These are books that I have read over the years and have enjoyed. Very few of them have been read more than once, but nevertheless, they have been memorable because they are so very good. At some point I may go through the list and add a star against the ones I hope to revisit when there is time.
My taste in books is as eclectic as my taste in films, food and friends.
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
4. The Bloody Chamber and other stories by Angela Carter
5. Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
6. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
7. His Dark Materials (trilogy) by Philip Pullman
8. Seed To Harvest by Octavia Butler
9. Shadow's End by Sheri S Tepper
10. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
11. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
12. Magician by Raymond E Feist
13. A Suitable Boy by Vickram Seth
14. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
15 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
16. Far From The Maddening Crowd
17. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
18. A House For Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul
19. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
20. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
21. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
22. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
23. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
24. Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
25. 61 Hours by Lee Child
26. Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy
27. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
28. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
29. The Black Book by Ian Rankin
30. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
31. The Midwich Cuckoo by John Wyndham
32. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
33. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
34. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
35. Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
36. The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer (probably read all of hers!)
37. Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
38. The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
39. The Belgariad by David Eddings
40. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
41. The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
42. Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
43. Misery by Stephen King
44. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
45. Trespass by Rose Tremain
46. The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt (probably read all of hers!)
47. Police by Jo Nesbo
48. 1984 by George Orwell
49. Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence
50. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
51. The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
52. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
53. To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
54. Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
55. The House Of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
56. The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo + 2 by Steig Larsson
57. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
58. The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
59. The Collector by John Fowles
60. A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
61. Emma by Jane Austen
62. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
63. Persuasion by Jane Austen
64. Women In Love by D H Lawrence
65. An Appetite For Violets by Martine Bailey
Many more still to add.....
5. Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
6. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
7. His Dark Materials (trilogy) by Philip Pullman
8. Seed To Harvest by Octavia Butler
9. Shadow's End by Sheri S Tepper
10. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
11. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
12. Magician by Raymond E Feist
13. A Suitable Boy by Vickram Seth
14. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
15 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
16. Far From The Maddening Crowd
17. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
18. A House For Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul
19. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
20. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
21. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
22. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
23. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
24. Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
25. 61 Hours by Lee Child
26. Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy
27. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
28. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
29. The Black Book by Ian Rankin
30. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
31. The Midwich Cuckoo by John Wyndham
32. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
33. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
34. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
35. Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
36. The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer (probably read all of hers!)
37. Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
38. The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
39. The Belgariad by David Eddings
40. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
41. The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
42. Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
43. Misery by Stephen King
44. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
45. Trespass by Rose Tremain
46. The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt (probably read all of hers!)
47. Police by Jo Nesbo
48. 1984 by George Orwell
49. Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence
50. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
51. The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
52. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
53. To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
54. Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
55. The House Of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
56. The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo + 2 by Steig Larsson
57. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
58. The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
59. The Collector by John Fowles
60. A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
61. Emma by Jane Austen
62. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
63. Persuasion by Jane Austen
64. Women In Love by D H Lawrence
65. An Appetite For Violets by Martine Bailey
Many more still to add.....
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