Now THIS Is A Book
☆ September 14, 2011
We, The Drowned
by Carsten Jensen
BRILLIANT.
It’s made my top-five-of-all-time list, which is (in no particular order):
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen
What’s your list?
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September 14th, 2011 @ 9:55 am
A question after a librarian’s heart!
In no particular order, and mixing genres:
“Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman
“The Fellowship of the Ring” by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?” by James Shapiro
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
“Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury
September 14th, 2011 @ 10:06 am
In no order:
“The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss
“The Way of Kings” by Brandon Sanderson
“Cat’s Cradle” by Kurt Vonnegut
“Watership Down” by Richard Adams
“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
September 14th, 2011 @ 10:11 am
Of books to be read for leisure (as opposed to the Bible or for reference,) and in no particular order:
“The Once and Future King” by T.H. White
“Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
“Rebecca” by Daphne DuMaurier
“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis
September 14th, 2011 @ 10:34 am
Boy that’s a tough question…..in no particular order
Dragonriders of Pern – Anne McCaffrey
Crystal Caves – Mary Stewart
Clan of Cave Bear- Jean Aule
The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien
Games of Thornes- George RR Martin
September 14th, 2011 @ 11:03 am
Hard to stop at 5 but easy to list the top ones!
“The Daily Coyote” by Shreve Stockton
“The Once and Future King” by T.H. White along with all the Hobbit books by Tolkien
“White Fang” by Jack London
“The Last Unicorn” by Peter S. Beagle
“Watership Down” with the song “Bright Eyes” by Art Garfunkel that was in the animated version
oops sneaking in two more:
“Black Beauty” and “Beautiful Joe”
September 14th, 2011 @ 11:08 am
I have a list on Goodreads.com called “Books I Fell in Love With,” but let me pluck out five from the fiction category…
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
September 14th, 2011 @ 11:08 am
It’s interesting how everyone’s tastes differ in the privacy of a good book.
Montana Man – Barbara Delinsky (I’m a romantic at heart!)
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian – Bill Bryson
The Taking – Dean Koontz (all Koontz, but this is my favorite)
The Monkey Wrench Gang – Edward Abbey
September 14th, 2011 @ 11:45 am
You are the first person I have seen put Slouching Towards Bethlehem in a favorite book list. It ALWAYS goes on my top lists. Here are my top 5 adult fiction (at least for today):
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
P.S. Your Cat is Dead (James Kirkwood)
Blessings (Anna Quindlen)
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (Larry McMurtry)
September 14th, 2011 @ 11:51 am
De-lurking, because BOOKS!
American gods – Neil Gaiman.
Good Omens – Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett.
Birdy – William Wharton(ive reread this one so much, the spine is no longer dechiperable).
Scène De Chasse (furtive) – Agustin Gomez-Arcos.
The Curse of Chalion – Lois McMaster Bujold. (all Bujold is much loved, she does fantasy AND Sci-fi with Non-standard heroic male leads, and strong female leads, love it.)
September 14th, 2011 @ 11:57 am
Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling
Duma Key – Stephen King
The Green Mile – Stephen King
Daily Coyote – Shreve Stockton
Love – Leo Buscaglia
Okay any book by Leo Buscaglia goes on the list – Love was my first and I reread it often.
And anything by Erma Bombeck.
I miss them both.
September 14th, 2011 @ 12:13 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever commented on one of your posts Shreve, but I always love book lists!!
1. Watership Down (I’m amazed that a few other people list this book, I read it every few years and I’ve never found anyone else who loves it as much as I do.)
2. Ahab’s Wife – Sena Jeter Naslund
3. Harry Potter series
4. Lord of the Rings trilogy
5. Once upon a River – Bonnie Jo Campbell – just read it this summer and it blew me away.
September 14th, 2011 @ 12:40 pm
I am recently adoring Michael Chabon’s THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY. Laugh/cry/laugh/cry/laugh/cry. . .
