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Top Five Favourite Books
What are your top five favourite books? They can be any genre, non-fiction or otherwise etc.
So often my favourite books do depend on my mood. If I want humorous fiction, I will read that. If I want crime, I will turn to that genre.
But I think for me the five that stand out overall are:-
1. The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. This book is one of the few novels to ever change my mind about a historical character, in this case Richard III.
2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein. The sheer scale of Tolkein's imagination is amazing and you won't get a better good-v-evil battle in fiction, I think. Loved the film version too.
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This was my first introduction to the use of irony in fiction and Elizabeth Bennett has long been one of my favourite heroines.
4. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett. It was hard to pick just one Discworld novel but I plumped for this one as, for me, it is where Sam Vimes really takes off as a character.
5. The Best of P.G. Wodehouse Am I cheating here by going for a best of collection? Maybe! But I'm not sorry. This wonderful book shows off PGW's fabulous array of characters.
So what would your choices be? Do you think they would change, say, annually, or be permanent selections?
So often my favourite books do depend on my mood. If I want humorous fiction, I will read that. If I want crime, I will turn to that genre.
But I think for me the five that stand out overall are:-
1. The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. This book is one of the few novels to ever change my mind about a historical character, in this case Richard III.
2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein. The sheer scale of Tolkein's imagination is amazing and you won't get a better good-v-evil battle in fiction, I think. Loved the film version too.
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This was my first introduction to the use of irony in fiction and Elizabeth Bennett has long been one of my favourite heroines.
4. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett. It was hard to pick just one Discworld novel but I plumped for this one as, for me, it is where Sam Vimes really takes off as a character.
5. The Best of P.G. Wodehouse Am I cheating here by going for a best of collection? Maybe! But I'm not sorry. This wonderful book shows off PGW's fabulous array of characters.
So what would your choices be? Do you think they would change, say, annually, or be permanent selections?
