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Tell me your absolute number 1

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mrssunshinexxx · 31/12/2017 22:06

Favourite book doesn't matter what genre ... 2018 resolution get off my phone and get my head in books again I used to love reading.... thanks in advance

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DelphiniumBlue · 02/02/2018 18:19

I can't choose just one, but these books have stayed with me:
Ballet Shoes ( and most Noel Streatfield)
Cold Comfort Farm
Rebecca
Jane Eyre
Cranford and North and South
Pride and Prejudice
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Possession
Mists of Avalon
Fingersmith
Recently, I've really enjoyed Sarah Moss's books.

carbuncleonapigsposterior · 02/02/2018 18:06

schnubbins, I posted a while back with a list. and my all time favourite is the same as yours Star of the Sea" Joseph O'Connor. I've passed this book on to a few people who have read it and feel the same about it, including one of my sons.

Rachie1986 · 01/02/2018 22:17

Me before you.

UnimaginativeUsername · 01/02/2018 19:51

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.

Merrz · 01/02/2018 19:48

My all time best read was 'My Sisters Keeper' if anyone can suggest similar reads please let me know

codswallopandbalderdash · 20/01/2018 22:52

Oryx and Crake

myusernameisnotmyusername · 20/01/2018 22:38

The Adrian Mole books and Stardust and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (not read his others yet).

noodlezoodle · 20/01/2018 22:29

More votes from me for The Secret History and I Capture The Castle.

I also adore The Crow Road.

Last year I read and loved Celine, by Peter Heller, and I think it might join the ranks of the other three much loved and re-read books I mentioned.

captainjackandjill · 20/01/2018 22:06

@bookbook no I haven't come across that author before . Thank you!! I always love finding new authors.

Enjoy your LMM on your holidaySmile.

Apologies OP!

Grin
bookbook · 18/01/2018 20:54

and thank you @captainjackandjill - just downloaded the LMM book for my holidays . For another lovely/gentle read - have you tried Jan Karons Mitford series ?
Sorry for the derail OP!

schnubbins · 18/01/2018 20:45

As a child Rebecca and Little women
then
Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
recently
The Invention of Wings but my all time favourite is without a doubt Star of the Sea

Bookreader2403 · 18/01/2018 10:47

I have so many books I adore but I think my number one book is Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. I'm planning on giving it ANOTHER re-read this year too.

captainjackandjill · 17/01/2018 23:42

*@pallisers * That's wonderful! I went when I was 12 a million years ago Would love to go again some day, loved the red roads!

wasMissD · 17/01/2018 10:21

Can't pick one!

100 Years Of Solitude
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Gone With The Wind
A Suitable Boy
David Copperfield
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Grapes Of Wrath
The Book Thief
Alone In Berlin

If forced, I'd pick A Suitable Boy Smile

lindali94 · 17/01/2018 10:15

Little Women...

FinnegansCake · 16/01/2018 17:59

Lyra - me too, I loved Shadow of the Wind

I’d like to add Love in the Time of Cholera

FinnegansCake · 16/01/2018 17:55

A Room with a View
The Grapes of Wrath
The Book Thief

pallisers · 16/01/2018 17:52

I agree- that and the first Anne book.

We visited PEI this year - was lovely.

captainjackandjill · 16/01/2018 17:35

Thank you @pallisers it's been a long time favourite of mine, but I have never met anyone else who's ever heard of it. Great to hear others have read it tooSmile. I think it's LMM's best work.

anonymice · 16/01/2018 13:59

Private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner.

pallisers · 16/01/2018 12:27

Has anybody else ever read The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables)?

Me. It is charming.

BestIsWest · 16/01/2018 11:17

Asta’s book is in my top 5 too.

essietopcoat · 16/01/2018 10:31

Agree about Barbara Vine - A Fatal Inversion was brilliant too.

Also A Time Travellers Wife,
Wild Swans,
Geisha by arthur Golden
The Handmaid's Tale, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, Oryx and Crake

captainjackandjill · 15/01/2018 19:55

@bookbook great to see someone else who's read The Diary of Provincial Lady! So fun.

Has anybody else ever read The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables)?

captainjackandjill · 15/01/2018 19:42

I was going to apologize for mine as it is in the middle of a series, but then I came across @Rhynswynd , yay it's mine too:

Nightwatch by Terry Pratchett, my number one fav and my go to book when I need a lift. Then I read the rest of the series, then go back to the beginning and start with Guards Guards and read them all again.

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