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Let's see... Legolas Send a noteboard - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM
Please list the 5 best British authored books you've ever read. I'm curious of what you've read, and how I can expand on my British literature.

1. Possession by AS Byatt
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
4. I'd go with the best book by Roald Dahl, but I have a hard time deciding which one that is...
5. Can't decide, I'll leave it open for now and see if somebody I've overlooked comes to mind suddenly.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1468 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 953 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 903 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 864 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 966 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 1015 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 1029 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 878 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1035 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 899 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1083 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 1021 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1058 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1054 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1068 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 933 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 925 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 999 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1054 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1095 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 1009 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 893 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1185 Views
...I think that's the first time I've noticed Lackey on anyone's top books list. <3 LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:13:26 AM 1065 Views
As a gay teenager, albeit a happy one in NYC, her books were still powerful for me. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:00:21 AM 908 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1034 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1108 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 985 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 981 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 946 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 993 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 853 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 996 Views
The movie version of Jude the Obscure is bad. Really bad. And doesn't make me want to read the book. Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:28:44 PM 948 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1058 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 456 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 926 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 865 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 975 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1059 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 917 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 893 Views
It was the book I had in mind when talking about Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:57:32 AM 1010 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 966 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 933 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 1017 Views
Irish by accident of birth, English to the depths of his soul by the grace of God. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2010 10:12:28 PM 495 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 904 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 965 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 876 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 901 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 932 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 409 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 437 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 447 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 964 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 1000 Views
If I wanted to be really specific I could say book 1: The Sword in the Stone Brian - 23/04/2010 02:37:24 AM 1156 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 858 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 959 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1185 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1054 Views
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