Jet Gorgon Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 TV bookworms, what are the best babies to have at hand for rainy days and power outages? Besides an OED or similar dictionary, Bill Shakespeare, the Bible or similar tract, what else is requisite on the shelves? Tutsi Warrior is a connoisseur of literature, stuck out in the sticks without fine beef stock but a copy of Grapes of Wrath at hand. Resorts and farang restaurants are often good sources of a fine book to borrow. What are your favourites, TV readers? The 100 must-have books are...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garro Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) I have many favorites but for some reason all I can think of at the minute is; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Very funny and very true Edited February 27, 2007 by garro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundman Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 TV bookworms, what are the best babies to have at hand for rainy days and power outages? Besides an OED or similar dictionary, Bill Shakespeare, the Bible or similar tract, what else is requisite on the shelves? Tutsi Warrior is a connoisseur of literature, stuck out in the sticks without fine beef stock but a copy of Grapes of Wrath at hand. Resorts and farang restaurants are often good sources of a fine book to borrow. What are your favourites, TV readers? The 100 must-have books are...? Shakespear's a bit out of my league. Cheesy Adventure stories are my go. I have over your required 100 books but i'm not a librarian & would have to go home to list them for. Brief examples: For all SE Asia fans - James Clavell - All of them. Action men - Clancy, Cussler etc. Adventure - Wilbur Smith Good reading, Soundman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaiWai Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Anything by Anne Tyler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I have many favorites but for some reason all I can think of at the minute is;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Very funny and very true good choice! have you read all five of the trilogy? I also like the Terry Pratchett Discworld books. maybe some John Le Carre, and then Paul Theroux's a star in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmadness Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 A little James Elroy doesn't go amiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I take heaps of books with me when I move around with my job, so not so much a question of top 100, rather shelves of books. But the OP's question is soon to have some direct relevance, my next move is indeed into the dessert and at that time I have to remove a number of books lest they cause offense. I really need to get started on that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Lord of the Flies One Flew Over the Cookoos Nest Papilion Catch 22 Slaughterhouse 5 The Stranger (or Outsider) Breakfast of Champions The Catcher in the Rye 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangsay Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 le Carre - Complete works David Ignatius - "Agents of Innocence" David Furst - "Dark Star" and "The Polish Officer" John Grisham - when he's in Clanton Stephen King - when he's in New England John Sanford - the "Prey" novels Elmore Leonard - Complete works Tony Hillerman - the Navaho novels That's it for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garro Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) I have many favorites but for some reason all I can think of at the minute is;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Very funny and very true good choice! have you read all five of the trilogy? I also like the Terry Pratchett Discworld books. maybe some John Le Carre, and then Paul Theroux's a star in my eyes. I think so but it was a long time ago. The last one I remember reading was 'So long and thanks for all the fish'. I miss Marvin the depressed robot 'brain the size of a planet and here they have me opening doors'. Btw, how can you read all five of a trilogy. Do you mean a fivology? Edited February 27, 2007 by garro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 No particular order... Entire works of J R R Tolkien Entire works of William Shakespeare Robert Jordens 'Wheel of Time' series, complete set (if he ever finishes it!) Probably also go for the entire works of Terry Pratchett. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri Entire works of Roald Dahl Watership Down, Richard Adams Animal Farm, George Orwell The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I take heaps of books with me when I move around with my job, so not so much a question of top 100, rather shelves of books. But the OP's question is soon to have some direct relevance, my next move is indeed into the dessert and at that time I have to remove a number of books lest they cause offense. I really need to get started on that.. You're going to write a cookery book? Good luck with that, although everybody seems to be doing it these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) P. G. Wodehouse omnibus. The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes. Lonesome Dove. To Kill A Mockinbird. Edited February 27, 2007 by lannarebirth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 I have many favorites but for some reason all I can think of at the minute is;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Very funny and very true Huh. First thing I agree on you with, Garro. The first book I laughed out loud whilst reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jing jing Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) I'm gonna steer this in a Thai related direction and say I'm on a bit of a Christopher Moore kick at the moment. Just finished Pattaya 24/7 and got Heart Talk on the nightstand. Very difficult for me to reread any books.... except for A Clockwork Orange... Edit: to keep on topic, on a desert island I'd probably need some Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Robbins to keep a smile on my face. Edited February 27, 2007 by jing jing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November Rain Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Watership Down, Alice through the looking glass, Black Beauty & the entire Harry Potter series, Roald Dahl's "The Witches" and "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay (and Tandia & pretty much anything he's written) One flew over the cuckoo's nest - Ken Kesey The Stand (unabridged) - Stephen King - in fact any of his that are more fantasy than straight horror Harry's Game - Gerald Seymour East of Eden - Steinbeck QB VII - Leon Uris... Oh loads more, I'm sure. Edit: Just thought of one more... The Plague Dogs - Richard Adams Edited February 27, 2007 by November Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Lord of the FliesOne Flew Over the Cookoos Nest Papilion Catch 22 Slaughterhouse 5 The Stranger (or Outsider) Breakfast of Champions The Catcher in the Rye 1984 Yum. That's my kind of books. I read anything at hand, but I like books I can ponder with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garro Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I have many favorites but for some reason all I can think of at the minute is;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Very funny and very true Huh. First thing I agree on you with, Garro. Well don't make a habit of it. Next you will be wanting to hold hands and sing 'I want to buy the world a coke'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florin Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Anything by Umberto Eco Anything by Stephen King Anything by Aldous Huxley Anything by Isabel Allende Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Plus a few always fun favorites: Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel The Sheep Look Up - John Brunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garp Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I have many favorites but for some reason all I can think of at the minute is;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Very funny and very true Huh. First thing I agree on you with, Garro. The first book I laughed out loud whilst reading. i have recently downloaded the entire original bbc radio series, including interviews with Douglas Adams. 14 plus hours of pleasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jingjoe Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemcqueen Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Everything by: Christopher G. Moore Robert Parker Elmore Leonard Carl Hiassen(spell??) And......................... "Samurai Boogie" by Peter Tasker & "Jock of the Bushveld" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 my bank book, but very sad story and no happy end my phone book, many person, not much action... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Lord of the FliesOne Flew Over the Cookoos Nest Papilion Catch 22 The Catcher in the Rye 1984 Yep, have all of the above. I have a similar list to Jet's op. Loads of reference books, loads of Bible study books. As well as Shakespere, complete works of Oscar Wilde, complete Sherlock Holmes. Just looking at my bookshelf, loads of art books, ie, books about art, favourite artists complete works, that sort of thing. And finally, something that I couldn't do without, my poetry books, mostly little known works that I have collected over the years, and, dare I say it a few poetry books I have been published in myself. All in all, that easily makes a hundred! Excellent thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libya 115 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 1. Lucky Jim: Kingsley Amis 2. Alexander Trocchi: Cain's Book 3. Graham Greene: A Gun For Sale 4. Anthony Burgess: The Doctor is Sick 5. Derek Raymond: The Crust On its Uppers 6. Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 7. Rose Tremain: Restoration 8. James Kelman: How Late It Was, How Late 9. A. Crowley: Crowley On Christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustwannateach Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 There are lots of single individual works I'd include, but in terms of people with large works: Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Time Gene Wolfe (everything, but especially The Book Of The New Sun) Virginia Wolfe (everything) James Joyce (everything) Charles Dickens (everything) Randall Jarrell (the children's books) John Gardner (Grendel, Jason and Medea- ok, pretty much everything) Flannery O'Connor (complete short stories) Stanislaus Lem (everything) Italo Calvino (everything) Cervantes (Don Quixote) Shakespeare (everything) Ok, ok, the Bible- KJ version, as the poetry is the redeeming factor William Faulkner (everything) Mark Twain (everything) William James (everything) Complete poetry of: e.e. cummings Wallace Stevens May Swenson This probably puts me over 100 books already, so I'll leave it at that... "Steven" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 These are the books I can pick up and read again and again and still get the same buzz as I did the first time I read them. They're my companions: Gates of Fire - Stephen Pressfield Fire from Heaven/The Persian/Boy/Funeral Games - Mary Renault (The Persian Boy is my favourite book of all time) The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay The Flashman books - George Mcdonald Fraser The Hornblower books - CS Forester Letters from Thailand - Botan The Teachers of Mad Dog Swamp - Khammaan Khonkhai On Sparta - Plutarch Hannibal - Ernle Bradford Not very cerebral but I do like a bit of swashbuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossfinn Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Robert Jordens 'Wheel of Time' series, complete set (if he ever finishes it!) I gave up after book 10 A tale of two cities. Charles Dickens A Bridge too far. Cornelius Ryan Lost Moon. Jim Lovell Stalingrad. Anthony Beevor To start with.... Good Luck Moss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 The Norton Anthologies of English an' World Literature (de latter aka World Masterpieces), a dictionary an' an atlas...when ye got dem, ye don't need much else... dey been me constant companions fer over 35 years now... also like Kerouac, Bukowski, G Greene, GG Marques an' Raymond Carver but dey usually dissolve into de ether... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 One book every castaway needs: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0393035549...465#reader-link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now