Top 100 Novels of All Time - General Discussion

[Stockerlone]

I'll nominate one of my fav. books from Japan Musashi from the amazing Eiji Yoshikawa.

the list of books I must read asap is growing...

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More stuff from Japan.
I also must nominate Taiko, an other opus from Eiji Yoshikawa.

[ladysai]

I would like to cast my votes for:

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Catcher In the Rye
Dark Tower
Exorcist
Farenheit 451
Harry Potter
I Am Legend
It
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
Song of Ice and Fire
Stand
To Kill a Mockingbird

[CRinVA]

I'll nominate Dune by Frank Herbert and second

Harry Potter
Lord of the Flies
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Dark Tower
The Stand
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Lord of the Rings

[Stebbins]

I wouldn't say night and day, but different and I hope they are separate.

Okay, how 'bout rain and sunshine?

Sorry, haven't been on here (or at least in this thread) in a few days.

Path: I would say yes. But The Long Walk is still my favorite book by King out of the forty-something I've read.

It is a good point though; I doubt I would have given it a try if I didn't know it was a King. Although to follow that with a rebuttal of the point: If I didn't know it was King, then Bachman wouldn't have been exposed, and he would have a lot more works under that pseudonym. Practice makes perfect and one could argue that Richard was just getting started.

I'll add one to The Harry Potter series's tally.

[pathoftheturtle]

One could argue that Richard was just getting started, but if he was real then he really could have died. It happens. But that's still taking the point too literally: all I really meant to say was, No way is that in the same league as It and The Stand.

[Stebbins]

Hahaha. I'm a stickler for semantics, friend. Fair point, but when real writers die young into their careers-- I'm thinking specifically off hand about Dickinson-- they are praised for how prodigious they were and how raw the talent had been. I think The Long Walk stands up to The Stand just fine, and blows by It. I'm a minimalist though.

[Merlin1958]

OMG!!! You did not just say, "I'm a stickler for semantics, friend" to, Path now did you? Not too soon to retract. He is not "online" at the moment. Else, here we go!!! LOL LOL

[Stebbins]

Lol. Oh, I know what I've done, Bill. Path and I have some good banter back-and-forth, in my opinion at least. Because we both enjoy rhetoric, argument, and have differing opinions--and enough education about all three not to take it seriously.

[ladysai]

-- I'm thinking specifically off hand about Dickinson-- they are praised for how prodigious they were and how raw the talent had been.

Dickinson, as in Emily?
Just for the record, Miss Emily died at age 55, which may seem young by our standards, but was in fact a fairly ripe old age in the late 1800s. Also, most of her poetry was published after her passing.

[needfulthings]

Nominations
On the Beach Nevil Shute
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum.
Sometimes A Great Notion Ken Kesey

[Lurker]

Second: Dune, Cloud Atlas, To Kill A Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451

Nominate: Asimov's Foundation Trilogy

[Jean]

Nominations
On the Beach Nevil Shute
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum.
Sometimes A Great Notion Ken Kesey

one nomination per post!! I added On the Beach, but not the other two

[Jean]