I second the motion to add THE DAILY COYOTE to the list. It’s certainly the book I gift most often.
Children’s book most often in my head? BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES. . .
September 14th, 2011 @ 12:43 pm
Mmmm . . . my favorite kind of list! In no order:
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People & Dogs (Caroline Knapp)
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
My Reading Life (Pat Conroy)
The Professor & the Madman (Simon Winchester)
Arrrrgh . . . need two more slots:
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
September 14th, 2011 @ 12:51 pm
Fiction:
1. Wheel of Time series – Robert Jordan
2. A Song of Ice and Fire series – George R.R. Martin
3. Outlander series – Diana Gabaldon
4. King’s Oak – Anne Rivers Siddons
5. Liveship Traders series – Robin Hobb
September 14th, 2011 @ 12:51 pm
This was SO hard but I ended up choosing some of the books I continued to think about long after I had finished reading:
*The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein
*The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Jean- Dominique Bauby
*Mariette in Ecstacy – Ron Hansen
*The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
*In the Time of Butterflies – Julia Alvarez
September 14th, 2011 @ 12:57 pm
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Coyote Blue – Christopher Moore
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Persuasion – Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
September 14th, 2011 @ 1:00 pm
Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
The Call of the Wild-Jack London
Watership Down-Richard Adams
The Professor and the Madman (originally entitled The Surgeon of Crowthorne)-Simon Winchester (non-fiction)
Great Expectations-Charles Dickens
I look forward to discovering the works listed here that I haven’t read before!
September 14th, 2011 @ 1:21 pm
Thank you so much for this! I absolutely the Rushdie quote, so I am sure I will love all of these, too.
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing summer. It has been so inspiring and awesome to read :)
September 14th, 2011 @ 1:40 pm
East of eden – John Steinbeck
Ocean sea – Alessandro Baricco
The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy – Douglas Adams
Midnight’s children – Salman Rushdie
White teeth – Zadie Smith
yeah I need two more…
Out of Africa – Karen Blixen
the Discworld series – Terry Pratchett
September 14th, 2011 @ 1:44 pm
Watership Down -Richard Adams (I re-read this one regularly, too, Liana, and each time I notice something new.)
Setting Free The Bears -John Irving
Oryx & Crake- Margaret Attwood
Any/Everything by JD Salinger
Not Wanted On The Voyage -Timothy Finday (VERY interesting & refreshing version of the Noah’s Art & flood story)
September 14th, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
Oh, crap, I forgot Barabra Kingsolver: Prodigal Summer: sexy, excellent female leads (an entomologist, even!).
September 14th, 2011 @ 3:04 pm
Ooh, books! How I totally love books.
* The Hunger Games (Yes, I’m in my mid-30s, why? :-)
* A Thousand Splendid Suns
* Secret Life of Bees
* Dan Brown’s books for the way they took my breath away while I read them.
* Bill Bryson – A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid, etc …
September 14th, 2011 @ 5:24 pm
Top five lists – how I love you!
* Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
* Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
* Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
* Room by Emma Donoghue
* The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
And I really love this book I found called The Daily Coyote! Shreve, thanks for all you share with us.
September 14th, 2011 @ 5:57 pm
Mmmm, I would say:
– Lolita by Nabokov
– Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
– Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
– Wicked by Gregory Maguire
– Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
As you can see, I have an affinity for Russian and immigrant literature, where characters have to find their identities in an often tumultuous world (in many of them).
September 14th, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
*i forgot “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens
September 14th, 2011 @ 6:24 pm
1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen.. but all of Jane Austen’s are my favs. So in love.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling.. also all of Harry Potter’s.. yep. I’m 25.
3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4. The Rapture of Canaan – Sheri Reynolds
5. The Book Of Lost Things – John Connolly
September 14th, 2011 @ 6:28 pm
PS THis Emma person and I have very similar tastes! I have 2 Coyote trickster tale books, and I love coyote stories! Coyote Road almost made my top 5.
September 14th, 2011 @ 7:54 pm
add another to the watership down club. i haven’t read it for awhile, but i read it (and little women) about a dozen times as a kid.
more recently:
seth fried’s “the great frustration” (just added to this list this summer – it’s a national book award finalist!)
basically anything from
kurt vonnegut
salman rushdie
joan didion
alice munro
lorrie moore
okay, clearly i don’t have a list of five. it’s too hard.
September 14th, 2011 @ 8:38 pm
I really enjoy YA literature, sometimes I think it can be deeper than books aimed for adults.
“Howl’s Moving Castle” Dianna Wynne Jones
“The Giver” Louis Lowery
“Because of Winn-Dixie” Kate DiCamillo
“Rat Life” Tedd Arnold
(and the classic) “Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen
September 14th, 2011 @ 8:55 pm
I’ll have to add it to my ever growing “check out” list! My top five:
“Fugitive Memory” Anne Michaels
“Invisible Cities” Italo Calvino <3
“The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear” Walter Moers
“In the Night Garden” Catherynne M Valente
Chuang Tzu – Basic Writings
September 14th, 2011 @ 9:05 pm
In no particular order, except for the first one! and there are many more…
!. The Deed of Paksenarrion – Elizabeth Moon
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
1984 – George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings trilogy – Tolkien
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
The Horse Whisperer, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Winnie The Pooh, Harry Potter – whole series, The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, The Onion Girl by Charles deLint, Griffin and Sabine series. Ah! So many…
September 14th, 2011 @ 10:37 pm
– Goodbye to a River – John Graves
– A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
– Leaving Cheyenne – Larry McMurtry
– The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
– Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
– Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
They’re not in any particular order and I couldn’t pick just five, but it is funny how half of my favorite books are authored by someone named John.
September 15th, 2011 @ 5:06 am
Books I return to time and again:
Women Who Run With The Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Harry Potter (it’s all one big book) JK Rowling
The Daily Coyote – Shreve Stockton
Merle’s Door – Ted Kerasote
That Quail Robert – Margaret Stanger
September 15th, 2011 @ 7:42 am
Angle of Repose – Wallace Stegner
Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout
The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion
The Control of Nature – John McPhee
Harriet the Spy – Louise Fitzhugh
September 15th, 2011 @ 7:57 am
My favorite books are animal stories.
My favorite animal stories are:
Modoc, Ralph Helfer
Wesley the Owl, Stacey O’Brien
The Daily Coyote
Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
Misty of Chincoteaque, Marguerite Henry
Ninety-Five, No Voice Unheard
& everything by James Herriot
Shreve as a writer I think you keep excellent company !
September 15th, 2011 @ 8:22 am
I am what my friends call an “eclectic book worm”
My “short” list of favorite authors is as follows:
Adams, D., Alcott, L.M.; Dickens, C.; Graham, K.; Herriott, J.; Lewis, C.S., Milne, A.A.; Poe, E.A.; Potter, B.; Pratchett, T.; Service, R.W., Tolkien, J.R.R.
This list just scratches the surface.
Reading Alcott, Dickens, Milne and Potter was a Christmas tradition my parents started when I was 5 years old. A lot of reading, you say. But as my Dad said, 3 foot kid and 4 foot snow don’t mix. It kept me safe in the house and “relatively” quiet.
September 15th, 2011 @ 8:26 am
Oooh, so hard to narrow it down.
English Creek-Ivan Doig
Wolf Willow-Wallace Stegner
Prodigal Summer-Barbara Kingsolver
All the Pretty Horses-Cormac McCarthy
Tolkien and Rowling, all of ’em.
I tend to hunt up books by the same authors and read everything they wrote. Except McCarthy, he gets a little bloody for me.
