1 1/2 of blogging and I don't think I've ever asked you guys this! It's the most obvious (and most difficult question) anyone can ask a bookworm - What is your favorite book/s ever? Tell me what genre it is, and if you would you recommend it to me?
I've discovered many great books through hearing your recommendations, so I thought what better way, to find another good read through asking for your favorites. For me, if you've been a long time Random Ramblings reader, you'd know my ultimate favorite would be the Harry Potter series, Jane Eyre, The Book Thief, and Pablo Neruda's poetry. What about you?
My favorite book of ever is GONE WITH THE WIND. Predictable, I know. Lately I've been trying to decide what my SECOND favorite is and I think honestly it might just be Susie Day's SERAFINA67. LOVE LOVE SUPALOVE that book.
ReplyDeleteAs per my Goodreads list, I have more than 100 favorites Lol. Very difficult question.
ReplyDeleteLiterary Fiction
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Home by Marillyne Robinson
- Oystercatchers by Susan Fletcher
Fantasy
- LoTR trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien
- Harry Potter
Classics
- All Jane Austen books
- Wuthering Heights
- Everything by Charles Dickens
Mystery/Suspense Authors
- S.J Bolton
- Agatha Christie
- Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell
- Tana French
Historical Fiction
- The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
- Everything by Kate Morton
Young Adult
- Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray
- The Book Thief
- I Capture the Castle
Lol Sorry for the gigantic list!
My top 5:
ReplyDelete-David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-The Princess Bride by William Goldman
-The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak.
I see you already love The Book Thief - I'd definitely recommend the others, although David Copperfield is quite a hefty read (around 1000 pages), but all the others are quote digestible - and awesome!
This is hard! Okay, let's see:
ReplyDeleteP&P by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Books in the Discworld series by Terry Pratcett, MORT! ;)
Madison Avery series by Kim Harrison
Faeriewalker series by Jenna Black
This Is a hard question. The first book coming to my mind is The lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (fantasy), but then there are others:
ReplyDelete- Eucalyptus by Murray Bail (contemporary/romance, Australian)
- anything by Kate Mosse (historical/romance)
- In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz (YA when there was no YA, classic)
- His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullmann (fantasy)
Oh, and I forgot: recently discovered Random Magic by Sasha Soren (fantasy/adventure/YA)- love it.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few favourites of mine:
ReplyDeleteThe Song of Albion Trilogy by Stephen R Lawhead
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Shadow of the Moon by M M Kaye
Ventia and Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Way to Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean
Dracula by Bram Stoker
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Tolkien and Austen go without saying!:D
Mine would be (as of right now):
ReplyDeleteJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (always my dear Jane)
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (the "sequel" to Gone With the Wind. Possibly the worst book ever and I read it once a year with love!)
I probably couldn't say all of them, but here are a few of my favorites:
ReplyDeleteThe Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
It really is a hard question to ask an avid reader, and I think that for all of us, this list will be ever growing.
I add new books to my list all the time, but here are a few of my favorites --
ReplyDelete-*A Separate Peace* by John Knowles
-*The Hunger Games* trilogy by Suzanne Collins
-*Inkheart* trilogy by Cornelia Funke
-*Uglies* trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Happy 4th of July!
Favorite series (in which I like ALL books equally)
ReplyDelete- Lord of the Rings
- Chronicles of Prydain
- Percy Jackson series!
YA
- Jellicoe Road (favorite book ever)
- Wildwood Dancing (love Juliet Marillier!)
- Skellig
- The Hollow Kingdom
- Nevermore (ongoing series)
- The Knife of Never Letting Go (definitely liked it better than the other books in the series)
Non-YA
- The Dark Mirror (JMarillier)
- The Screwtape Letters
- The Great Divorce
- This Present Darkness
- The Divine Comedy
- Les Miserables
& Edgar Allan Poe's poetry
Gosh, that's tough! I would have to say:
ReplyDelete- Anne of Green Gables- L.M. Montgomery
- The Color Purple- Alice Walker
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time- Mark Haddon
- Different Seasons- Stephen King
- The Diviners- Margaret Laurence
- The Firm- John Grisham
- K-PAX- Gene Brewer
- The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
- The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey
- One True Thing- Anna Quindlen
- The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
- The Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
- To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
- The World According to Garp- John Irving
It's so funny because we all are listing actual lists of favorites - not just one! haha. Thanks for sharing!! I've added many books to an actual tbr list and will try to borrow them when I go to the library at the end of this week! :)
ReplyDeleteI bet you could guess what mine is.
