Ruth has now issued a challenge to other bloggers to list their fifty favourite books. It started me thinking. So here is my eclectic list. It is listed alphabetically by author. It contains books I loved as a child, books that changed my way of thinking as I grew up, books that always cheer me up, books that taught me something. What they all have in common is that they are in my library, because I regard them as "keepers" - books that I have re-read and will continue to re-read (yes, even the children's books!). And I know I have cheated and listed trilogies and series as single books. What the heck. It's my list, after all! There are also many books in my library that didn't make it to the list, so it's probably given me a starting point for doing some culling, too.
What's your list? I'm always looking for another book to fall in love with.
Douglas Adams- Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (and the rest of the series)
Isaac Asimov- The Foundation Trilogy
Jean M. Auel - Clan of the Cave Bear
Jane Austen- Emma
Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice
H.E. Bates- The Darling Buds of May
Enid Blyton - The Enchanted Wood
Emily Bronte-
Geraldine Brooks- Year of Wonders
Lois McMaster Bujold- The Warrior’s Apprentice (and the other Vorkosigan books)
Jung Chang- Wild Swans
Agatha Christie- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (and lots of her others)
Wilkie Collins- The Moonstone
Elizabeth David- An Omelette and a Glass of Wine
Patrick Dennis- Auntie Mame
Charles Dickens- David Copperfield
Charles Dickens- Oliver Twist
Isak Dinesen- Out of
R.F. Delderfield- The Swann Saga (series)
Arthur Conan Doyle- Sherlock Holmes stories
Gerald Durrell- My Family and Other Animals
Victoria Finlay- Colour
Ken Follett - Pillars of the Earth
Jostein Gaarder- Sophie’s World
Paul Gallico - The Silent Miaow
John Galsworthy- The Forsyte Saga (series)
Mrs Aeneas Gunn- We of the Never Never
Frances Moore Lappe-Diet for a Small Planet
Harper Lee- To Kill a Mockingbird
C.S. Lewis- Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Astrid Lindgren – Pippi Longstocking
Gavin Maxwell- Ring of Bright Water
James A. Michener-
Mary Norton- The Borrowers
John O’Grady- They’re a Weird Mob
George Orwell- Animal Farm
Marcel Pagnol- Jean de Florette
Edward Rutherfurd- Sarum
Vikram Seth- A Suitable Boy
Clifford Simak- City
Joahanna Spyri- Heidi
Mary Stewart- Merlin Trilogy
Amy Tan- The Kitchen God’s Wife
Flora Thompson- Lark Rise to Candleford
J.R.R. Tolkien- The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
H.G. Wells - The Sleeper Awakes
Margaret Visser- Much Depends on Dinner
Evelyn Waugh- The Loved One
John Wyndham- Day of the Triffids