September 15th, 2011 @ 8:43 am
wow so hard to pick only 5:
Stranger in a strange land – Ray Bradbury
The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
The Hollows series – Kim Harrison
Kate Daniels series – Ilona Andrews
Watership Down- Ricard Adams (thanks to other commentors for reminding me of my love for this book I am going to add to my Kindle today)
September 15th, 2011 @ 8:55 am
The Red Tent – Anita Diamante
Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenidies
The Secret Life of Bees
anything by Dan Brown
~)
September 15th, 2011 @ 9:21 am
Love the passion for reading and excitement of sharing book titles and authors here; can’t wait to read several of these.
So many books, so hard to narrow the list:
*Anything by C.S. Lewis – Perelandra, (2nd in sci-fi trilogy), Surprised by Joy, Mere Christianity, et al.
*The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton (co-written with Charlie the Coyote)
*Night Gardening by E.L. Swann
*The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon (Always fun to find another Gabaldon fan, Leisa!)
*Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
*The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
September 15th, 2011 @ 10:01 am
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee – still read that every year or so!
Secrets of a Small Town – Jerry Biederman
Mists of Avalon – Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Vampire Chronicles – Ann Rice
Shogun – James Clavell – read this in high school and became OBSESSED with seeing Kyoto and did that by the time I was 17!!
September 15th, 2011 @ 10:30 am
I have just one:
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea – Richard Henry Dana Jr.
September 15th, 2011 @ 10:49 am
I like LitFic with distinct voices. Here are a few, in no particular order:
Long for This World, Michael Byers
State of Wonder, Ann Patchett (Bel Canto also)
Spartina, John Casey
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kinsolver
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Mating, Norman Rush
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
The Life of Pi, Yann Martel
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
A Big Storm Knocked it Over, Laurie Colwin
Holy The Firm, Annie Dillard (OK not LitFic, but still. Sososo great.)
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
And my all-time favorite short story:
The Emperor of the Air, Ethan Canin. His short stories are masterful.
September 15th, 2011 @ 11:25 am
Impossible to track down so I will give mine in the doggie category:
The Daily Coyote
The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
A Dogs Life Peter Mayle
A Big Little Life Dean Koontz
Merle’s Door (lessons from a freethinking dog) Ted Kerasote
And for those who go for strange:
Winter Beach Dog Trot Richard Haight
September 15th, 2011 @ 1:39 pm
So hard to pick 5, but I will. Otherwise I could go on and on and on.
A Prayer for Owen Meany – J. Irving
East of Eden – J. Steinbeck
The Handmaid’s Tale – M. Atwood
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – B. Kingsolver
Me Talk Pretty One Day – D. Sedaris
September 15th, 2011 @ 1:49 pm
Black Beauty – Anne Sewell
Smoky the Cow Horse – Will James
Clan of the Cave Bear (series) – Jean Auel
The Talisman – Steven King & Peter Straub
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
September 15th, 2011 @ 2:06 pm
A few Books/authors I will keep on the shelf.
+The Bone People – Keri Hulme from New Zealand
+Stones for Ibarra – Harriet Doerr
+Refuge – An Unnatural History of Family and Place – Terry Tempest Williams -favorite author
Top 3 Books in genre of animals and nature:
Daily Coyote – great writing & a photo journal – couldn’t put it down!
Wesley the Owl – Stacey O-Brien – a lifetime relationship living with a barn owl with photos
a pure joy to read!
That Quail Robert – Margaret Stanger – a story about a Quail who chose to live with humans.
September 15th, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
Lots of people like the same authors I do, I see! Which is cool.
Must correct one thing Whatavieau said– “Stranger in a Strange Land” is by Robert A. Heinlein, not Ray Bradbury (though both wrote sci-fi during roughly the same period and are both highly regarded for their works, they’re pretty different in the ways they approach things.)
