Your top 5 books of all time!

[evie_xo]

Out of pure boredom and the desire to read a new book, i would like to know everyone's top 5 books of all time mine are:

1. The Pelican Brief- John Grisham
2. The Trophy Taker- Lee Weeks
3. Whiteout- Ken Follet
4. The Life and Death of Charlie St Cloud- Ben Sherwood
5. The Rainmaker- John Grisham


Yeah 2 John Grisham ones made it in there- he is a pretty good author, but that is another discussion for another thread.

[Heather]

I have varied tastes and can't really decide on any particular books.
Favourite writers is different....
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Patricia Cornwell
Kathy Reichs
The Bronte sisters

[miss kiki]

my top faves in no order:

1. the twilight books series.
2. the dead book series. (charlaine harris/true blood)
3. jodie picoult (songs of a humpback whale/19 minutes/etc.)
4. the book thief.
5. can't think of the name. about the eastern european way of life and the two ladies who are married to the same man, etc. help!

[Alexa]

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

The Other Hand by Chris Cleave

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

[Heather]

Mao's Last Dancer was good.

[miss kiki]

thanks alexa! was thinking a thousand splendid suns, but forgot the name!

[Alexa]

H - the film comes out 1st October.

[Perfectly Precious]

Okay I read alot so this will be hard to limit but I'll do my best

Twilight series

Anything by Kim Wilkins - she is really good

Anne of green gables - all 8 books

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho - he puts some great spiritual thoughts in this book about prostitution

The Danish girl by David Ebershoff - Inspired by a true story this book is about one of the most passionate and unusual marriages of the 20th century....The twist is amazing and so very well written!

[eLL85]

OOOOOKAY. I am a MEGA book fiend.

1. A Fortunate Life - Albert B Facey - I am not usually into autobiography so when I find one I like it really stands out. This man is a truley incredible person and it's an unbelievable tale of life in early Australia. Beautiful book.

2. Going Solo - Roal Dahl - Another Autobiography also fantastic. It's about when he became a fighter pilot flying Hurricanes during WWII. You don't need to be a pilot to appreciate it either. It's an incredible tale written with, of course, his fantastic sense of humor and spin on stories!

3. Magician - Raymond Feist - Great fantasy book. Part of a HUGE series that is fantastic. The whole series is based on a planet and moves through time so you are never stuck with the same characters so you don't get bored.

4. The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F Hamilton - First of the Nights Dawn Trilogy - Awesome AWESOME SciFi books, I like scifi but not the starwars type. These books are incredible and also HUGE each over 1000 pages!

5. Obernewtyn - Isobelle Carmody - A not very well know Australian writer. This book is actually young adult fiction. I came accross it when I was in primary school I am still waiting for the last book in the series due to be published this September . Wonderfully written supensful... kinda fantasy but still within the realm of possibility about children with ESP type abilities living in a post nuclear holocost world that has gone back to the farming ages where all technology is banned. It's fantasy but there is such emotion to these books and the way she writes.

[Binx]

1. The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.
2. Working For The Devil by Lilith Saintcrow. (there are more in the Dante Valentine series, but this one I particularly love.
3. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton (yes there are more in this series as well, but this book just went *click* with me.)
4. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.
5. You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister.