Latest Lists - What is your top ten list of favorite books that you have read?

What is your top ten list of favorite books that you have read?

I love reading and I love getting new ideas for books to check out. Just for fun, what is your top ten list of favorite books? If you don't quite have ten or have over ten thats fine! Just a fun thing to think about! Try it!!

Public Comments

1. To Kill A Mockingbird 2. Lord of the Flies 3. Lolita 4. The Godfather 5. A Clockwork Orange 6. Misery 7. The Odyssey 8. A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man 9. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1. Life of Pi 2. Lord of the Flies 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4. The Book Thief 5. 1984 6. Inkheart 7. Murder on the Orient Express 8. The Golden Compass 9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Lord of the Rings (Tolkein) Well of Lost Plots (3rd in the 'Thursday Next' series by Jasper Fforde) Private Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo) Mort (Terry Pratchett) The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde) To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) Sharpe's Eagle (Bernard Cornwell) Artemis Fowl (and subsequent series by Eoin Colfer) Persuasion (Jane Austen) Rebecca (Daphne de Maurier)
Reading is a good way to go into other worlds. Especially in fantasy. These are some of my favorite books. Read them and check them out! Shiver-Maggie Stiefvater Hush,Hush-Becca Fitzpatrick Twilight Saga-Stephanie Meyer Ballad-Maggie Stiefvater Lament-Maggie Stiefvater Lock and Key-Sarah Dessen DreamLand-Sarah Dessen Treasure Keeper-(i forgot the author O_0) Those are all my favorite books!! I read Most of Them and I rate them a 10!! The books by Maggie Steifvater are the best of all and I certainly enjoy reading them again and again! Reading is a joy and I wish everybody could have their own world in a world we call books. :)
Thee aren't in order, but here are some of my favorites: Harry Potter series by JK Rowling The Books of Pellinor series by Alison Croggon His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Just Listen by Sarah Dessen The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles Enchantment by Orson Scott Card Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain Beauty by Sherri S. Tepper Sunshine by Robin McKinley It all depends on what kind of book I'm in the mood to read, though.
1. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. All time favorite YA fiction. 2. The Harry Potter series. I love those books. So much. Oomf. 3. "Tricks" by Ellen Hopkins. I love all her books, but this one is the best so far. 4. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See. An adorable, culturally enriched, heartbreaking tale of two best friends in China. 5. "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by AVI. 6. "Go Ask Alice", the anonymous diary of a drug abusing teenager. 7. "Th1rteen R3asons Why" by Jay Asher. I haven't talked to a person who has read that book and disliked it. 8. "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer. It is so incredibly long, but it is also so incredibly worth it, especially if you enjoy stories about King Arthur and the like. 9. "Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. If you read it, prepare yourself. It's a tearjerker. 10. "The Sunflower" by Simon Wiesenthal. A true story about a Jewish man during the holocaust. Very raw and maturely-themed. It doesn't sugar-coat anything. 10 of my favorites right now. With more time to think I could probably come up with about 50 more. Enjoy! :)
1. Catch-22 2. Lolita 3. 100 years of Solitude 4. Harry Potter!!! 5. The stories of Franz Kafka 6. Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenter 7. Slaughterhouse Five 8. Notes From Underground 9.The Fall 10. 1984
This is my list as of now, but it's changing all the time: 1. 1984 by George Orwell 2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 4. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 5. Looking for Alaska by John Green 6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 7. On Writing by Stephen King 8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 9. Paper Towns by John Green (hehe... I'm a John Green fan :D) 10. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
No so much just a top ten: No some much books read by girls: want has been called the dime dreadful novels by high brow society: . Mostly western novels: Also commonly known as six-guns & spurs novels: . All books written by Zane Gray, Louis L'amour, William Johnstone . I also look the Greek Classics: They're are good if you read them for what they really are: . Entertaining sword and sandals action adventure stories: . sword {six gun} sandals { spurs} .
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix A Wrinkle In Time The Giver The Outsiders Anastasia Krupnik East of Eden The Silver Chair The Little Prince The Beast From the East The Hatchet
Haha, since I have time... ;) Also, they aren't really in a particular order. It'd probably depend on my mood which ones I like better. The Book Thief- Marcus Zusak The Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss The odd-numbered Harry Potter books... (That would be Sorcerer's Stone, Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, and Deathly Hallows.)- J.K. Rowling LOTR Trilogy + The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini My Sister's Keeper- Jodi Picoult House Rules- Jodi Picoult His Dark Materials Trilogy- Philip Pullman The Blind Side- Michael Lewis Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, books 4 and 5 of the Chronicles of Narnia- by C.S. Lewis. Sorry it's more than ten. ;)
Classics The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Modern Fiction To The Hilt (Or Anything) by Dick Francis, my favorite author The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Read it on my way to Paris) Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows. It's by far the most complex & interesting of Rowling's series. The Reformed Vampires Support Group by Catherine Jinks (Kind of the answer to Twilight)-my laugh out loud book. Non-Fiction 5 for good measure John Adams by David McCullough The Blind Side by Michael Lewis Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger (Sully) The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood Freakonomics by Steven Leavitt
