10 Book Challenge

[Davs 19]

The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Stand - Stephen King
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Catcher In The Rye - J D Salinger
Lord Of The Rings - j R R Tolkien
The Bartameus Sequence - Jinathan Stroud
Brighton Rock - Graham Greene
The Ocean At The End Of The Lane - Neil Gaiman
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Kes - Barry Hines

 

[pirate]

surface detail - Iain M Banks
Men at Arms - Terry Pratchet
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - Robert A Heinlein
Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevski
The Odyssey - Homer (Richmond Latimore translation)
The Running Man - Stephen King
The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
Captain Cobwebb - Gordon Boshell

in no particular order

 

[mackenzie]

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

That's brilliant lol. Nobody does when I mention it either ;-)
Managed to get my hands on a box set some years ago on eBay, cost me a sodding fortune.

 

[yerwot?]

HMS Ulysses Alastair Mclean
Bomber Len Deighton
Goodbye Mickey Mouse Len Deighton
Nightfall Nelson DeMille
Puccoon Spike Milligan
Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith
Chesapeake James Mitchener
Cannery Row John Steinbeck
Guards Guards Terry Pratchett [ could have been any of his really ]
Monte Cassino Matthew Parker

No particular order, they all reached the level of ''unputdownable''

 

[mackenzie]

I forgot Ragged Trousered Philanthropists :-(

 

[willipp]

1. The chronicles of Thomas Covennant - Stephen Donaldson
2. Of mice and men - John Steinbeck
3. When the lions feed - Wilbur Smith
4. 5 people you meet in heaven - Mitch Album
5. Magician - Raymond Feist
6. The Body - Stephen King
7. Its not about the bike - Lance Armstrong
8. A child called it - Dave Pelzer
9. The Passage - Justin Cronin
10. MCFC History (cant remember the name) - It was published in the 80's for our centenary i think. Had pretty much every single game we played with team, scorers, result, attendance.... I spent more time reading thay book than any other.

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

10. MCFC History (cant remember the name) - It was published in the 80's for our centenary i think. Had pretty much every single game we played with team, scorers, result, attendance.... I spent more time reading thay book than any other.

By Ray Goble. 1887 - 1987

I went upstairs this afternoon to go through my books this afternoon as I prepared my 10. It did literally, fall off a shelf onto my shoulder and I have been thumbing through it since.

 

[willipp]

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.

Just read 'Legend' by Gemmell, excellent book.

 

[willipp]

10. MCFC History (cant remember the name) - It was published in the 80's for our centenary i think. Had pretty much every single game we played with team, scorers, result, attendance.... I spent more time reading thay book than any other.

By Ray Goble. 1887 - 1987

I went upstairs this afternoon to go through my books this afternoon as I prepared my 10. It did literally, fall off a shelf onto my shoulder and I have been thumbing through it since.

I spent hundreds of hours with that book as a kid, its somewhere in my mum and dads attic now, definitely need to go and get it.

 

[willipp]

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)!!

Not many people in the UK i know have read Mitch Albom, love his writing. Have you tried '5 people you meet in heaven', absolutely lovely book.