Desert Island Books

[joggerjayne]

I'd like to know your 10 desert island books. Just titles and authors.

These are the rules:

All trilogies can count as one book.

Any Shakespeare plays each count as one separate book.

On Desert Island Discs, you are already given The Bible, and a Complete Shakespeare. On my desert island, you are already given The Lord Of The Rings, the complete series of Harry Potter, and a survival guide.

So ... what would you choose? (take your time).

[Curvylady]

The life and times of Peter Rabbit.

Plus 9 more copies to replace the worn out ones.

[Panic Button]

If I was on a desert island with a pile of Shakespeare, I would use it to make a fire.

I have never understood what people see in that old tosh.

[funnygirl]

Latest books by Alex Kava, Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben.

[Lakitu]

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby

2. Jemima J - Jane Green

3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin

4. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

5. Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine

6. The complete Point Horror Series

7. How to get off a desert island for dummies - Dunno!

8. To Kill a Mokingbird - Harper Lee

9. Tuesday's Child - Louise Bagshawe

10. The complete Black Lace series

(that was REALLY tough!)

[Bbbananas]

Oh I couldn't possibly narrow it down to only 10, but those I have read recently & been impressed by, & could easily read again:-

Shadow of the Wind - carlos ruiz zafon
The Night Trilogy - elie wiesel
Kite Runner - khaled hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns khalee hosseini
The Return - victoria hislop
Mrs Lincoln - janis cooke newman
After River - donna milner
Claudia, Daughter of Rome - antoinette may
East of the Sun - julia grigson
Time Traveller's Wife - audrey nifengegger

It's a hard question JJ cos I am an avid reader of almost anything - fiction, non, biogs etc.

[Lakitu]

Same here, Salla, I found that so tough because I read so much and such a wide variety too. Incidentally, the only book I couldn't finish was The Time Traveller Wife. I found it far too slow.

[Bbbananas]

nancy friday is pretty interesting eh?
Women on top? - of course!!

[funnygirl]

So what is your choice Jayne.

It was difficult to do this. But my fave books are mostly thrillers!!!

[joggerjayne]

Still thinking about mine, funnygirl.

[dustypuss]

how to survive on a desert island

by R.Crusoe

[jen78]

Hmmm, well I've already got some of my ideas then lol :)

Pride & Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
All Melissa Nathan's books
Jane Eyre
An Encyclopedia
Sketchbook (can I have a neverending supply of pencils too?) and some drawing books.
Goodnight Mr Tom
Dances with Wolves

[dot.hawkes]

i would be ignoring any rules and take all my Kathy Reichs Bones books cos i couldn;t read Lord of the rings the films were enough of a bore, harry potter i may suffer.

i would take Jane Eyre and probably Shirley by the same author.

[mccfluff]

do complete series count as one?

[mccfluff]

ok i've decided series count as one so

the belgariad - david eddings
the mallorean - david eddings
the shannara series - terry brooks
and all of terry pratchetts books

and pat cornwell and jeff deaver and maicheal connolly and jame patterson abnd kathy reichs and sue grafton and
tom clancy and micheal moore and

i give up and can't choose just 10