EWB's Favourite Book: VOTING

[Sousa]

1. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

2. Grendel by John Gardner

3. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

4. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

6. Misery by Stephen King

7. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

8. Fool by Christopher Moore

9. My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber

10. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

Some changes from last time I'm sure. Just finished Swamplandia! and it's fucking great, so it's on.

[MGW]

1.Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

2.Dracula - Bram Stoker

3.Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson

4.A Matter of Opinion - Alan Hansen

5.The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkein

6.The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

7.The World Acording to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson

8.Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling

9.The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

10. Monty Python's Big Red Book

[Liam]

For a guy who is going to teach English, I don't read a lot. But I'll give this a try, since Skummy is imploring people to do so.

1) 'Sons and Lovers' by DH Lawrence

2) 'Factotum' by Charles Bukowski

3) 'Norwegian Wood' by Murakami

4) 'Catch 22' by Joseph Heller

5) 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' by Douglas Adams

6) 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy

7) 'One Day' by David Nicholls

8) 'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro

9) 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck

10) 'The Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4' by Sue Townsend

Yeah, bit of a hodge podge, and overly reliant on recent books I've read, stuff I've studied, and stuff I'm going to teach.

I also read more non-fiction than fiction, but never choose it for this kinda stuff, for some reason.

Edited March 16, 2011 by Liam

[Skummy]

I'll give you guys another week or so before I start collating this, so people had better get voting. Surely some more of you can actually read?

[YI]

I think I may have read 10-books at some point in my life. I'll post sometime.

[Downward Spiral]

1) The Book of Revelation (it is the topic of my PhD, so it's only fair it's fairly high up. If you're going to grapple with any biblical book, you'd do well to approach this with an open mind. But again, I'm biased.)

2) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

3) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

4) Sharp Teeth by... I forgot... but it's an excellent book

5) The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

6) The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

7) The Testament of Gideon Mack by John Robertson

8) The Epic of Gilgamesh (sorry for cluttering this with ancient texts, but it is a phenomenal story)

9) Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susannah Clark

10) Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks.

[YI]

1. "Schultz" by J.P Donleavy

2. "Indecent Exposure" by Tom Sharpe

3. "The Ginger Man" by J.P Donleavy

4. "Christie Malry's Own Double Entry" by B.S Johnson

5. "Wilt" by Tom Sharpe (series? )

6. "Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson

7. "American Pastoral" by Phillip Roth

8. "Portnoy's Complaint" by Phillip Roth

9. "Big Sur" by Jack Kerouac

10. "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time" by Mark Haddon

[Liam]

I probably should have found space for 'The Curious Incident.....', but can't be bothered now.

I did find it interesting that it now can get taught at secondary school level though. Which is awesome.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Switched my #10 to Flowers for Algernon. Not sure how I forgot that one.

[Skummy]

Okay guys, I'll start compiling this mother at the end of the week, so anyone who hasn't voted yet, get on it. Even if your favourite book is the one you haven't finished colouring in yet.

[Skummy]

Okay, so I kind of forgot about this. So I'll give people another week to vote - do it! Next weekend, I will put this thing together, just hoping for a couple more votes.