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Only 5? snoopcester Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (the whole the Aubrey-Maturin series really)

Honourable mentions to (Because I'm not sure that they shouldn't be in my top five) -
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1433 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 919 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 869 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 829 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 938 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 977 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 995 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 837 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1000 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 864 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1048 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 984 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1023 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1018 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1030 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 896 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 892 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 961 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1015 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1049 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 970 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 852 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1147 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 1022 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 870 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1003 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1072 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 945 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 947 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 912 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 961 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 824 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 959 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 916 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1023 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 435 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 888 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 824 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 943 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1024 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 884 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 857 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 976 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 933 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 893 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 984 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 477 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 867 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 928 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 840 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 862 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 897 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 387 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 414 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 430 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 931 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 938 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 1121 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 823 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 915 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1150 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1015 Views
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