Favorite Booklist

[littlebitca]

Since my attempt to list my 20 30 40 50 60 70 600 favorite books was foiled as usual by my "But I love them all!!" tendencies I instead tender for you perusal my list of "20 Not necessarily 'favorite' books but those that had an impact in on way or another":

1. Chinese Medicine :The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted J. Kaptchuk


2. The Other by Thomas Tryon


3. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


4. Pooh and the Philosophers by John Tyerman Williams


5. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking


6. The Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess


7. Aztec by Gary Jennings


8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and sequels by Douglas Adams


9. Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling


10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


11. Sunshine by Robin McKinley


12. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip


13. The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay


14. The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-1972 by William Manchester


15. The Essential Ellison: A 35 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison


16. The Collected Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges


17. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein


18. Battle Cry by Leon Uris


19. QB-VII by Leon Uris


20. The Last Hero by Leslie Charteris

The complete list in no particular order (and yes, I own them all and have read them each more than three times, some of them so much that the covers were coming off and the pages were falling out):

1. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, but particularly The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [9 books]


2. All of Agatha Christie, but particularly The Mysterious Mr. Quin [74 books]


3. The Saint books by Leslie Charteris but especially The Last Hero [38 books]


4. The Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout, and particularly The Black Mountain [46 books]


5. The entire Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy Sayers, especially Busman's Honeymoon, Gaudy Night and The Nine Tailors (well, all the Harriet Vane ones, really) [14 books]


6. Battle Cry and QB-VII by Leon Uris [2 books]


7. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein


8. The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart [3 books]


9. The Collected Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges [11 books]


10. The Essential Ellison: A 35 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison


11. Caravan, The Maze in the Heart of the Castle and The Clairvoyant Countess (and Mrs. Pollifax, too!) by Dorothy Gilman [14 books]


12. Chronicles of the Enchanted Forest series and the Lyra Series and particularly Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia Wrede (the last in collaboration with Caroline Stevermer) [10 books]


13. The Rose of the Prophet trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman [3 books]


14. The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien [4 books]


15. Books of the Isle series and the Sea King series by Nancy Springer [8 books]


16. The Caithan Crusade series by Julie Dean Smith [4 books]


17. The Initiate Brother and Gatherer of Clouds by Sean Russell [2 books]


18. The Chronicles of the Cheysuli and The Sword-Dancer series by Jennifer Roberson [14 books]


19. The Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies by Melanie Rawn [6 books]


20. The six Lucia books by E.F. Benson [6 books]


21. The Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony [7 books]


22. The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-1972 by William Manchester


23. The Dragonsword trilogy and the Strands of Starlight series by Gael Baudino [8 books]


24. All the Oz books by L. Frank Baum [14 books]


25. The Tall Stones series, the Egyptian series and The Lily and the Bull by Moyra Caldecott [8 books]


26. The Time Master trilogy, the Chaos-Gate trilogy and the Indigo series by Louise Cooper [14 books]


27. The Belgariad and The Mallorean, Belgarath and Polgara by David (and Leigh) Eddings [12 books]


28. The Gates of Lucifer series by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach [4 books]


29. All of the Riftwar series (Riftwar, The World On the Other Side (with Janny Wurts), Serpentwar and Legacy) by Raymond Feist [16 books]


30. The Gods of Eire trilogy, the Finn MacCumhal trilogy and the Gods of Ireland (as Casey Flynn) by Kenneth C. Flint [8 books]


31. The Circle of Light series, the Wilderness of Four series and the Windemere series by Niel Hancock [12 books]


32. The Windrose trilogy and Stranger at the Wedding by Barbara Hambly [4 books]


33. Chronicles of the Keeper, the Victoria Nelson series and The Kigh series by Tanya Huff [12 books]


34. The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay [3 books]


35. The Adept series by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris [5 books]


36. The Deryni series by Kathereine Kurtz [14 books]


37. The Valdemar series, The Diana Tregarde trilogy and the Bardic Voices series by Mercedes Lackey [36 books]


38. The Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin [5 books]


39. The Harper Hall trilogy by Anne McCaffrey [3 books]


40. The Riddle-Master trilogy, the Cygnet duology, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, The Changeling Sea and Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip [8 books]


41. Rose Daughter, Spindle's End, Beauty, The Outlaws of Sherwood and Sunshine by Robin McKinley [5 books]


42. The Westria series, The Fionn mac Cumhal trilogy and The White Raven by Diana Paxson [11 books]


43. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling [5 books]


44. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


45. Tarzan of the Apes and The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs [2 books]


46. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe


47. Captains Courageous, Kim, The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book and The Just-so Stories by Rudyard Kipling [5 books]


48. The Wit and Humor of America, 10 volumes


49. Journeys Through Bookland, 10 volumes, Charles Herbert Sylvester, editor


50. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsely


51. The Anne series and the Emily of New Moon series by Lucy Maud Montgomery [13 books]


52. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott


53. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory


54. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


55. All the Black Stallion stories by Walter Farley [17 books]


56. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell


57. His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman [3 books]


58. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman


59. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and sequels by Douglas Adams [5 books]


60. Aztec by Gary Jennings


61. The Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess


62. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking


63. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis [7 books]


64. The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander [5 books]


65. Jurassic Park and The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton [2 books]


66. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire


67. The Little Country by Charles deLint


68. The Last Flower, The Unicorn in the Garden and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber [3 books]


69. The Tuesday Next series by Jasper Fforde [4 books]


70. Pooh and the Philosophers by John Tyerman Williams


71. The Sandman graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman


72. Amphigorey by Edward Gorey


73. My Crowd by Charles Addams


74. The New Yorker Album Of Drawings 1925-1975 by The New Yorker


75. The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff


76. The Godfather by Mario Puzo


77. Exodus by Leon Uris


78. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


79. The Other by Thomas Tryon


80. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess


81. Chinese Medicine :The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted J. Kaptchuk


82. The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston


83. The World of M.C. Escher edited by J. L. Locher


84. Animalia, The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base and Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky illustrated by Graeme Base


85. The History of Animation by Charles Solomon


86. The Phantom Stranger from DC Comics

Comments

[snacky]

I have to read Sorcery and Cecilia. I keep seeing people mention it.

[meril.livejournal.com]

There's a fourth book in the Caithan Crusades series? What's it called? I only have three and I thought those were all that is...

[atpolittlebit.livejournal.com]

The four I have are Call of Madness, Mission of Magic, The Sage of Sare and The Wizard King.

Wow, that is quite a list!

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I am a major bookworm myself. My shelves are stacked 3 deep, and there are books in little piles on the floor. Looking over your list, I see that we have read a lot of the same books. I love Guy Kay's Fionavar Tapestry. Have you read his other books? My very favourite of all his books is Tigana. Love Robin McKinley too. And the Deryni series. And, and, of course Lord of the Rings, which I have read at least 25 times. Gee, now I may have to make my own list. Choosing is so hard. *hugs her books*