September 15th, 2011 @ 6:31 pm
I read The Ground Beneath Her Feet based on the passage you quoted in your book, but I’ll be honest – getting through that book was torture. I found myself utterly failing to care what happened to any of the characters. That said, I highly recommend Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. The message and writing style should be up your alley, and if they aren’t, it’s at least short. :)
So here’s my list:
1. Long Time Passing, by Myra MacPherson
2. A History of the English Language, by Michael Drout
3. Abraham Lincoln’s DNA, by Philip R. Reilly
4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
5. Fire Bringer, by David Clement-Davies
…from my adult life, anyway. I will always harbor a special place in my heart for childhood books like The Runaway Bunny and The Polar Express.
September 15th, 2011 @ 10:26 pm
I’m a compulsive reader. If I get a novel, I don’t get up till I finish it. My body can’t take that anymore. Websurfing has been a godsend. I love reading short stories.
These are the books that I have bought more than once:
Winners and Losers – Sydney Harris (not as judgemental as it sounds – very helpful)
Blueprint for Progress – Al-Anon fourth step inventory
Handbook of Pumping Test Analyses – Kruseman and de Ridder
The Language of Letting Go – Melodie Beattie
Mammals and Birds of Alberta – Fisher at al.
September 16th, 2011 @ 2:17 am
At the risk of later realizing what I’ve left out, I give you this list, almost cut down to 5:
–To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
–Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R.Tolkien
–Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
–A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
–Shoeless Joe, W.P.Kinsella
–Dog On It, Spencer Quinn
September 16th, 2011 @ 7:16 am
As an English teacher, I love this question!! :-)
The first book on this list is my absolute, all-time favorite. The remaining four are listed in no particular order:
“Jane Eyre,” by Charlotte Brontë
“The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini
“Angela’s Ashes,” by Frank McCourt
“A Prayer for Owen Meany,” by John Irving
“The Prince of Tides,” by Pat Conroy
September 16th, 2011 @ 9:01 am
In a very particular order:
1. Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
2. Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
3. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
4. Hard Times – Charles Dickens
5. Horton Hears a Who – Dr. Seuss
September 16th, 2011 @ 10:00 am
No particular order – they all rate #1 in my book
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN ~ Garth Stein
THE SHACK ~ William P. Young
THE DAILY COYOTE ~ Shreve Stockton
WATCHERS ~ Dean Koontz
SOUL SURVIVOR-The Reincarnation of a WWI Fighter Pilot ~ Bruce & Andrea Leininger
SHADOW DIVERS ~ Robert Kurson
September 16th, 2011 @ 12:10 pm
So many of my faves are above: Atlas Shrugged, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Time Traveler’s Wife, etc. Must add my fave dog books by Albert Payson Terhune…is anyone old enough to remember his collies? Jewel in the Crown (series)was wonderful, too. Love English novels by all the classic authors and then there are the sci fi guys, too. Watership Down also on my list with Bambi. Out of Africa was wonderful, esp because I visited Nairobi and could fully envision her farm. Books open up the whole world for us!
September 17th, 2011 @ 1:22 pm
Everytime I had my 5, I’d read further on the comments, and think, “Oh, can’t forget that one!” Impossible to pick 5, but I’ve read the following more than 2 (or 3,4, etc.) times:
Harry Potter series ~ JK Rowling
Outlander ~ Diana Gabaldon
The Gargoyle ~ Andrew Davidson
Clan of the Cave Bear ~ Jean Auel
Time Travelers Wife ~ Audrey Niefinegger(sp?)
The Fountainhead ~ Ayn Rand
James Herriott, Bill Bryson, Jan Karon, Pat Conroy, Daphne du Maurier, etc…..
September 17th, 2011 @ 8:33 pm
“Favorite”. And only five! Okay, there are so many books I love, for different reasons, but fewer that are old friends I read over and over again. In no particular order:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
September 18th, 2011 @ 11:14 am
How funny that just today I emailed a friend about what books I’d take if I knew I’d be living on a deserted island for years.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Clan of the Cave Bear series by Jean Auel
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
oops, that’s more than 5 ;-P
September 18th, 2011 @ 11:41 am
Shreve:
Yes I know, this is my second posting, but judging by the above comments, you probably could get an interesting book discussion group going.