1984 9
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 4
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 8
All Quiet on The Western Front 2
American Psycho 1
American Tragedy, An 1
Andromeda Strain, The 4
Animal Farm 4
Ball and the Cross, The 0
Battlefield Earth 1
Battle Royale 0
Beloved 0
Brave New World 2
Breakfast of Champions 1
Candide 4
Carrion Comfort 1
Castle, The 2
Catch-22 4
Catcher in the Rye, The 7
Charlotte's Web 3
Children of Men 0
Clockwork Orange, A 3
Cloud Atlas 1
Count of Monte Cristo, The 2
Crime and Punishment 4
Dark Tower, The 9
David Copperfield 3
Da Vinci Code, The 2
Don Quixote 3
Dracula 5
Dragonriders of Pern 0
Dune 1
East of Eden 1
Ender’s Game 0
Everything is Illuminated 1
Exorcist, The 6
Fahrenheit 451 8
Fight Club 4
Finnegan's Wake 0
Foundation 0
Frankenstein 2
Geek Love 0
Ghost Story 3
Glass Bead Game, The 3
Gulliver's Travels 4
Harry Potter 4
Haunting of Hill House, The 3
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The 3
I Am Legend 5
Interview With The Vampire 2
It 7
Jane Eyre 3
Jaws 0
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
Jurassic Park 1
Karamazov Brothers, The 1
Kim 2
Little Women 1
Lolita 4
Long Walk, The 4
Lord Of The Flies 10
Lord of the Rings 6
Lost World, The 3
Lucky Jim 0
Man in the High Castle, The 0
Master and Margarita, The 0
Monk, The 0
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The 0
Musashi 0
Northanger Abbey 3
Notes From Underground 0
Of Mice and Men 5
Old Man and the Sea, The 0
Old Yeller 0
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest 4
On the Beach 0
On the Road 0
Outsiders, The 4
Portnoy's Complaint 0
Princess Bride, The 0
Psycho 2
Rabbit Series 0
Ready Player One 0
Road, The 3
Room 0
Rosemary's Baby 2
Scarlet Letter, The 3
Silence of the Lambs, The 2
Simple Plan, A 0
Shining, The 4
Slaughterhouse-Five 3
Song of Ice and Fire, A 4
Sound and the Fury, The 0
Stand, The 9
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 5
Stranger, The 2
Taiko 0
Terror, The 3
Thief of Always, The 2
To Kill a Mockingbird 13
Treasure Island 6
Trial, The 1
Turn of the Screw, The 3
War and Peace 1
War of the Worlds 2
We 1
Where the Red Fern Grows 1
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 0
Wuthering Heights 3

[Jean]

Our leaders by the end of the second week:

To Kill a Mockingbird 13
Lord Of The Flies 10
1984 9
Dark Tower, The 9
Stand, The 9
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 8
Fahrenheit 451 8
Catcher in the Rye, The 7
It 7
Exorcist, The 6
Lord of the Rings 6
Treasure Island 6
Dracula 5
I Am Legend 5
Of Mice and Men 5
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 5

[Heather19]

I'll nominate Jurassic Park.

Also we need more seconds for IT, and The Long Walk please

When are you going to second "Jaws"???? LOL LOL

I still haven't read the book

One could argue that Richard was just getting started, but if he was real then he really could have died. It happens. But that's still taking the point too literally: all I really meant to say was, No way is that in the same league as It and The Stand.

The Long Walk is my second favorite book by King (right behind It), and easily one of my favorites of all time. So I'd definitely say it ranks up there. It might be shorter, but it's still a powerful story in my opinion.

[mae]

Need more women writers. How about Joyce Carol Oates and Patricia Highsmith, nothing seems to be nominated from them?

[Jean]

bears nominate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (and Through the Looking-Glass) by Lewis Carroll

[Iwritecode]

Ender’s Game 0

This really surprises me.

bears nominate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (and Through the Looking-Glass) by Lewis Carroll

I wondered if those books would be nominated. I couldn't do it myself since I've never read them.

[fearless-freak]

The Earthsea tales by Ursula K LeGuin

[DoctorZaius]

In response to the need for more women I nominate Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates - the tale of Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, as told from the point of view of the female passenger as she drowns. Unforgettable.

Still no love for Geek Love? Has anyone else read this circus freak classic?

[Heather19]

bears nominate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (and Through the Looking-Glass) by Lewis Carroll

I'll second

and nominate Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

[Jean]

Still no love for Geek Love? Has anyone else read this circus freak classic?

no, alas, bears haven't yet! will try to do so before the game is over

[Merlin1958]

Second: Dune, Cloud Atlas, To Kill A Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451

Nominate: Asimov's Foundation Trilogy

I'll second that!!!

[CRinVA]

I'll second the Earthsea tales by leguin

and nominate the CS Lewis Out of the Silent Planet Trilogy

[mae]

Alice and Black Water seconded. Strangers of a Train nominated.