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I love how this book made me question my previous beliefs on racial prejudice and on people in general. A well-written classic, this novel is my favorite read of all time. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins The trilogy captured me with its unpredictability and horrific setting, and once I started reading it I couldn't stop. The characters are unique but relatable, the plot well-paced, and makes #2 on my list. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling The plot is completely unique, as well as the characters. I love how Rowling kept adding interesting twists without seeming forced and her unique outlook on the wizarding world. Although the books seem a bit repetitive and the writing style nothing special, it is well-paced and an overall good read. The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins I love Collins' interesting but realistic twist on the well-known classic, Alice in Wonderland. It's unique and well-written, and is my fourth favorite book. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury I love the characters and Bradbury's unique twist on a fireman's occupation. It's well-written and keeps you guessing, even when the story is finished. At times the descriptions and dialogue were slightly confusing. The only other thing that bothered me was the names. A minor con for a classic novel, but it just really bothered me. Other than that, I love the futuristic world and the unpredictablity of the plot. The House of Night by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast This is extremley addicting. It's just so unpredictable, the most unpredictable novel I have read. Some of the twists seem to come out of nowwhere, almost forced. The writing style is average and nothing special, but the Casts did a good job with the realistic thinking of a teenager. And even though the characters are cliche, they're still likable and unique. The vampire plot is overused, but they did a good job of making it unique. Where the Red Fern Grows I love it's originality, but loved the characters even more - especially the dogs. The only reason it's low on my list is because it's so sad. I love animals, and *SPOILER ALERT!!* when they died, I couldn't stop crying. It kept me up for several nights, and I would also suggest it to anyone. Bridge to Terabithia Another sad book. I love Leslie *SPOILER ALERT* but when she fell off that bridge and hit her head, it was like my best friend died. And I felt so sorry for Jesse. It was very realistic and inspiring, and anyone who can read should pick up this book. Call of the Wild I wish I could put more input, but it's been a long time since I read it. My father told me I absolutely loved it when I was young, so I felt like I should put it on this list, but not too high since I don't remember it. The Giver (forgot the author) It's well-written and definately a good read. I'm not sure why, but I didn't absolutely love it. Something just didn't click with me. But it really is a good novel, and I would suggest it to anyone, everyone. I usually don't read books in this genre, so maybe that's why. (Sorry if I'm sounding more and more "out of it" in each paragraph...sort of falling asleep while writing this...)
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak - my all-time #1 favourite book. It's a crying shame that the rest of his books are stylistically nothing like it, and nowhere near as good. "The Last Unicorn" by Peter Beagle That's my favourite novel of his, but his short story collections "The Line Between", "We Never Talk About My Brother", and "Giant Bones" are also on the list. He's my favourite *author*, and is in many stories the closest match I have to the bittersweet tone and poetry-in-prose style of The Book Thief... even though he writes mostly fantasy. I don't like everything he's written, but I like a lot. (I found Beagle *before* Book Thief, by the way.) "Tales From The Perilous Realm" by J.R.R. Tolkien, mostly for the sake of two short stories therein: "Smith of Wooton Major" and "Farmer Giles of Ham". Although I did enjoy the essay as well. "Homer's Odyssey" by Gwen Cooper. This is about a blind cat. I like it because it's actually centred on the *cat*. For some unfathomable reason, most cat stories aren't (rolls eyes). "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom. "Tom's Midnight Garden" by Philippa Pearce, as one of the children's books that's kept all its magic intact for me as an adult. "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett - still pure magic. --- Of course, everything that isn't Zusak or Beagle is liable to fall off the list at any time when my mood changes...
01. the luxe series - anna godberson 02. the great and terible beauty trilogy - libba bray 03. if i have a wicked stepmother, where's my prince - melissa cantor 04. a countess below stairs - eva ibbotson 05. just ella - margaret peterson haddix 06. palace of mirrors - margaret peterson haddix 07. the princess diaires series - meg cabot 08. bewitching/betraying season - marissa doyle 09. the books of bayern series - shannon hale 10. tuck everlasting - natalie babbit 11. ella enchanted - gail carson levine 12. to catch a pirate - jade parker 13. the immortals series - tamora pierce 14. protector of the small series - tamora pierce okay, that was more than ten... :D i like alot of victorian/princessy and fantasy books, if you couldn't tell haha.
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas The Complete Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI - Bryan Burrough The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw - Mark Bowden Wiseguy - Nicolas Pileggi The Four Feathers - A.E.W. Mason The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage - Noah Andre Trudeau Dracula - Bram Stoker
Toy Story Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes IT Miss Nelson is Missing No Jumping on the Bed Aquamarine Where the Heart Is Romeo and Juliet No David! Sarah Morton's Pilgrim
For the sake of making my list easier, I'm only including fiction novels, although I'm including children's lit along with adult. 01. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery 02. The entire HP series by JK Rowling 03. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 04. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 05. The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis 06. Matilda or The Witches by Roald Dahl 07. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 08. Animal Farm by George Orwell 09. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 10. Primavera & Ecstasia by Francesca Lia Block Edit: Oh my god. I forgot The Last Unicorn. Let's pretend you asked by 11 books.