Inspired by The Shrike, name your 10 favorite books (not necessarily "the best" books, but the ones you Y). You may present 2 versions of the list - all books, including non-fiction, and sf/f only (marginally sf/f at least). But it must be strictly 10! No alternates allowed. Series don't count as one book unless it's really one book like LotR.
Here's mine (and yes, it hurt). It's ordered by how many times I've re-read the book.
1. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
2. Catherine Asaro - Primary Inversion
3. Catherynne M. Valente - Palimpsest
4. Nicola Griffith - Slow River
5. Tanith Lee - The Birthgrave
6. Vera Nazarian - Lords of Rainbow
7. China Mieville - Perdido Street Station
8. Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars
9. Samuel R. Delany - Tales of Neveryon
10. Storm Constantine - Calenture
Edit: I need more people to respond to this thread! This is invaluable information.
Here's mine (and yes, it hurt). It's ordered by how many times I've re-read the book.
1. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
2. Catherine Asaro - Primary Inversion
3. Catherynne M. Valente - Palimpsest
4. Nicola Griffith - Slow River
5. Tanith Lee - The Birthgrave
6. Vera Nazarian - Lords of Rainbow
7. China Mieville - Perdido Street Station
8. Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars
9. Samuel R. Delany - Tales of Neveryon
10. Storm Constantine - Calenture
Edit: I need more people to respond to this thread! This is invaluable information.
This message last edited by Aeryn on 23/04/2010 at 02:22:40 AM
Top 10 favorite books ever.
22/04/2010 04:12:31 AM
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It was actually easier to list my top ten favorite books of all time than I thought it would be.
22/04/2010 04:29:46 AM
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22/04/2010 02:15:05 PM
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The Rum Diary was disappointing. The Curse of Lono was much better.
22/04/2010 02:42:18 PM
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This was hard to do
22/04/2010 06:05:53 AM
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1-6 was easy....7-10 not so much
22/04/2010 07:36:25 AM
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Whoa.
23/04/2010 02:39:05 AM
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I didn't really expect to see it on anyone else's list...
23/04/2010 03:38:10 AM
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Re: Top 10 favorite books ever. (in no particular order)
22/04/2010 01:54:00 PM
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23/04/2010 01:05:39 AM
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25/04/2010 11:35:03 AM
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26/04/2010 10:41:40 PM
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26/04/2010 10:43:55 PM
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26/04/2010 11:27:45 PM
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27/04/2010 09:14:36 AM
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My real list.
22/04/2010 03:36:11 PM
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Crossroads? Really?
22/04/2010 11:16:58 PM
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This is quite difficult.
22/04/2010 03:59:18 PM
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Re: This is quite difficult.
23/04/2010 01:07:10 AM
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It is very impressive.
23/04/2010 01:36:24 AM
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I'll try.
22/04/2010 04:20:53 PM
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This is difficult.
22/04/2010 06:51:00 PM
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Red Mars
23/04/2010 01:03:46 PM
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Off the top of my head, I'd say these:
22/04/2010 08:20:07 PM
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I thought I would see a little more Malazan, more SoIaF......... *NM*
23/04/2010 01:11:46 AM
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Wow, Red Mars?
23/04/2010 02:35:09 AM
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23/04/2010 12:55:20 PM
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25/04/2010 11:33:04 AM
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I can't do 10 so I will do 15...that's right, deal with it.
23/04/2010 02:43:10 PM
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It's going to be hard for me
23/04/2010 10:36:02 PM
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