My Top 5 Books of All Time

[Aaronsis]

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

[Al_KB]

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.

[Aaronsis]

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

[Aaronsis]

..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..

[Al_KB]

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.

[Charlie1234]

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

[Aaronsis]

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

[calmseeker]

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 🙂

[ctjbns]

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

[Aaronsis]

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