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Aug 15, 2016 06:22AM
Here are my top five books of all time. 1. "The Art of Being Human" by Richard Janaro & Thelma C. Altshuler. 2. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 3. "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells. 4. "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. 5. "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Theses are my top five books of all time. What are yours?
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Number five changes every now and again, but here it the current list:1)
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1. The Stand - Stephen King. 2. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee. 3. Whoever Fights Monsters - Robert Ressler. 4. The Exorcist - William Peter Blaty. 5. Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris.
. Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley
. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
. Maia by Richard Adams
. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
. A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlester
Can I include a series as one book? LOL Love the Iron Druid Chronicles, can't pick a fave so I'll go with the first installment.....
Yeah, no horror here. Strange....
Perhaps I would have added The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but the late Douglas Adams ruined my youth with Mostly Harmless.
Misery by Stephen King, Shogun by James Clavell, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Watchers by Dean Koontz, The Taking by Dean Koontz.
Not in any particular order: Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm, Lolita, Moby-Dick, and I, Claudius.
King Lear, William Shakespeare (1603-1606?/1608)Dream of the Red Chamber, Cao Xueqin (1791)
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (1860-1861/1861)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, M. R. James (1904)
The Guns of August, Barbara W. Tuchman (1962)
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Shaheer Henderson Hello. Thank you all for sharing your top five books of all time. When choosing a list it's hard to find the correct books. However, if the book touched you in a special way; then it will find you.
"A Separate Peace" - John Knowles"Bridge To Terabithia" - Katherine Paterson
"The Martian Chronicles" - Ray Bradbury
"Tuck Everlasting" - Natalie Babbit
"Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories" - Jean Shepherd
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I LURVED Lucifer's Hammer! I don't know many people that have read that one.
Lucifer's Hammer and Footfall (both by Niven and Pournelle) both have asteroids in them.
My top five, as of today:Danse Macabre by Stephen King
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison
Hitchcock by François Truffaut
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
List is subject to change, according to whim and/or further discoveries.
Mine vary from day to day but today they would be:1. Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
2. The Stand by S. King
3. It by S. King
4. Ghost Story by Peter Straub
5. To Kill a Mockingbird OR The Haunting of Hill House.
1. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, not horror, but so it goes.2. The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
3. Swan Song by Robert McCammon
4. Imajica by Clive Barker
5. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, from my childhood obviously, but damn I loved that book.
Glenn wrote: "1. 'Salem's Lot2. Boy's Life
3. The Girl Next Door
4. The Stand
5. The Shining"
The Girl Next Door was so...disturbing. Ketchum is a horror God. :)
In no particular order and changing daily1. We Have Always Lived in the Castle
2. The Little Prince
3. To a God Unknown
4. La Bête Humaine
5. A Monster Calls
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1. The Elementals, Michael McDowell
2. The Shining, Stephen King
3. Those Who Hunt the Night, Barbara Hambly
4. Usher's Passing, Robert McCammon
5. Summer of Night, Dan Simmons
**With an honorable mention to THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, Shirley Jackson, for the best opening paragraph...ever....imho.**
I think currently my top 5 is:1. Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
2. The Stand Stephen King
3. The Reapers are the Angels Alden Bell
4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson
5. Swan Song Robert McCammon
This is a hard one but I'll give it a go.1. Geek Love
2. Drawing Blood
3. Chase in Shadow
4. Deerskin
5. Out
Geez, looking at this list I notice they all have some big, horrible tragedy at their core.
Bark's Book Nonsense wrote: "This is a hard one but I'll give it a go.1. Geek Love
2. Drawing Blood
3. Chase in Shadow
4. Deerskin
5. Out
Geez, looking at t..."
I adored Geek Love! What a weird little story that was.
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1. Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
2. The Stand Stephen King
3. The Reapers are the Angels Alden Bell
4. [book:We Have Alway..."
those are some good choices!
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1. The Elementals, Michael McDowell
2. The Shining, Stephen King
3. Those Who Hunt the Night, Barbara Hambl..."
yay! I've read all of yours but usher's passing but that may soon be remedied.
The Count of Monte CristoThe Stand
To Kill a Mockingbird
Neverwhere
Nothing else is sticking out enough to call best, at the moment. An incredibly large tie for fifth.
OMG!! The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favs!! :-)
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That is one I STILL haven't gotten around to reading!
Oh, I hope you get to someday! I waited forever because I didn't think I would like it and OMG! I freaking love it :-). I even bought a necklace and socks of the book. lol
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whoa! maybe I should read it too!
I recommend to everyone. And if you don't like it then that's okay too :-). But get the big tome, not an abridged one. You need to not miss a thing!
I second that recommendation. The longer you wait, the more you'll hate yourself for waiting. (I waited 30+ years.)
I have to read it again soon. It's been a while. That one always stays at the top of my favourite book list no matter my mood, or whatever else I've read, it's been there for probably half my life.
That's so awesome! :-)
Skulduggery PleasantSabriel
Mistborn
Ranger's Apprentice
The Highwayman by R. A. Salvatore
Also Northanger Abbey... among a couple others. It's hard to narrow it down even to five.
These are my all time faves in no set order and they are all horror :)1.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSea-Wolf by Jack London
The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft (though nearly all his stories are great)
Something Wicked Comes This Way by Ray Bradbury
1984 by George Orwell
The Harry Potter is close on the list as well, same with a bunch of other books, like The Ship of Isthar, The Moon Pool, and Fight Club.
Silence of the LambsEast of Eden
Jaws
The Stand
Pride and Prejudice
This is such an impossible question for me to answer. I'll list five horror novels that impress me to no end:
The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty
The Shining, Stephen King
Ghost Story, Peter Straub
The October Country, Ray Bradbury (short story collection)
It, Stephen King
The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty
The Shining, Stephen King
Ghost Story, Peter Straub
The October Country, Ray Bradbury (short story collection)
It, Stephen King
1)blood books (Clive barker)2)misery (Stephen king)
3) the king in yellow and other horror tales (Chambers)
4) 1984 (George Orwell)
5) At the mountains of madness (HP lovecraft
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