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« on: October 06, 2008, 07:41:48 pm » |
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And the top book of all time is. . .
The Harry Potter series. (At least according to Sun-Herald).
Here is the list of top 100:
1 Harry Potter series - J.K Rowling
2 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
3 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
4 The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody
5 My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
6 To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
7 The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8 Breath - Tim Winton
9 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10 Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
11 The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay
12 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
13 Magician - Raymond E. Feist
14 The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
15 Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
16 Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden
17 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
18 Cross - James Patterson
19 Persuasion - Jane Austen
20 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
21 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
22 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
23 Marley and Me - John Grogan
24 Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
25 April Fools Day - Bryce Courtney
26 North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell
27 In My Skin - Kate Holden
28 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
29 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
30 The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
31 Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
32 Atonement - Ian McEwan
33 Shantaram Gregory - David Roberts
34 Pillars Of The Earth - Ken Follett
35 The Pact - Jodi Picoult
36 Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
37 Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
38 Jessica - Bryce Courtenay
39 A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
40 The Princess Bride - William Goldman
41 Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
42 Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
43 Life Of Pi - Yann Martel
44 Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly
45 People Of The Book - Geraldine Brooks
46 Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly
47 Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
48 Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
49 Tully - Paullina Simons
50 Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
51 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
52 Eragon - Christopher Paolini
53 Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
54 It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong
55 A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
56 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
57 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
58 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
59 A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
60 The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
61 The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks
62 Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
63 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
64 The Host - Stephenie Meyer
65 Dirt Music - Tim Winton
66 Eldest - Christopher Paolini
67 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
68 It - Stephen King
69 World Without End - Ken Follett
70 Emma - Jane Austen
71 Temple - Matthew Reilly
72 Little Women - Alcott Louisa May
73 Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich
74 Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly
75 American Gods - Neil Gaiman
76 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
77 P.S, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
78 All That Remains - Patricia Cornwell
79 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
80 Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly
81 The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay
82 Husband - Dean Koontz
83 Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
84 Wicked - Gregory Maguire
85 Spot Of Bother - Mark Haddon
86 Always And Forever - Cathy Kelly
87 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
88 Cents & Sensibility - Maggie Alderson
89 Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
90 The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton
91 We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
92 Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
93 Hour Game - David Baldacci
94 Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
95 The Woods - Harlan Coben
96 Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
97 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
98 Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
99 Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
100 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
How many books have you read on the list?
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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2008, 07:50:30 pm » |
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None Unless I missed it where is Stephen king
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2008, 01:56:19 pm » |
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I've read six of them, but there are many more on that list that I want to read. Good post, Clouds!  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2008, 02:24:10 pm » |
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#68...It by Stephen King. I liked "Misery" best. Of the listed 100...I`ve read 7: To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen---- I loved this book!!!  |
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2008, 02:52:37 pm » |
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Misery and tommyknockers are my favorite Stephen King books.
I used to read a lot when I was younger. I should start again, maybe once the snow starts flying.
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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2008, 03:30:51 pm » |
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I am currently reading, Unspeakable, by Sandra Brown. Synopsis Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escaped the penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence. Bent on revenge, he's going back to where he began--Blewer County, Texas... Born deaf, lately widowed, Anna Corbett fights to keep the ranch that is her son's birthright, unaware that she is at the center of Herbold's horrific scheme--and that her world of self-imposed isolation is about to explode... Drifter Jack Sawyer arrives at Anna's ranch asking for work, hoping to protect the innocent woman and her son from Herbold's rage. But Sawyer can't outrun the secrets that stalk him--or the day of reckoning awaiting them all... Really good book, a page turner.  |
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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2008, 10:24:31 am » |
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That does sound good! From the top 100 list I've read:
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
It - Stephen King
Little Women - Alcott Louisa May
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« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2008, 12:09:30 pm » |
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I got about every Stephen king book
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Camillusk
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« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2008, 06:20:56 pm » |
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what about his movies? i like a lot of those too
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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2008, 07:27:31 pm » |
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I liked Misery....Kathy Bates was perfect for that part. |
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2008, 08:43:46 am » |
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Stand
Salem's lot
Maximum Overdrive
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2008, 01:46:39 pm » |
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29 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Just finished this one - really good book. It's all about the women in Afghanistan and what they go through with all the conflict there. Also describes their cultural and religious practices.
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2008, 02:57:18 am » |
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That list is for panty-waists if it starts with Harry Potter and Twilight. Ha Ha Ha
Who made that stupid list? No one with any intellect or respect for world
literature, I'll wager.
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2008, 08:32:27 am » |
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The Sun-Herald. There were some really good books on there... I`m not into Harry Potter either, but then again I havent read any of them.
What books would be on your list Kitty?
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2008, 02:24:36 pm » |
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Quite a few on that list are NY Times Bestsellers. I tried to get "The Other Boleyn Girl" at the library, but they didn't have any available copies.  |
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