The 5 favourite movie thread; made me think that someone just needs to do a best album and a best book thread.
So people what are your top 5 books of all time? I know 5 is fairly limiting, so feel free to abuse the requested number
1) Shogun - James Clavell : Think The Last Samurai only twenty thousand times better. I literally could not put this book down and read non-stop for a day and half until every page was digested. By far and away the best book I've read, the others will be in no particular order though.
2) Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe/Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss : Is there anything better than your own private paradise? I would have never leave either of these islands.
3) The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran : If you haven't treated yourself to this masterpiece take the time and read it. It is the most insightful and beautiful book ever written.
4) Anything by Stephen King : The only contemporary writer that I have compulsively read. I've lost much sleep to books like The Shining, It, and Rose Madder. I remain convinced that the dark tower series depict an alternate reality that just might rival Tolkien's Middle Earth. Also his novellas are truely great and I feel that is where he really excels.
5) The Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings/History of Middle Earth - J.R.R. Tolkien : Wow, what more can I say? You have done yourself a serious injustice if you haven't read these books yet. Tolkien mesmerizes you and pulls you into another existance that becomes all encompassing and leaves you in awe of his creativity. BIG BONUS is its an easy read for even those people that hate to read.
Honourable mentions go to;
Tale of Two Cities, The Count of Monte Cristo, Moby Dick, Captains Courageous, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Old Man and The Sea, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Call of The Wild, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Last of The Mohicans, Prince and The Pauper, The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Around The World In 80 Days, The Time Machine, and last but not least Treasure Island.
These "classics" are the books I started reading with, they are all great and all deserve an honourable mention at least. I could not imagine where I would be today without them, but my guess is I'd probably be a functional illiterate. They captivated my imagination and demonstrated to a young me the importance of reading.
Hey like I said demolish the 5 book limit if you so please
I cannot wait to see other peoples' books
So people what are your top 5 books of all time? I know 5 is fairly limiting, so feel free to abuse the requested number
1) Shogun - James Clavell : Think The Last Samurai only twenty thousand times better. I literally could not put this book down and read non-stop for a day and half until every page was digested. By far and away the best book I've read, the others will be in no particular order though.
2) Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe/Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss : Is there anything better than your own private paradise? I would have never leave either of these islands.
3) The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran : If you haven't treated yourself to this masterpiece take the time and read it. It is the most insightful and beautiful book ever written.
4) Anything by Stephen King : The only contemporary writer that I have compulsively read. I've lost much sleep to books like The Shining, It, and Rose Madder. I remain convinced that the dark tower series depict an alternate reality that just might rival Tolkien's Middle Earth. Also his novellas are truely great and I feel that is where he really excels.
5) The Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings/History of Middle Earth - J.R.R. Tolkien : Wow, what more can I say? You have done yourself a serious injustice if you haven't read these books yet. Tolkien mesmerizes you and pulls you into another existance that becomes all encompassing and leaves you in awe of his creativity. BIG BONUS is its an easy read for even those people that hate to read.
Honourable mentions go to;
Tale of Two Cities, The Count of Monte Cristo, Moby Dick, Captains Courageous, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Old Man and The Sea, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Call of The Wild, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Last of The Mohicans, Prince and The Pauper, The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Around The World In 80 Days, The Time Machine, and last but not least Treasure Island.
These "classics" are the books I started reading with, they are all great and all deserve an honourable mention at least. I could not imagine where I would be today without them, but my guess is I'd probably be a functional illiterate. They captivated my imagination and demonstrated to a young me the importance of reading.
Hey like I said demolish the 5 book limit if you so please
I cannot wait to see other peoples' books
