In author order for lack of any other ranking:
1. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
2. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
3. Anything by Dostoyevsky
4. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
5. Anything by Elmore Leonard
6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. A Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling
8. Henry V by William Shakespeare
9. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
10. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Comments (5)
I'm sorry, but I just find it sad that you've got a Harry Potter book on that list. I haven't read any, so take that for what it's worth. I just feel that you're putting a work of marketing in with works of literature.
Posted by Wontar | September 26, 2005 7:32 AM
Posted on September 26, 2005 07:32
I have to say I agree on the Harry Potter choice. If I hear the words "Oh you simply must read it" one more time, I'll beat someone to death with my Quidditch stick!
Posted by lilliebet | September 27, 2005 8:00 AM
Posted on September 27, 2005 08:00
You really really really should read 1984...one of the best books I've ever read and that was ever written.
Posted by Rock | September 29, 2005 3:32 AM
Posted on September 29, 2005 03:32
I've impressed myself, I've read half the books on your list. I'm less worried about a Harry Potter book being on your list than Elmore Leonard(??)
Waiting for Godot is actually a play, so if you can see it first than read it, it may have a greater impact on you. I saw it years ago, and then I read it, then I quit my low life job that made me feel the same way. But that was just me.
Posted by Peter | October 1, 2005 8:56 PM
Posted on October 1, 2005 20:56
please don't bother with the dan brown. i wish i hadn't...
Posted by esther | October 2, 2005 10:07 AM
Posted on October 2, 2005 10:07