Your 10 Favourite Books - Page 3

Grey_Wolf · 06-26-2004, 03:38 AM

Here they are...

1. J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

2. Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice

3. Roger Lancelyn Green's King Arthur And His Knights of the Round Table

4. Ludovic Kennedy's Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismark

5. Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books

6. A R Lloyd's Kine

7. Jack London's The Call of the Wild

8. George Macdonald-Fraser's The Pyrates

9. Anton Myrer's The Last Convertible

10. Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny

Other nominees:

Kenneth Graham's The Wind In the Willows

Peter Benchley's Jaws

Frances H Burnett's A Little Princess

FHB's The Secret Garden

Tom Clancy's The Hunt For Red October

Astrid Lindgren's Ronia - the Robber's Daughter

AL's Mio, my Mio

James A Michener's Centennial

Rosamund Pilcher's The Shellseekers

Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe

Although I've numbered the first 10, doesn't mean that any book is less liked than the other.

Halbarad of the Dunedain · 07-22-2004, 09:42 PM

1. The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Alice & Through the Looking Glass C.S. Lewis
3. The Beach Alex Garland
4. 1984 George Orwell
5. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Lord of the Flies William Gerald Golding
7. The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
8. Watchers Dean R Koontz

I can't really think of 9-10 and beyond, there are so many books I love! Those I have already writen are as I thought of them, not in any particular order, although The Lord of the Rings is my number one book!

Grey_Wolf · 07-23-2004, 02:51 PM

Piers Anthony's

INCOIM-1: ON A PALE HORSE
INCOIM-2: BEARING AN HOURGLASS
INCOIM-3: WITH A TANGLED SKEIN
INCOIM-4: WIELDING A RED SWORD
INCOIM-5: BEING A GREEN MOTHER
INCOIM-6: FOR THE LOVE OF EVIL
INCOIM-7: AND ETERNITY

Grey_Wolf · 07-23-2004, 03:01 PM

Clive Cussler's (he being my favourite thriller author)

01. PACIFIC VORTEX
02. MAYDAY
03. ICEBERG
04. RAISE THE TITANIC
05. VIXEN 03
06. NIGHT PROBE
07. DEEP SIX
08. CYCLOPS
09. TREASURE
10. DRAGON

11. SAHARA
12. INCA GOLD
13. SHOCKWAVE
14. FLOOD TIDE
15. ATLANTIS FOUND
16. VALHALLA RISING
17. TROYAN ODYSSEY

Grey_Wolf · 07-23-2004, 03:02 PM

Peter O'Donnell's

MODESTY BLAISE
SABRETOOTH
I, LUCIFER
A TASTE FOR DEATH
LAST DAY IN LIMBO
PIECES OF MODESTY (ANTHOLOGY)
THE SILVER MISTRESS
THE IMPOSSIBLE VIRGIN
DRAGON'S CLAW
THE XANADU TALISMAN
THE NIGHT OF THE MORNINGSTAR
DEAD MAN'S HANDLE
THE COBRA TRAP (ANTHOLOGY)

Elanor the Fair · 08-14-2004, 09:03 AM

1. The Lord of the Rings - my absolute all-time favourite book
2. All other books by JRR Tolkien

(If I wrote them all it would be more than 10)
3. All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot
4. My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis
6. The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
7. The Jolly Christmas Postman - Janet and Alan Ahlberg
8. The Reader's Digest World Atlas - I LOVE maps
9. Treasury of Poetry - Hilda Boswell
10. All in the Blue Unclouded Weather - Robin Klein

Telcontar_Dunedain · 08-26-2004, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawklan

Farimir. thanks for the tip matey - although I have it from a good source its actually John Ronald Rumplestiltskin - I think thats why the learned prof knew so much about Anglo Saxon and European folklore, he was actually related to one of its most famous exponents

His name is John Ronald Reul Tolkien actually.

sun-star · 08-26-2004, 02:47 PM

You know, I'm fairly sure he was kidding about that

My own list:

Persuasion – Jane Austen
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Middlemarch – George Eliot
The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis (yes it’s one book

