10 Book Challenge

[Carstairs]

Nobody has mentioned the Bible, yet!

 

[DelToro]

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned. In particular Catch 22, Bravo Two Zero, Paddy Clarke Ha ha ha, Lord of the Flies and Angela's Ashes.

1. The Beach - Alex Garland
2. The Football Factory - John King
3. The Wrong Boy - Willy Russell
4. American Tabloid - James Ellroy
5. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
6. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
7. The Crow Road - Iain Banks
8. A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin
9. The Dark Tower - Stephen King
10. The First Law - Joe Abercrombie

Honourable mention to Bernard Cornwell and David Gemmell.

American Tabloid!

Another one I'd forgotten.

Best crime book I have ever read.

 

[Celeste]

Dubliner's - James Joyce
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
1984 - George Orwell
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time - Mark Haddon
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Stoner - John Williams
Of Mice and Men - john Steinbeck
Persuasion - Jane Austin
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon. (Thanks Uncle Fester for reminding me)!!

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned. In particular Catch 22, Bravo Two Zero, Paddy Clarke Ha ha ha, Lord of the Flies and Angela's Ashes.

1. The Beach - Alex Garland
2. The Football Factory - John King
3. The Wrong Boy - Willy Russell
4. American Tabloid - James Ellroy
5. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
6. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
7. The Crow Road - Iain Banks
8. A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin
9. The Dark Tower - Stephen King
10. The First Law - Joe Abercrombie

Honourable mention to Bernard Cornwell and David Gemmell.

American Tabloid!

Another one I'd forgotten.

Best crime book I have ever read.

I could have picked any one of Ellroys novels but I was fascinated by JFK conspiracy theories at the time. After reading this book I found it hard to believe it happened any other way. Fiction at its very best!


I'm already remembering books I wish I had put on the list. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks should have made my Top 10.

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger
Storm of steel - Ernst Jünger

Prefered The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.

Eastern front WW2

Shit! I forgot Das Boot. Classic.

 

[mackenzie]

Wuthering Heights
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Picture of Dorian Grey
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Pride and Prejudice
Birdsong
Dracula
Human Croquet


And from when I was a kid;
Captain Cobweb

 

[Ruhr]

Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Carl Barks: Donald Duck - Lost in the Andes
Heinrich Mann: Man of straw
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Michel Houellebecq: Whatever
Peter Hoeg: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Max Frisch: Gantenbein
Stefan Aust: The Bader-Meinhof-Complex
Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: The tamed football – the story of a subversive sport
Josef Hasslinger: Opera ball

 

[pirate]

And from when I was a kid;
Captain Cobweb

good call, whenever I mention captain cobweb no one has a clue what I am talking about

 

[Pelly Greeny]

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