top 20 books

[megotelek]

Because I've been thinking about it lately...


1. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
4. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
6. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
7. So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane (the whole series, really, but this was the one that hooked me for life)
8. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
9. A Wind in the Door by Madeline L'Engle (my favorite of the series)
10. Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (I love all the Anne books, but this one reshaped my worldview with the WWI Canadian homefront setting)
11. Crystal Singer/Killashandra/Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey
12. The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
13. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur Clarke
14. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
15. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
16. The Martian Race by Gregory Benford
17. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (my first chapter book!)
18. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
19. Animal Farm by George Orwell
20. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


And that's me...in books. There are lots more that I've read and liked, but these I consider to either have been 'formative' in some way, or have opened me up to a new genre/author, or somehow made me think.

Comments

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

This is an interesting excercise. I'd try it but I think it would give me more of a headache trying to decide what has been particularly meaningful and how to narrow it down than it would be fun. I might try it, though. And now for comments on your books.

Since there's a bunch that I haven't read, or considered reading, I'm not going to comment on those.

1. A classic! And over the summer, I acquired the two sequels and read them for the first time.
6. Have it (combined with Wonderland) but haven't read it yet. 'Twas a BookMooch acquisition.
8. I used to own it but I don't know what happened to it. I liked it, but I think I like Princess better.
9. Read it ages ago, but the first one is the one that sticks in my memory and the one I own.
12. Plan to read it eventually. Had a friend who was going to lend it to me but the book exchange died. Now it's on my BookMooch wishlist, along with at least 20 other people. Well, eventually.
17. I'm pretty sure I read that in fourth grade. Not since, though, so I don't remember it much.
18. I think I either read part of this or saw part of the movie (the old one) but I didn't finish either.
20. I own it, but I haven't read it. I tried once or twice but didn't get past the first page or two. I do intend to give it another shot eventually.

[megotelek.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of BookMooch before...*Googles*...

OMG. Um, don't mind me, I'll be over here getting even more books to carpet my house with add to my collection...

Seriously, I think I have a problem.

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

It's also a great way to get rid of the books that you don't want anymore but don't know what to do with. You want your books to go to a good home, this is the perfect way to give to someone who really wants it.

I don't know if you can do the "friending" thing on there, but I'm adreama if you want to search my collection. :)

[jeeperstseepers.livejournal.com]

7. So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane (the whole series, really, but this was the one that hooked me for life)

The one with her mom kills me. Seriously. Duane did such an incredible job with that story. I was a wreck.

[megotelek.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. That one I can't actually reread that often; it makes me really emotional.

The first one has a funny story to it, though...it snagged me in the library pretty much the same way Nita's manual snags her. You know, minus the bullies chasing me and all that.