigo counts, being a short story, but I have probably read it more than anything else so its here as an addendum. Anyway, greetings to all and this probably represents the internal architecture of my head as well as anything does. Actually, the more I sit here the more other meaningful books I can think of, not all fiction, so I better stop right now or I will be here forever.

12-12-2009, 01:26 PM	#51
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	The Rebel by Albert Camus Light in August by William Faulkner War & Peace 1984 Neuromancer by William Gibson The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (for philosophical not literary reasons) Siddartha by Herman Hesse Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick Last edited by markbot; 12-12-2009 at 01:37 PM.

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10-24-2009, 09:51 AM	#46
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	Thank you Bilbo1967

10-24-2009, 05:46 PM	#47
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	Thank you Bilbo, but you are going to update the scores on a regular basis aren't you? (say "Yes"). fwiw my attempt at this impossible task: Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon Lewis, Roy The Evolution Man Tolkein, J R R Lord of the Rings trilogy Heinlein, Robert The Moon is a harsh mistress Orwell, George 1984 Le Carre, John Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy Doyle, Arthur Conan The Lost world Graham, Kenneth The Wind in the willows Wyndham, John The Kraken wakes Sayers, Dorothy L Gaudy night I decided that I couldn't possibly select my ten favourite titles, so went on the basis of ten titles I would really like to share with a.n.other

10-25-2009, 06:48 PM	#49
StayAwake being Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI USA Device: Kindle 2	Thank you Bilbo. I just discovered this site - this is my first post. Picking ten is very difficult. My list has some similarities, but a few differences: Hobbit/LOTR - Tolkien Ender's Game series - Card Metamorphosis - Kafka Brave New World - Huxley A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller The Dispossessed - LeGuin 1984 - Orwell Forever War - Haldeman And Then There Were None - Christie Harry Potter Series - Rowling

07-20-2011, 10:07 AM	#52
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Hmmmm. 10 books. I'll classify it as books that did something for me. No particular order: A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams The Golden Gate - Vikram Seth Popco - Scarlett Thomas Generation X - Douglas Coupland The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Michael Chabon If On a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino The Life and Death of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Okay, I violated the rule, but Jacobs is more important than most of the stuff on my list.

08-05-2011, 05:17 AM	#53
sajmon5544 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Poland Device: Kindle 3	Let me contribute: Malazan Book of the Fallen - S. Erikson Song of Ice and Fire - G. Martin General Thrawn Trilogy - T. Zahn The Shadow of the Wind - C. Zafón That's pretty much it, Malazans takes most on my reading time.

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