)
Bleak House – Charles Dickens
LOTR
Vanity Fair – Thackeray
The Mayor of Casterbridge/Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
The End of the Affair – Graham Greene
The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte M. Yonge

06-26-2004, 03:38 AM	#41
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Here they are... 1. J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 2. Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice 3. Roger Lancelyn Green's King Arthur And His Knights of the Round Table 4. Ludovic Kennedy's Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismark 5. Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books 6. A R Lloyd's Kine 7. Jack London's The Call of the Wild 8. George Macdonald-Fraser's The Pyrates 9. Anton Myrer's The Last Convertible 10. Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Other nominees: Kenneth Graham's The Wind In the Willows Peter Benchley's Jaws Frances H Burnett's A Little Princess FHB's The Secret Garden Tom Clancy's The Hunt For Red October Astrid Lindgren's Ronia - the Robber's Daughter AL's Mio, my Mio James A Michener's Centennial Rosamund Pilcher's The Shellseekers Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe Although I've numbered the first 10, doesn't mean that any book is less liked than the other. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 06-26-2004 at 03:57 AM.

07-23-2004, 02:51 PM	#43
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Piers Anthony's INCOIM-1: ON A PALE HORSE INCOIM-2: BEARING AN HOURGLASS INCOIM-3: WITH A TANGLED SKEIN INCOIM-4: WIELDING A RED SWORD INCOIM-5: BEING A GREEN MOTHER INCOIM-6: FOR THE LOVE OF EVIL INCOIM-7: AND ETERNITY Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 07-23-2004 at 02:56 PM.

08-14-2004, 09:03 AM	#46
Elanor the Fair Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In the kitchen ...... still! Posts: 228	1. The Lord of the Rings - my absolute all-time favourite book 2. All other books by JRR Tolkien (If I wrote them all it would be more than 10) 3. All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot 4. My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell 5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis 6. The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper 7. The Jolly Christmas Postman - Janet and Alan Ahlberg 8. The Reader's Digest World Atlas - I LOVE maps 9. Treasury of Poetry - Hilda Boswell 10. All in the Blue Unclouded Weather - Robin Klein __________________ Life's too short to eat bad chocolate

08-26-2004, 02:47 PM	#48
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	You know, I'm fairly sure he was kidding about that My own list: Persuasion – Jane Austen Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh Middlemarch – George Eliot The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis (yes it’s one book ) Bleak House – Charles Dickens LOTR Vanity Fair – Thackeray The Mayor of Casterbridge/Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy The End of the Affair – Graham Greene The Heir of Redclyffe - Charlotte M. Yonge __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 08-26-2004 at 02:49 PM.

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07-22-2004, 09:42 PM	#42
Halbarad of the Dunedain Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Arthedian Posts: 460	1. The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 2. Alice & Through the Looking Glass C.S. Lewis 3. The Beach Alex Garland 4. 1984 George Orwell 5. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Lord of the Flies William Gerald Golding 7. The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown 8. Watchers Dean R Koontz I can't really think of 9-10 and beyond, there are so many books I love! Those I have already writen are as I thought of them, not in any particular order, although The Lord of the Rings is my number one book!

07-23-2004, 03:01 PM	#44
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Clive Cussler's (he being my favourite thriller author) 01. PACIFIC VORTEX 02. MAYDAY 03. ICEBERG 04. RAISE THE TITANIC 05. VIXEN 03 06. NIGHT PROBE 07. DEEP SIX 08. CYCLOPS 09. TREASURE 10. DRAGON 11. SAHARA 12. INCA GOLD 13. SHOCKWAVE 14. FLOOD TIDE 15. ATLANTIS FOUND 16. VALHALLA RISING 17. TROYAN ODYSSEY

07-23-2004, 03:02 PM	#45
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Peter O'Donnell's MODESTY BLAISE SABRETOOTH I, LUCIFER A TASTE FOR DEATH LAST DAY IN LIMBO PIECES OF MODESTY (ANTHOLOGY) THE SILVER MISTRESS THE IMPOSSIBLE VIRGIN DRAGON'S CLAW THE XANADU TALISMAN THE NIGHT OF THE MORNINGSTAR DEAD MAN'S HANDLE THE COBRA TRAP (ANTHOLOGY)