I have been challenged by beautifulorange to list my 34 favorite books. It’s a friendly challenge, but a challenge nonetheless. I just hope I have 34 books to put on this list because I’m one of those people who would read the same book over and over again for months. Here is my challenger’s list: http://beautifulorange.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/my-34-favourite-books-probably/
Now here is mine in no specific order:
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Coming of Conan by Robert E. Howard
- Edgar Allan Poe Compilation (Bet you can’t pick just one.)
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
- Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan
- You’re Only Old Once by Dr. Seuss
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (I had the book version, but lost it.)
- Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
- Books of Lost Swords Series by Fred Saberhagen
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Nuklear Age by Brian Clevinger
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
- Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The Odyssey by Homer
- To Kill a Mocking by Harper Lee
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Magic Kingdom For Sale by Terry Brooks
- Sh*t My Dad Sales by Justin Halpern
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- Spider-Man: The Venom Factor by Diane Duane
- Earth by Jon Stewart
That’s the list I could make from all the books I’ve read in my life. Sadly, I don’t own all of those and there are some that I’d love to put on there, but have yet to read. So, what’s your list?
Legends of Windemere 
Wow, 34 favs. I don’t think I can list them. Not to mention, I’ve forgotten a great number of titles. 🙂 My favorite though is easy, it’s Einstein’s Dream.
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It took a while to put that list together. I’ve never actually heard of Einstein’s Dream. What’s it about?
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It’s a book about time. It’s dreams that Einstein had. (Fiction of course). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_Dreams
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That sounds pretty interesting. I have a friend whose really into temporal mechanics, so maybe he’s read it already or owns a copy.
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Good work… great list. There’s a lot on there that are on my ‘to read’ list already. Someone recommended Earth to me just yesterday so I really need to get on to that.
The only one that I’ve never been able to get my head round, in terms of the adulation it received is Gatsby. But clearly still a very good book.
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I really couldn’t say what I liked about it. I think the world was painted so well and the characters were so alive that I found it enthralling.
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Ooh, and is Enders Game at number one because it’s your favourite? I really need to read that before the film comes out. Although I’ve got high hopes for the film from what I’ve heard of it.
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Ender’s Game is definitely the one I’ve read the most out of that list. I suggest reading it at least twice before the movie comes out. Just to make sure you’re ready. 😉
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