Top Ten Favorite Books

[Erin]

Seeing a post made by Sarajean earlier got me thinking...what are your top 10 favorite books of all time? I know we have the "What's your favorite book" thread, but I want to see the rest of them. And I like lists.

I need to think a bit about my top favorites, but will post them later.

[RolandDerRevolvermann]

I first have to check english book titles...

But so far non DT-books.

1. Eragon I + II - Christopher Paolini
2. The ODESSA file - Frederic Forsyth
3. Die Elfen (The elves) - Bernhard Hennen
4. Harry Potter IV, V, VI
5. Illuminati - Dan Brown
6. Das Sakrileg (The daVinci Code) - Dan Brown
7. Die Jury (The Jury) - John Grisham
8. Die Kammer (The Chamber) - John Grisham
9. Guard of the night - Sergei Lukianenko
10. Der Shatten des Windes (Shadow of the wind) - Carloz Zafon

And I currently read "The Pillars of the Earth" from Ken Follet and up to now it´s awesome. Propably this book will enter the list.

[sarah]

oh erin. this is a tough thread. I'll start my list...

in no order

1. The Dark Tower
2. Harry Potter
3. Tom Sawyer
4. The Lord of the Rings
5. Pride and Prejudice
6. Carrie
7. IT

[Darkthoughts]

Yeah man, this is hard! I think mine would be (no particular order):

1 - The Hobbit ~ J R R Tolkien
2 - The Cider House Rules ~ John Irving
3 - Kiss of the Spiderwoman ~ Manuel Puig
4 - not sure what to put as my all encompassing SK book...I'm tempted to put IT as it scared the crap out of me like nothing I'd read before...other than that it'd be DT as a whole, Insomnia or Black House.
5 - Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens
6 - Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J K Rowling
7 - To Kill A Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
8 - The Robber Bride ~ Maragaret Atwood
9 - Dracula ~ Bram Stoker
10 - American Gods ~ Neil Gaiman

thats not quite it though, because I haven't gotten in Wodehouse or Iain Banks or countless others, I like doing lists but they're almost always impossible. I couldn't make a 100% definitive one.

[Storyslinger]

I'm going to write the DT books as one whole story

1. DT
2. The Stand
3. Bag of Bones
4. The Talismin
5. Black House
6. Hatchet
7. Brian's Winter
8. My Life in Dog Years
9. The Transall Saga
10. The Gathering

[Wuducynn]

1. The Dark Tower

2. It

3. Insomnia

4. Black House

5. Bag of Bones

6. The Stand

7. Dreamcatcher

8. Rose Madder

9. The Shining

10. The Call of Cthulhu

[Storyslinger]

1. The Dark Tower

2. It

3. Insomnia

4. Black House

5. Bag of Bones

6. The Stand

7. Dreamcatcher

8. Rose Madder

9. The Shining

10. The Call of Cthulhu

Good Line UP

[fernandito]

I agree with everyone else, this is a tough thread and I'm pretty sure the list I give out won't be 110% accurate (there's just so many books!) , but here it goes:

In no particular order -

1. The Gunslinger
2. Desperation
3. A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
4. The Sandman (Neil Geiman)
5. The Watchmen (Alan Moore)
6. Enders Game (Orson Scott Card)
7. Enders Shadow (Orson Scott Card)
8. Imajica (Clive Barker)
9. The Talisman
10. Sphere (Micheal Crichton)

[Storyslinger]

I agree with everyone else, this is a tough thread and I'm pretty sure the list I give out won't be 110% accurate (there's just so many books!) , but here it goes:

In no particular order -

1. The Gunslinger
2. Desperation
3. A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
4. The Sandman (Neil Geiman)
5. The Watchmen (Alan Moore)
6. Enders Game (Orson Scott Card)
7. Enders Shadow (Orson Scott Card)
8. Imajica (Clive Barker)
9. The Talisman
10. Sphere (Micheal Crichton)

The only one I haven't heard of is Imajica, but I've read the rest
Again, good line up

[Wuducynn]

Imajica is considered by a lot of Barker's fans to be his best work from what I've heard. I tried reading The Great and Secret Show by him and got about half way and lost interest. I've been meaning to try reading Imajica.

