My 74 Favorite Novels
Submitted by cmonster on Tue, 01/06/2004 - 02:55
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- Suite Scarlett - Maureen Johnson
- The God Eaters - Jesse Hadjicek
- D*U*C*K: A tale of men, birds and one's purpose in life - Poppy Z Brite
- The Way of the Shadows - Brent Weeks
- Drawing Blood - Poppy Z Brite
- Liquor - Poppy Z Brite
- The Silver Brumby - Elyne Mitchell
- Swordspoint - Ellen Kuchner
- Stalking Darkness - Lynn Flewelling
- The Hotel - Elizabeth Bowen
- Cadillac Beach - Tim Dorsey
- The Westing Game - Ellen Rankin
- Wicked Gentlemen - Ginn Hale
- Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford
- Expecting Someone Taller - Tom Holt
- The Christie Caper - Carolyn Hart
- Bleak House - Charles Dickens
- The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
- Inca Gold - Clive Cussler
- The Cat Who Played Post Office - Lillian Jackson Braun
- WLT: A Radio Romance - Garrison Keillor
- Modesty Blaise - Peter O'Donnell
- Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
- A Cavern of Black Ice - J V Jones
- The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket
- Treasure Island - R L Stevenson
- Dead Man's Folly - Agatha Christie
- The Thieves' Guild - Jeff Crook
- The Drowning City - Amanda Downum
- An Invisible Sign of My Own - Aimee Bender
- It - Stephen King
- Stewball - Peter Bowen
- Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
- Clockwork Heart - Dru Pagliassotti
- Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
- The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer - Jennifer Lynch
- A Perfect Circle - Sean Stewart
- Dragons of Winter's Night - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- The Secret History - Donna Tartt
- Threshold - Caitlin Kiernan
- Dream Park - Larry Niven
- The Letter, the Witch and the Ring - John Bellairs
- Carpe Jugulum - Terry Pratchett
- Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul - Douglas Adams
- Faust Among Equals - Tom Holt
- Ye Gods - Tom Holt
- The Beans of Egypt, Maine - Carolyn Chute
- Swann - Carol Shields
- McBroom's Almanac - Sid Fleishman
- Like a Hole in the Head - Jen Banbury
- Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Beet Queen - Louise Erdrich
- The Exiles - William Stuart Long
- Queen of Hearts - Susan Richards Shreve
- The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl - Tim Pratt
- Zodiac - Neal Stephenson
- The Dark Secret of Weatherend - John Bellairs
- Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie
- E - Matt Beaumont
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
- Freaky Friday - Mary Rodgers
- Good Morning, Midnight - Jean Rhys
- The Land of Oz - Frank L Baum
- The Lady in the Lake - Raymond Chandler
- The Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens
- The Scar - China Mieville
- Daughter of Hounds - Caitlin R Kiernan
- Spinsters in Jeopardy - Ngaio Marsh
- Moominland Midwinter - Tove Jansson
- Twilight Eyes - Dean R Koontz
- Soul Kitchen - Poppy Z Brite
- A Surfeit of Lampreys - Ngaio Marsh
- The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
Author Comments:
I'm amazed at all those Top 100 List of Foo Fiction lists that appear in newspapers, because they suggest consensus of some sort between different people, and it was hard enough to get myself to agree on 74.
Ooh, The Westing Game! I loved that book!
Woo hoo! I'm glad I've found someone else who likes it! It has been my all-time favorite book for years and years and years.
I love Garrison Keillor! I haven't read any of his books, YET, but I love The Prairie Home Companion. If his books are as good as the show then I can see why it made your favorites list.
They are really great, both in terms of detail and narrative. In fact, I had a hard time deciding whether to include WLT or Lake Woebegon Boy on the list. Highly recommended.
Have you already read 'East of Eden' by John Steinbeck?
Nope, not yet. Even though it keeps appearing on various Listologists "best of" lists, I'm really not a Steinbeck fan. I think of his work as the lima beans of the fiction world. Sure, they're supposed to be good for you, but...
Do you know any interesting Internet sites about 'best of' lists concerning novels?
You should find many useful lists here, especially if you scroll a bit...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Yeah, thanks!
Here is a book that is right up your alley, and if you are lucky (like I was in this case), your local library may even have a copy!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Have you read this book?
Thanks. I will have a look at that!
You may have seen this before   BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE NOVELS (BBC POLL).
Alternatively   try this great list (of lists).   I think I was pointed to this list by someone here on Listology, but I don't recall who it was so I cannot give them the credit.
I've just read:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (a favorite of mine too)
Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul - Douglas Adams (fav)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie (nice)
Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie (I don't remember everything, but I like Agatha Christie works in overall, my favorite is And Then There Were None)
I have planning to read Robin Hobb's cycle of the Assassin's Apprentice, but I've heard that she's hostile against the fan fiction writers and I didn't like her attitude in an interview about it. For me, it's like spitting on the reader that makes her money. Most of people that write fanfic have buy her books and are die hard fan. I know that this mean nothing about her writings, but now I'm more reticent. Anne Rice and Antonia Susan Byatt don't seems to be smart too. Do you have read all the cycle of Assassin's Apprentice? Is this more fantasy or adventure?
I liked the first book of the Assassin cycle very much, and I think I avoided the others because they involve animals and I just don't read books with animals in them. Ever. It's definitely more adventure than fantasy, though, and the first one at least, is worth the read.
Fan fiction's a whole other ballgame.
I can see both sides of the debate, but I don't really see a clear solution to it. While I think authors (and artists in general) have a right to preserve their vision of their work, I've read some damn fine fanfic that is art in and of itself.
No books with animal? lol. It should be hard to know in advance for some cases...
Hum. I will probably read the first one to make my own idea.
I prefer adventure than fantasy.
See ya! (^-^)
It takes work to avoid those animals, I tell ya.
Let me know how you like the first assassin book.
Well, after the last Harry Potter, coming out in french in the end of month, my next series will probably be Narnia (full of animals!), I'm not sure. I can only borrowed the Assassin's Apprentice series on a very far library that I don't go very often. But yes, this is on my "infinite" to-read list. I will propably read Treasure Island, The Portrait of Dorian Gray and The Scar before AA.