ReplyDeleteAylee - haha yes of course.
ReplyDeleteHey Jillian,
ReplyDeleteBefore Blogging
Master of the Game, Sidney Sheldon
Still Alice, Lisa Genova
The Gift of Shame, Sophie Hope-Walker
Dibs in search of self, Virginia Axline
Since Blogging
The Manufactured Identity, Heath Sommer
Prophecy of the Sisters, Michelle Zink
I heart you, You haunt me, Lisa Shroeder
Dan Wells series
Twisted, Andrea Lane
Fifty Shades of Grey, ELJames (review coming this week)
Marce - I like how you separate before and 'since' blogging! I have that too. I've discovered so many new ones through blogging.
ReplyDeleteI think you've read most of my classic and contempory faves-- so I will add some fave genre pick:
ReplyDeleteFantasy: Wheel of Time series Robert Jordan
Shannara Series by Terry Brooks
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Warded Man by Peter Brett
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Keys to the Kingdom Series by Garth Nix
Good Omens and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Science/history/paranormal thrillers:
James Rollins- stand alones and Sigma Force series
Pendergast Series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child-- start with Relic (way better than the movie)
Haunted Air by F. Paul Wilson (part of the Repairman Jack series-- I like the whole series) and Sims- genetic thriller
Dark Inheritance by the Gears (genetic)
Raising Abel by the Gears (genetic)
The Prophetess by Barbara Wood
Meg by Steve Alten
The Expected One by Kathleen McGowen
Historical:
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
some of the thrillers I read long ago and really liked at the time-- recalling them makes me want to reread them all again to see if they are as fun and good as I remember.
I like cozy mysteries but my very favorite book is Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I love the way he brings his characters to life. His writing is amazing.
ReplyDeleteAnn
I have heard great things about Pendergast series also. I loved Relic, the book and movie, look forward to continuing.
ReplyDeleteExcellent question!
ReplyDeleteOff the top of my head:
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Odyssey by Homer
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Wow. What a hard question....
ReplyDeleteMy top 2:
Chronicles of Narnia
The Host
Lesa - Everyone keeps mentioning Pendergast. I haven't even heard of that one, but I really do think I should check that one out asap.
ReplyDeleteCozy in Texas - I may have to check that author out. I love a good mystery every once in a while, and always looking for awesome ones.
Marce - I have not heard of those! I'll check them out.
Allie - Yay for Ender's Game :) The Giver was also a favorite of mine.
Juju - To be honest, I've never even read The Host but of course I love Narnia!
+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteIt's a difficult question for me at the moment because I spent several months figuring it out last year. =P
My favourite novel is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. =) But you've already read it, aye?
(And note that that's just the favourite novel. If you want to know what my favourite book is, covering all candidates from fiction to non-fiction, then I'll have to get back to you at some indeterminable time in the future!)
Someone else just asked me for my favourite song and I really couldn't answer that. Narrowing such vast fields of choice to just one is really a daunting challenge, aye--whether we're dealing with books, or with music, or with movies, or even with food!
Seriously, everyone is listing my favorites! HP, Jane Eyre, The Book Thief, Ender's Game, I Capture the Castle... I'd also add A History of Love, Empire Falls, Persuasion, Travels With Charley and there are so many others!
ReplyDeleteE - Very exciting that your favorite is Jane Eyre :D LOve, love that book. Have you read or will you read Villette? I have heard many great things about it. Apparently, it has a very different style compared to Jane Eyre. It would be interesting to see their differences.
ReplyDeleteMelissa - Oh I do love Ender's Game and I Capture the Castle. I also enjoyed A History of Love and Persuasion. And now that it's obvious we both have pretty similar taste in books, I must read Empire Falls and Travels with Charley.
E - Very exciting that your favorite is Jane Eyre :D LOve, love that book. Have you read or will you read Villette? I have heard many great things about it. Apparently, it has a very different style compared to Jane Eyre. It would be interesting to see their differences.
ReplyDeleteMelissa - Oh I do love Ender's Game and I Capture the Castle. I also enjoyed A History of Love and Persuasion. And now that it's obvious we both have pretty similar taste in books, I must read Empire Falls and Travels with Charley.
+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteI have no plans to read Villette soon, but I'll be open to the opportunity, if it ever comes. =)
And I can totally believe that it's a completely different book from Jane Eyre! Another blogger I know said that Charlotte Bronte had gone through enough in life to be a completely different woman when she finally wrote her second book, so that definitely ties into it.