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TOP 5 BOOKS EVER.............?

155 replies

enprovence · 09/08/2009 14:36

Desperate for some new reading matter, what are you TOP 5 BOOKS EVER?

Will rack my brains and add mine too..........

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honeydew · 09/08/2009 21:34

don;t have a top 5 becasue there are too many good novels around from classic authors like Dickens, Austen and the Bronte's to choose from.

But I would very much recommend 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks.

CloudDragon · 09/08/2009 21:30

One flew over the cuckoos nest
To Kill a mockingbird
Good Night Mister Tom
1984
A life of Pi

ilovespagbol · 09/08/2009 21:28

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith has to be up there.

Rosieeo · 09/08/2009 21:20

Oooooo... of all time@

1984
The English Patient
Wuthering Heights
The Life and Loves of a She Devil
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Recently:

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The House at Riverton
Past Imperfect
The White Tiger

How depressing - can't think of another

wethree · 09/08/2009 20:30

hmm tough one!

i'd have to go with:

1 The Time Traveller's Wife
2 Goodnight Mister Tom
3 My Sister's Keeper
4 Jane Eyre
5 Marley & Me