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I suppose it depends on definitions... jh Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM
1. The Thirty Years' War by Veronica Wedgwood.
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
3. Byzantium by John Julius Norwich.
4. 1984 by George Orwell.
5. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

The Dickens one is the only one that I'm most conflicted about. He has many interesting works but that one keeps standing out because it, by virtue of its brevity, is the only one that didn't frustrate me at one point or another.


But wasn't Wilde Irish?
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1469 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 954 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 967 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 1016 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 879 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 1059 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 1055 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1096 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 1035 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1109 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 982 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 947 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 994 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 854 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 997 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 949 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 1060 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 918 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 934 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 1018 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 496 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 966 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 877 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 933 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 410 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 438 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 448 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 965 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 1158 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 859 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 960 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1186 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1055 Views
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