September 18th, 2011 @ 2:09 pm
*YiKeS!! forgot the James Herriot books! and “King of the Wind” and all the books by Marguerite Henry…(reading others’ lists and realizing that remembering favorite books really does go on and on!!! Thanks Shreve, for asking!)
September 18th, 2011 @ 4:29 pm
This is a really tough one for me to answer–I have been reading everything I could get my hands on since grade school!
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a book I read again every few years.
The Once and Future King by T.H.White was a magical book for me.
Michael Jecks’ historical mystery novels series about an ex-Knight Templar and his bailiff friend are wonderfully written
Sloughing Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion would have to be on my list too!
And one book I read in grade school that made such an impression for atmosphere and story and I’ve never been able to find it, about Rembrandt and his life in the Netherlands. I expect it is out of print so isn’t in the library or on bookstore lists. It was called “The Night Watch” but I don’t know the author, and the only book I could find by that title online the last time I looked definitely was not the right one. Somehow the author seemed to capture the feel of Rembrandt’s paintings in his prose.
September 18th, 2011 @ 4:38 pm
I just have to add that as a girl I reread my mother’s copy of Little Women at least once a year. I give credit to Louisa May Alcott for giving me a strong young woman character that I could identify with and admire in Jo. I still have my mother’s hardbound copy, in amazingly good shape considering how long it has been around and how much I read it.
September 18th, 2011 @ 8:12 pm
wow love reading everyone’s lists!
The Subject Tonight is Love, Hafiz
Night, Elie Wiesel
An Inconvenient Woman, Dominick Dunne
The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck
September 19th, 2011 @ 2:52 am
Merle’s Door – Ted Kerasote
The Daily Coyote – Shreve Stockton
Making rounds with Oscar – David Dosa
The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory
#1 Ladies Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith
September 20th, 2011 @ 6:33 am
I love book lists, too! And I love the wonderful variety of the folks who shared their favorites! From me (in no particular order):
Moonwise – Greer Gilman
The Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling
Jitterbug Perfume – Tom Robbins
The Sandman series – Neil Gaiman
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
September 22nd, 2011 @ 4:45 pm
My top five today…
Half Broke Horses and
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
September 25th, 2011 @ 2:35 am
I was thrilled to see Autobiography of Red! I am very curious about how you heard about Carson. I fell in love with the book last semester when I took a Canadian lit course…
September 25th, 2011 @ 3:43 pm
This post is one of favorites! On my bookshelf, next to ‘The Daily Coyote’ stand some of my other favorites:
‘The Age of Innocence’ by Edith Wharton
‘The Sheltering Sky’ by Paul Bowles
‘The Voyage of The Narwhal’ by Andrea Barrett
‘The Portrait of a Lady’ by Henry James
‘The Witching Hour’ by Anne Rice
I’m also intrigued by some of the titles listed here that I don’t know and would like to investigate. Thanks, Shreve, for starting this conversation
October 3rd, 2011 @ 11:40 am
From all over the map…
‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis
‘Death Comes for the Archbishop’ by Willa Cather
‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams
‘Connections’ by James Burke
‘Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman’ by Richard P. Feynman
… and while I’ve bought your book, it hasn’t made it to the top of my reading stack, so it can’t be included, at least not yet.
October 5th, 2011 @ 7:59 pm
1. Winter’s Tale – Mark Helprin
2. Hard Boiled Wonderland And the End Of The World – Haruki Murakami
3. The End of Mr. Y – Scarlett Thomas
4a. Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde
4b. the Thursday Next series – Jasper Fforde
5. The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
ps. Do you have a goodreads page? You might just love it!