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My Top 5 Books of All Time

Aaronsis — Fri, 01 May 2020 03:38:49 GMT

Hey All

With everyone reading more at this time I am really really interested to know what their recommendations are. While there is a thread I can see that people are letting others know what they are reading currently, I would LOVE to know:

WHAT IS YOUR TOP 5 OF ALL TIME....

I have some that make the list to date, it looks like this so far:

The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simmons
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
My Place - Sally Morgan
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

I am looking for a new read and I love to read things that come highly recommended....so please, what is yours?

Hugs

Sarah

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Al_KB — Fri, 01 May 2020 06:29:32 GMT

Big reader here, but we all like different things. I'm currently more in comfort mode which means lighter SF/Fantasy & not too dark detective novels. Example authors - Seanan McGuire, Martha Wells, Lois McMaster Bujold, Laura Penny, Dorothy Sayers, Rex Stout, Ovidia Yu, Sulari Gentill

A top 5, which might vary daily, could be:
Jane Eyre -Charlotte Bronte
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkein
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi

I recently read the highly acclaimed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman, which I thought was brilliant, but I do NOT recommend it unless you are feeling mentally very strong.

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Aaronsis — Fri, 01 May 2020 06:38:23 GMT

Thank you Al_KB

I am going to have a look at some of those, however I too have not long ago read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and ADORED it....what an amazing story, I am reluctant to talk about it on an open forum so I don't want to be a spoiler but I loved it to the core, it took me on a journey of so many emotions...wow..what a book!

Thank you again for your list....

Hugs

Sarah

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Aaronsis — Sat, 02 May 2020 23:49:45 GMT

..so I have a copy of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Persuasion that I found yesterday at my grandmother's house, it is soo tiny and so very old, which I think will add to the joy....so here I go..

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Al_KB — Sun, 03 May 2020 02:39:02 GMT

Those are so different! Northanger Abbey is quite funny; a spoof on the gothic horror stories that were the rage at the time. It's like a bit in one of Umberto Eco's books where everyone is trying to decrypt the mysterious coded message of no doubt deep significance, and then it turns out to be a laundry list.

Persuasion is more serious, though there are still some funny bits. It's the one that resonates with me most; the heroine's awful family is so relatable for me.

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Charlie1234 — Tue, 05 May 2020 06:13:53 GMT

I would like to add here My Top 5 books of all time

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

A Death in Brazil - Peter Robb

The Snow Leopard - Peter Matthiessen

Congo Journey - Redmond O'hanlon

The Cat in the Hat - Dr Seuss

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Aaronsis — Tue, 05 May 2020 06:58:27 GMT

Hello Charlie 1234

What a great list and thank you so much for sharing, I too love Cat in the Hat, it is so fun and so cool to share with another person.

I will have a look at the reviews for the others you have listed.

Thank you for sharing, I really love to know what others really rate in a book.

Thanks Charlie 1234.

Hugs

Sarah

My Top 5 Books of All Time

calmseeker — Sat, 09 May 2020 01:54:20 GMT

There are too many to list! Here are 5 I enjoy...

Longevity - By David Sinclair

Delores Claiborne - Stephen King

Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker

Marching Powder - Rusty Young

The Female Eunuch - Germaine Greer

(I tend to enjoy non fiction)

Happy reading every one 🙂

My Top 5 Books of All Time

ctjbns — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:54:19 GMT

In no particular order:

Dragon's Egg - Robert L. Forward
Starquake - Robert L. Forward
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson
Gateway - Frederik Pohl
On The Genealogy of Morals - Friedrich Nietzsche

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Aaronsis — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 02:55:21 GMT

Hello ctjbns and calmseeker

Thank you thank you for your suggestions and it is so interesting to see what other people are reading and what books that they hold dear to them.

It is really interesting to look these up and see if they grab me too, so thank you for sharing your book loves, it is creating a wonderful list for me.

Happy reading all

Sarah

My Top 5 Books of All Time

CalmCat — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 06:32:27 GMT

I love self-help books. with my favorite being:

1 - A Road less Traveled

2 - A Course in Miracles

3 - Feel the Fear & Do it Anyway

4 - Talk less. Say More

5 - Dare to Lead

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Tangney — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:06:28 GMT

In no particular order:

Ride on Stranger - Kylie Tennant

Harp in the South - Ruth Park

My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin

Trinity - Leon Uris

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

(I'm also a big fan of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights)f

My Top 5 Books of All Time

Aaronsis — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:17:01 GMT

Hi Tangney and also a wave to you too Doz86

I am loving all the great things people are reading and it is making a really awesome list for me so thank you.

The Harp in the South..wow what a beautiful story I too love that one.

Doz86: Self Help book are also one of my favorite things to read and I actually have just finished "Reasons to stay alive" by Matt Haig, wow what a wonderful journal of his struggle and his survival, highly recommend it.

Thanks so much I am loving the suggestions!

Hugs

Sarah