Create a list of my 100 favorite books

I think anyone can relate to this book because it’s about being teen and rebelling against others.

A book about a young women who dies and in order to fully enter Heaven she must write about the ten best days of her life and prove that she lived a meaningful life. Very touching and the main character changes through her journey. The book will soon be made into a movie with Amy Adams playing the main character Alex.

This is one of my favorite autobiographies. Michael J. Fox discussed his battles with addition and finding happiness while having a very public career. Many parts are inspirational.

17. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

16. Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Another of Toni Morrison’s books join my growing list – Paradise. It may just be my favorite Morrison so far. I got lucky with this one. Purchased my nice hardbound copy at a discount book stall and if you can believe it, inserted in the jacket was an autographed book plate printed by the publishing company. Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things is another addition. It is such a precious and intimate read.

Picked up a book called Straight Man by Richard Russo, because the first two pages really tickled my funny bone. Each time I read it gets me laughing. I could never play the role of Henry Devereaux, but I root and sympathize.

Books lined up -> Midnight’s Children by Rushdie and The Effect of Living Backwards by Julavits

15: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

14. The Princess Bride

Love it. Well, William Goldman’s abridged version of it. If you liked the movie, you’ll like this book. Long but worth it.

So I logged onto my lonely live journal (if you have an account drop by dizzyjaney.livejournal.com) and started the list of my favorite books. There was no real criteria, instead I went by gut feel. In the end, the list came up to 31 books. I won’t chuck this project up to the ‘I’m done’ pile just yet. There’s this feeling you get when you’re about to leave for a long vacation and you know for sure you’re forgetting something crazy important.

I’ve condensed the list to my top fifteen (again by gut feel)

1. The Once and Future King by TH White
2. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
3. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
4. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
5. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
6. Ark Baby by Liz Jensen
7. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
8. The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice
9. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
10. The World According to Garp by John Irving
11. The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch
12. The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
13. Harry Potter 1-4 by JK Rowling
14. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
15. Jazz by Toni Morrison

Also, I’m starting to think that maybe livejounal isn’t the best place for my blog. Hm…

13. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk