Books

Having nearly worked my way through the 2003 BBC Big Read Top 100 books, I am creating my own list of "must-read" books. Instead of basing it on the votes of the great British public however, this time I want books that have been personally recommended to me by the readers of this blog, books that have had rave reviews, or those classics that we can't do without.

Which books do you think everyone should read at some point in their lives? To add to the list, please leave a comment and if I like the sound of your idea (and haven't already read it!) I'll add it to this page. Thanks!


The List
  1. American Gods - Neil Gaiman (S.P. Clark)
  2. Art and Lies - Jeanette Winterson (Nomi)
  3. The Amnesiac - Sam Taylor Wood (Nomi)
  4. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (Ceve) 
  5. The Brontes - Juliet Barker (billyblogger)
  6. The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery (Abby) 
  7. The Girl With a Pearl Earring - Tracey Chevalier (Willa)
  8. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (Bethan)
  9. The Help - Kathryn Stockett (Abi)
  10. The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier (Ceve) READ! 7/10
  11. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy (Derek)
  12. Kim - Rudyard Kipling (Derek)
  13. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
  14. Last Night in Twisted River - John Irving (Nomi)
  15. Marathon Man - William Goldman (billyblogger)
  16. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
  17. Mr. Chartwell - Rebecca Hunt (Nomi)
  18. Music and Silence - Rose Tremain (Ceve)
  19. The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens (Various)  READ! 8/10
  20. One Day - David Nicholls
  21. The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford 
  22. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
  23. Room - Emma Donoghue
  24. The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes READ! 6/10
  25. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
  26. Tell No-One - Harlan Coben (Derek)  READ! 8/10
  27. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  28. To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (Ian) 
  29. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal - Jeanette Winterson
  30. Wild Swans - Jung Chan (billyblogger)

2 comments:

  1. I'm a big Daphne fan and loved House on the Strand, but surely Jamaica Inn and Rebecca must top it?!

    I'm not sure if non-fiction is allowed here but Wild Swans by Jung Chan is probably the most powerful book of it's kind I've ever read. Juliet Barker's The Brontes is the best biography I've ever read. And Marathon Man, William Goldman, is the best thriller I've ever read!

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  2. All great suggestions! I have read both Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, or they would be on here! Great books. I'm definitely up for all genres, so I will add these to the list. Thanks :)

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