TOP 6 Essential Books To Have?

[drknyt]

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my short list would be:

sophie's world-Gardner
the alchemist_coelho
count of monte cristo-dumas
memnoch the devil-rice
without remorse_clancy
Quintara marathon book 3 -chalker

kamo wat s ur literary treasure?

[HoundedbyHeaven]

The Jerusalem Bible (because the late Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien was one of its editors)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by the late Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by the late Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by the late Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by the late Edith Hamilton
The Divine Comedy: Inferno by Dante Alighieri, as translated by Allen Mandelbaum (I still have to buy copies of Purgatorio and Paradiso, though)

Peace.

[rockart9]

Griffin and Sabine
Sabine's Notebook
The Fountainhead
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
We So Seldom Look On Love
and a childhood fave... Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark

[gotdalife]

1. Tom Robbins - Skinny Legs And All
2. Kurt Vonnegut - Bluebeard
3. Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead
4. George Orwell - 1984
5. Tikman ang Langit Anthology (Maypagka-simang ni, but definitely worth a read kung fan ka sa
Eraserheads)
6. Tom Wolfe - A Man In Full

[klavel]

jane eyre - charlotte bronte
great expectations - charles dickens
a walk to remember - nicholas sparks
sands of time - sidney sheldon
the alchemist -paulo coelho

the rest are HP books...

[blur]

lord of the rings - jrr tolkien
of mice and men - john steinbeck
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
the great gatsby - f. scott fitzgerald
pride and prejudice - jane austen
the good earth - pearl s buck

[DebutsAndIDos]

I actually had to move house and choose what books to bring. So, this is my true-to-life answer, hehehe...

The Bible (one for the soul)
The Secret - Rhonda Byrnes (one for the mind)
The Power of a Praying Parent (one for parenthood)
Why Men Love Bitches (one for being a woman)
The Notebook - Nicholas Spaarks (one for romance)
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill (one for business)

cheers!

[Kuiaw]

The Holy Qur-an
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Tuesday With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

[aizcream]

my short list would be:

sophie's world-Gardner
the alchemist_coelho
count of monte cristo-dumas
memnoch the devil-rice
without remorse_clancy
Quintara marathon book 3 -chalker

kamo wat s ur literary treasure?

lord of the rings - jrr tolkien
of mice and men - john steinbeck
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
the great gatsby - f. scott fitzgerald
pride and prejudice - jane austen
the good earth - pearl s buck

it just feels good that others also like what u like...hehehe
(nagpa-hilak gyud nako...hehehe)
reading assignments pag high school:
>Count of Monte Cristo
>The Good Earth
Oprah's book club
>The Deep End of the Ocean - Jacquelyn Mitchard
>She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
...about friendship
>Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
>The Most Wanted - Jacquelyn Mitchard

[balut_man]

The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupery (ahhh...the memories)
A Separate Peace - John Knowles (my "coming of age" companion book)
Catcher in the Rye / Nine Stories - JD Salinger (perfect xmas reading book)
Without Feathers - