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message 1: by Jessie Marie (last edited Jul 01, 2016 12:32PM) (new)

Jessie Marie (jessiemreads) What are the books that make up your current Top 5 favorites of all time? (The goal of this group is to hopefully change that list and add stuff to it!)


message 2: by Jessie Marie (last edited Jul 02, 2016 04:06PM) (new)

Jessie Marie (jessiemreads) My Top 5, in no particular order
- The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Anything by Kate Quinn

The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) by Paullina Simons Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1) by Kate Quinn


message 3: by Stacy (new)

Stacy | 2 comments Choosing top 5 is like Sophie's Choice!

- Pillars of the Earth/World Without End by Ken Follett
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Norwegian Wood/Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- Oryx and Crake/The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon


message 4: by Martha (new)

Martha Spivey | 2 comments - Memory Man by David Baldacci
- Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd
- The Judge by Randy Singer
- Zero Day by David Baldacci
- In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson


message 6: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron
"Lord Foul's Bane" Book One of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R Donaldson
"The Thorn Birds" by Colleen McCullough
"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austin
"The Stand" by Stephen King


message 7: by Christine (new)

Christine Garber (rustedhalo68) | 2 comments 1. "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
2. "Lightning" by Dean Koontz
3. "Outlander" the entire series by Diana Gabledon
4. "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (because 42)


message 8: by RedReadingRoom (new)

RedReadingRoom | 138 comments In no order
The Taking by Dean Koontz
Outlander by Diana Gabledon
It by Stephen King
The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo


message 9: by Allison (new)

Allison Corbin (allieh02) | 5 comments "Jane Eyre". Charlotte Bronte
"Gone with the Wind" Margaret Mitchell
"Outlander" Diana Gabaldon
"Rebecca" Daphne du Maurier
"And Then There Were None" Agatha Christie


message 10: by Katie (new)

Katie (ktjane82) In no order and occasionally cheating
And then there were none, Agatha Christie
Mort, Terry Pratchett
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
(Slight cheating) The Thursday next series, jasper fforde (couldn't pick one)
Christmas carol, Charles Dickens


message 11: by Catherine (new)

Catherine Green Mile by Stephen King
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Harry Potter series - definitely from Goblet of Fire onwards.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sophie Kinsella books
I know I'm cheating!


message 12: by Holly (last edited Jul 08, 2016 05:43AM) (new)

Holly Miniea (ladymienna) My favorites in no particular order.

1. Voyager (Outlander, #3) by Diana Gabaldon - the whole series is great.
2. Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time, #11) by Robert Jordan
3. White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) by Jim Butcher
4. The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1) by Jack Whyte
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

Edited to add links. Thanks for the tutorial!


message 13: by Eden (new)

Eden | 1044 comments Mod
In no particular order :

1. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
2. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
3. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
4. Percy Jackson (Whole series because I just can't pick!)
5. Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon


THIS WAS SOOO HARD!!! There are so many more!


message 14: by Scarlett (new)

Scarlett My top 5 in no particular order:
1. Gone with the Wind (hey, gotta love the book that inspired my name!)
2. Loretta Mason Potts (read when I was in elementary school and remember it fondly)
3. The Friday Night Knitting Club
4. The Red Tent
5. The Lovely Bones


message 15: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Shears (sareshears) Mine are, in no particular order,

1. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
2. The Godfather - Mario Puzo
3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
4. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
5. The Chosen - Chaim Potok

Apparently I like books that start with "the".... weird.


message 16: by Emy (new)

Emy | 3 comments Ugh this is so hard... I'm probably forgetting a whole bunch of books.

1) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
2) The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht
3) The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
4) Falls Chance Ranch - Rolf & Ranger
5) The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch


message 17: by Melissa (new)

Melissa  Olds | 2 comments 1. Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone j.k. Rowling
2. Dark lover j.r. Ward
3. Dead witch walking Kim Harrison
4. Club dead charlaine Harris
5. Dragon Wytch Yasmin Galenorn


message 18: by Tammy (new)

Tammy | 3 comments I think mine would be:

1. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
3. The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
4. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
5. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah


message 19: by daisystitches3 (last edited Jul 17, 2016 11:30AM) (new)

daisystitches3 | 2 comments Mine In no particular order

Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) by Dean Koontz
Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1) by Charlaine Harris
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) by Michael Connelly
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield


message 20: by Starry (new)

Starry Up (starryup) | 3 comments There are a lot of books I love on people's lists :) I find this a really difficult question. These are probably my all time most loved 5, but it was so hard to narrow by shelf of absolute favourites down! I went with my most reread books.

- The Tombs of Atuan (and all the other Earthsea books) by Ursula K Le Guin.

- The Children by Edith Wharton (I cry thinking about this book sometimes).

- Emily of New Moon and it's sequels by LM Montgomery (even better than the Anne books imho)

- The Running Man by Stephen King as Richard Bachman (but it's a toss up between this and his other dystopic books)

- Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome (because it makes me laugh, even in inappropriate public places, every time I read it)


message 21: by Carrie (last edited Jul 22, 2016 02:55PM) (new)

Carrie Wisinger | 4 comments The top three on my list are definitely my favorites but I couldn't decide on the last two so I put two books from Authors that I really enjoy.

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

2. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

3. The Winner by David Baldacci

4. Eragon by Christopher Paolini

5. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen


message 23: by Matt (new)

Matt Pershing | 4 comments 1. 11/22/63 - Stephen King
2. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
3. Dark Tower series - Stephen King
4. The Century Trilogy - Ken Follett
5. Penn Cage series - Greg Isles
............ and so many more


message 24: by Eden (new)

Eden | 1044 comments Mod
Holly wrote: "My favorites in no particular order.

1. Voyager (Outlander, #3) by Diana Gabaldon - the whole series is great.
2. Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time, #11) by Robert Jordan
3. White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) by Jim Butcher
4. [bookcover:The Skystone|151..."


I love the wheel of time series!! I'm only on the third one, but they are wonderful!


message 25: by Tina (new)

Tina (simplytina) So hard to choose just five , but here they are
1 -Headhunters
Headhunters by Jo Nesbø
2- No Time for Goodbye
No Time for Goodbye (No Time For Goodbye #1) by Linwood Barclay
3- Me Before You
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) by Jojo Moyes
4- One Day
One Day by David Nicholls
5- The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton


message 26: by Teresa (new)

Teresa | 1 comments My 5 currently are:

1. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

2. A Little Life by Hana Yanagihara

3. Summer People by Marge Piercy

4. Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons

5. So Much For That by Lionel Shriver


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