[fernandito]

I've been meaning to try reading Imajica.

Pick it up, you won't regret it. Half-Human creatures, interdimensional travels, a main protagonist with telekinetic-like abilities, it's all there.

[funky dredd]

Tough one...and not really in any order.

1. The Gunslinger
2. Mr.Sebastian and the Negro Magician
3. IT
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
5. The Talisman
6. Interview with a Vampire
7. The Stand
8. Salem's Lot
9. Lord of the Rings
10. Eragon

[al'Lan Mandragoran]

1. The Iron Tower/Children of the Serpent Gate - Sarah Ash
2. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King
3. A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
4. The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
5. The Eagles Brood - Jack Whyte
6. Eragon/Eldest - Christopher Paolini
7. A Game of Thrones/A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin
8. Balance Point - Kathy Tyers
9. It - Stephen King
10. The Dragon Reborn/Eye of the World/The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan

[Ikilledthecrimsonking]

1. The stand
2. It
3. the darkhalf
4. the longwalk
5. Darktower 7
6. Darktower 2
7. the outsiders
8. Hatchet
9. the forgotten soldier
10. the DaVinchi Code

1-6 by Stephen King
7.by S.E.Hinton
8.by Gary Pulson
9.by Guy Sajer
10.byDan Brown

[sarajean]

in no order at all

the lights in the sky are stars---fredric brown
perfume---patrick süskind
harry potter---jk rowling
the dark tower---stephen king
hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy---douglas adams
the princess bride---william goldman
jitterbug perfume---tom robbins
the man in the high castle---philip k dick
the stand---stephen king
the talisman---stephen king and peter straub

[Darkthoughts]

7. the outsiders

Oh man, good call!! Thats one hell of a book!! Infact I loved most of her stories - Rumblefish, That Was Then, This Is Now...

[Erin]

No particular order...I included series as one book.

1. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey - Chuck Palahniuk
2. Harry Potter - JK Rowling
3. The Dark Tower - Stephen King
4. The Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. The Time Travelers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
7. The Stand - Stephen King
8. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton (I read this in 5th grade and have loved it ever since).
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
10. Still Life with Woodpecker - Tom Robbins

[Jean]

here's my top ten list of books written in English only. No particular order. I didn't include any Dickens, either, because he is my favorite writer and I can't discriminate between his novels (or, as Chesterton observed, nobody can because they are not bona fide novels, but it's another story); didn't include Wodehouse for much the same reason.

1. Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
2. Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
4. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
5. Father Brown Stories - G.K.Chesterton
6. The Ball and the Cross - G.K.Chesterton
7. It - Stephen King
8. The Stand - Stephen King
9. The Dark Tower (as a whole) - Stephen King
10. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - William Shakespeare

[Storyslinger]

7. the outsiders

Yeah, I agree with Darkthoughts on this, That is a great book

[Daghain]

Again, in no particular order:

1. The Dark Tower (the whole series)
2. Harry Potter (series)
3. Pride and Prejudice (actually, ALL Jane Austen but that's my favorite)
4. Misery
5. The Stand
6. Anything by Edgar Allan Poe
7. The Talisman
8. She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
9. The Long Walk
10. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice

[Letti]

I love this thread a lot. It gives me ideas and goals.

[sarah]

Again, in no particular order:

1. The Dark Tower (the whole series)
2. Harry Potter (series)
3. Pride and Prejudice (actually, ALL Jane Austen but that's my favorite)4. Misery
5. The Stand
6. Anything by Edgar Allan Poe
7. The Talisman
8. She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
9. The Long Walk
10. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice

[Daghain]

My capstone class for my English degree was a whole semester of Jane Austen. That totally rocked!

[sarajean]

daggers, i don't think you can include harry potter since you haven't even read the whole thing.

[Daghain]

Shhhhhh.

But, I know I'll like #7. Is it driving you nuts I haven't read it yet? Because that would be a bonus.