Name the top 10 books you've read

[srboone]

Some love for Michael Moorcock! I love it!

[Theli]

J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire (the first 3, it starts to peter out afterwards)
Stephen King - It
Stephen King - The Shining
Shirley Jackson - the Haunting of Hill House
Michael Moorcock - The Swords Trilogy
Michael Moorcock - Elric of Melnibone
Robert E. Howard - Bran Mak Morn
Guy Gavriel kay - the Fionavar Tapestry
Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves

Honorable mentions:
James M. Cain - The Postman Always Rings Twice
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit

Some are Omnibuses or short story collections.

[mahduk]

I've seen Boy's Life on many lists. I really want to check this one out.

The great thing about Boy's Life is that you can read it several times and take away something different every time.

[TJCams]

I've seen Boy's Life on many lists. I really want to check this one out.

[mahduk]

So. Many. Choices...

1. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
2. The Stand - you know who...
3. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury (this is the one that really introduced me to his genius)

4-10 in no particular order
4. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
5. Marathon Man - William Goldman (page-turner and a half! Better than the movie and the movie kicked ass).
6. Blue World - Robert McCammon
7. Boy's Life - same
8. The Rising/City of the Dead - Brian Kene (I, too, consider it one bog work)
9. Watchmen - Moore & Gibbons
10. 1984 - George Orwell

I'd have to say these are books that, no matter what passes through my collection, I will always have a copy of at my fingertips.

[Sabrina Morgan]

Ok lets see, first ten that come to mind.
It - SK
The Stand - SK
Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Mercy Thomson Series - Patricia Briggs
Rachael Morgan Series - Kim Harrison
The Dark Half - SK
Watchers - Dean Koontz
Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
Pet Sematary - SK
Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews (maybe cause I just read it in someone else's list. I really did enjoy it.)

[TJCams]

Just found this thread....

I am going to just list 10 off the top my head that I really liked a lot, and that stand out, to do this list up in about 5 minutes:
No particular order (yet - might get to that later)

1 - The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
2 - Salem's Lot - King
3 - Hyperspace - Michiu Kaku
4 - Phantoms - Koontz
5 - Off Season - Ketchum
6 - Tough Guy - Bob Probert autobiography
7 - Night Shift - King
8 - Prey - Masterton
9 - Strangers - Koontz
10 - The Dark Half - King

If I sit down and go through my book shelf - this may change. Remember, this was put together in about 5 minutes, off the top of my head.

[Neiaushie79]

Somehow, I managed to leave out One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Neiaushie79]

My picks aren't in any particular order and I've read many at least twice. Here it goes...
10. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane by Laird Koenig
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
8. The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith
7. Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith
6. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
5. Philosophy in the Bedroom by Marquis de Sade (ending made my mouth drop open)
4. Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
3. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
2. After Midnight by Richard Laymon (pure fun)
1. The Ax by Donald E. Westlake

[Dave1442397]

I don't think I could even begin to figure out a top ten list.
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At this point I must have read at least 15,000 books and have around 5,000 in the house, plus many thousands in e-book format. I wish I'd kept a list of what I've read

[Tommy]

Love Candide, very funny but with a marvelous message

[divemaster]

Top 5, generally in order:

1. The Stand (S. King) -- best book I've ever read
2. Memoirs of a Geisha (A. Golden)
3. Wizard & Glass (S. King)
4. Starship Troopers (R. Heinlein)
5. Re-Birth--aka The Chrysalids--(J. Wyndham)

Next 5, no particular order
--The Magus (J. Fowles)
--some Koontz book (Phantoms, Strangers, Whispers, Watchers, Hideaway--take your pick; I enjoyed all of these immensely)
--Candide (Voltaire)
--Christine (S. King)
--Crime and Punishment (F. Dostoevsky)

I know I'm leaving one or two off the list that when I remember them I'll smack myself in the head.

Ok, now I *am* smacking myself in the head. I somehow left off The Bonfire of the Vanities, which is top 3 for me for sure.

[Tommy]

Actually, I haven't, but The Original of Laura is sitting on my book shelf, patiently awaiting my attention...

Oh my gosh, you gotta give Pale Fire a try, it is really out there, such a nutty little book and a lot of fun to read, well in my opinion anyway, it's about a 999 line poem that is missing the final line, the poet who wrote the poem and the whacked out analysis of said poem by a crazy neighbor, it almost made my top ten but I wanted all different writers

[srboone]

Actually, I haven't, but The Original of Laura is sitting on my book shelf, patiently awaiting my attention...

[Tommy]

Don't feel bad, I only had two horror books on my top 10, Ghost Story, The Shining; and someone else appreciates Lolita (my number one as well). Nice list.

Thanks, I always consider King in a category on his own, have you read any other Nabakov, say Pale Fire or Pnin? King, Queen, Knave is good as well, I'm slowly working my way through his books, The Man was a genius!