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It is always the toughest thing ever to decide what my five favorite books are, but when I was posed with this question by a friend point blank as part of a game, I had to figure it out quickly. Therefore, I figured I'd create a post about favorite books (and movies and songs, in Pudding's Place).
My favorite books are (in no particular order, because then I could never choose):
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tokien
The Hero and the Crown by Robin Mckinley (which is technically a children's book but has an eighteen-year old protagonist)
ATale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Emily trilogy by L.M. Montgomery.
Now that I look at it, perhaps the list is in order after all, but I have read them all at least a half-dozen times--likely more.
What are your top five favorite books?
submitted by Everinne, age 14, The Library
(July 22, 2013 - 3:27 pm)
(July 22, 2013 - 3:27 pm)
@Everrine
I can't believe someone else reads the Emily trilogy besides me! I love that series, along with other L.M. Montgomery books.
My books, in no particular order, are...
-Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
-A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
-The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
-The Sphinx's Princess/The Sphinx's Queen by Esther Friesner
-Out of my Mind by Sharron Draper
(July 22, 2013 - 5:05 pm)
Top!
(July 24, 2013 - 12:30 pm)
Pretty Obvious for myself, anyways.
1-2) Powerless and The Candleman. They tie. That's two books, though.
3) This is where it gets hard. I love Papercutz's Oliver Twist graphic novel alot, and the archvillian triology, and the genius triology, and the princess bride and eager and missing magic and the girl who could fly and the owl keeper and goblin secrets and twin spica and amazing agent luna even though I didn't capitalize any of that. So, I guess I really like The Princess Bride, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Or, if you want the list more orginized....
Five Books I really, really like:
Powerless, Matthew Cody
Candleman, Glenn Dakin
Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
Princess Bride, William Goldman (I think. Or L. M. Mongumery? As the pen name thing)
Hitchhker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
I would've told you that was easy, but now I just keep remembering good books. Ender's game, Dark Isle, Crispen, Jinx. Hmm. And you may notice how I tried to mention as few comics as possible, because then this list goes on forever.
(July 24, 2013 - 1:17 pm)
Wait no. Take back what I said about the Princess Bride. It's S. Morgenstern.
(July 24, 2013 - 2:10 pm)
@ Teresa:
I love Ella Enchanted too! And most of my friends think I'm old-fashioned because I read L.M. Montgomery, but I still love reading them. I've always felt very kindred to Emily, anyway.
(July 24, 2013 - 2:45 pm)
It's the same way with me: all my friends think it's old fashioned to read L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Mark Twain... I love all of the classic authors! (I like modern day too.) Their stories are written so well that you don't want to put the books down!
(July 25, 2013 - 10:03 am)
Okay, THANK YOU! That's me too! No one reads the classics anymore! Heck, I've talked to people who have NEVER HEARD OF LITTLE WOMEN OR ANNE OF GREEN GABLES!!!! It's so sad! I just can't stand it! Ugh!
(July 25, 2013 - 5:33 pm)
After the first two or three it gets a little hazy... okay, very hazy.
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Bloody Jack, L. A. Meyer
Going Bovine, Libba Bray
Most Daniel Pinkwater books, Daniel Pinkwater
Don't even try to get any farther than this, Violet Bass
(July 24, 2013 - 4:08 pm)
In no particular order:
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter (all of them), J.K. Rowling.
Reckless, Cornelia Funke
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, Michael Scott
Graceling trilogy, Kristin Kashore
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus- Rick Riordan
Lorien Legacies (I am Number Four, The Power of Six, the Rise of Nine)- Pittacus Lore
The Scorpio Races- Maggie Striefvater
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Ellen Kushner and Holly Black
The Mortal Instruments, Cassandra Clare.
The Infernal Devices, Cassandra Clare. (Okay, who's read Clockwork Princess already and will talk to me about it because the last half of that book ripped out my heart and stomped on it.)
Rot and Ruin, (and the sequel, Dust and Decay), Jonathan Maberry.
I also love the Sandman comic books (Gaiman).
(July 24, 2013 - 9:42 pm)
I'd say that my favorite books are the Left Behind books , the adult &the 'kid' ones . Lol , since I read those I haven't been interested in anything .. think I mighta set the bar a little too high ! :p
(July 25, 2013 - 3:40 pm)
This is one of the hardest questions I think I'll ever face in life.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M.Montgomery (no surprise)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester (which I've been searching like mad to find out if there's going to be a sequel or a movie!)
(July 25, 2013 - 5:49 pm)
@ Blonde Heroines Rule and Teresa:
Hello, fellow classic-novel lovers! I know, it is really annoying that so many people don't read classics anymore (I asked this girl what she thought of the Wuthering Heights movie (the original) and she just was like "What's Wuthering Heights?" My friendship with her disolved rather quickly.) I also love Little Women and the Anne books, and have been my favorites ever since I was seven. The past year, Tolkien has rather snatched my attention away from my old favorites, but the very dogeared condition of my Montgomery and Alcott attests to my long devotion to them! :)
(July 25, 2013 - 7:45 pm)
1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (not recommended for <10)
2. Without Tess by Marcella Pixley (not recommended for <9)
3. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
4. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
5. Coraline (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman
I have odd taste in books. According to the counselor I saw yesterday I meet the criteria for depression.
(July 26, 2013 - 1:09 pm)
@ Everinne:
Exactly! I grew up on Anne Shirley too! My mom would watch the movies with me before I could read, then, once I learned how, one of the first books I got was Anne of Green Gables (which I've now had since I was about six).
Now, I haven't gotten a chance to read Wuthering Heights yet. It sounds interesting! I definitely want to. Though, there are some things I may not read till I'm older, at least. Like Great Expectations. I saw a movie that was supposed to go very much like the book, and it disturbed me a great deal. But I miss the good classics kids don't read anymore! Like Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Tom Sawyer, Black Beauty, and so many others! What's wrong with those?! Also, Everinne, if you really liked those classics, I would highly recommend What Katy Did. She's a lot like Anne, and I just LOVE the story!
Also, *gasp!* I have yet to read any Lord of the Rings. I know, shocking, yet I simply haven't managed too. Mostly cause the set my parents, they donated before I was old enough to read. So sad.
(July 26, 2013 - 1:52 pm)
I used to read a lot more classic children's books, and I know about a lot more than I actually read, because my reading style when I was seven was to read a book partially and then not pick it up for about a year. I have to read a lot of these classics (Anne of Green Gables, reread Little Women, start Jane Austen, etc.). My mom read a lot to me when I was younger, so I know about some pretty obscure (modernly speaking) children's book authors that are super good. Maugerite de Angeli, Eleanor Estes, Elsa Beskow (she wrote picture books, but sometimes I still read them today), all of the Little House books (barely anyone understands these books anymore because of the TV show and such), heck even Beverly Cleary's more obscure books are disappearing from existance! Help!
(July 26, 2013 - 7:34 pm)