Last year I intended on writing a series of book reviews.
Hahaha. I intended to write so many things last year.
I’ve often written passionately about books; how much I love them, how I collect them. This week, to start off the New Year, I’ve been cataloguing them all. After four days I finished. I have a grand total of (wait for it)… 736 books. Hooray!
With so many books it’s no wonder I’ve been too overwhelmed to review them. So, taking the lazy option, I’ve decided to do a list of my top 100 favourite books (not all from my collection – there are many I’ve read at one point or another that I can’t find anywhere.) They are books that have inspired my imagination, my passion and my soul.
The List
1. The Adventures of Robin Hood – Roger Lancelyn Green
2. The Aeneid – Virgil
3. Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
4. As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner
5. Bagthorpes Haunted – Helen Creswell
6. Beowulf
7. The BFG – Roald Dahl
8. Black as He’s Painted – Ngaio Marsh
9. Bridget Jones’ Diary – Helen Fielding
10. Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen – Geoffrey McSkimming
11. The Canterbury Tales – Geoffry Chaucer
12. Cause Celeb - Helen Fielding
13. Chocolat – Joanne Harris
14. Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
15. Clouds of Witness – Dorothy L. Sayers
16. Clutch of Constables – Ngaio Marsh
17. Complete Prose – Woody Allen
18. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
19. The Decamaron – Boccaccio
20. Demon’s Lexicon – Sarah Rees Brenan
21. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
22. The Divine Comedy – Dante
23. Dracula – Bram Stoker
24. Earthfasts – William Mayne
25. The Epic of Gilgamesh
26. Feeling Sorry for Celia – Jaclyn Moriarty
27. Fiddle-back – Elizabeth Honey
28. The Gates of Hell are About to Open; Mind the Gap – John Connolly
29. Gene of Isis – Traci Harding
30. The Girl Who Married A Lion – Alexander McCall Smith
31. Give War a Chance – P. J. O’Rourke
32. Going Postal – Terry Pratchett
33. Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
34. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
35. Hamlet – William Shakespeare
36. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling
37. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling
38. The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkein
39. Hop on Pop – Dr Suess
40. The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde
41. Inkheart – Cornellia Funke
42. The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
43. Lady Windermere’s Fan – Oscar Wilde
44. Life, The Universe and Everything – Douglas Adams
45. The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkein
46. Lords and Ladies – Terry Pratchett
47. The Mabinogion
48. Macbeth – William Shakespeare
49. Magician – Raymond E. Feist
50. Mary Poppins – P. L. Travers
51. Matilda – Roald Dahl
52. The Merchant of Venice – William Shakespeare
53. Monsieur Frog – Nikki Barroclough
54. More Work for the Undertaker – Margery Allingham
55. Le Morte Darthur – Sir Thomas Malory
56. Mr Pink-Whistle Interferes – Enid Blyton
57. Murder in Mesopotamia – Agatha Christie
58. Mystery on the Blue Train – Agatha Christie
59. Nation – Terry Pratchett
60. Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
61. The Night Before Christmas
62. The Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
63. Obernewtyn – Isobelle Carmody
64. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination – Helen Fielding
65. One Dragon Had a Dream
66. Ordinary Jack – Helen Creswell
67. Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie
68. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
69. The Prophet – Kahlil Gibran
70. Ranger’s Apprentice: The Icebound Land – John Flanagan
71. Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan
72. The Real Inspector Hound – Tom Stoppard
73. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
74. Rise of the Ruddbot – Annabelle Crabb
75. Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
76. Romeo and Juliette – William Shakespeare
77. Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead – Tom Stoppard
78. Sabriel – Garth Nix
79. Seven Ancient Wonders – Matthew Riley
80. Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian – Marina Lewycka
81. Silmarilion – J. R. R. Tolkein
82. Small Gods – Terry Pratchett
83. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
84. Sweet Danger – Margery Allingham
85. The Táin
86. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built – Alexander McCall Smith
87. Tears of the Giraffe – Alexander McCall Smith
88. Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortensen
89. Three Men in a Boat – Jerome K. Jerome
90. Thud – Terry Pratchett
91. To Kill a Mocking Bird – Harper Lee
92. Towards Zero – Agatha Christie
93. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
94. The Unadulterated Cat – Terry Pratchett
95. Unnatural Death – Dorothy L. Sayers
96. The Villa of Reduced Circumstances – Alexander McCall Smith
97. Which Witch? – Eva Ibbotson
98. Witches Abroad – Terry Pratchett
99. Witness for the Prosecution – Agatha Christie
100. Wyrd Sisters – Terry Pratchett
I've only read three of those lol. Hamlet, Macbeth and The BFG haha.
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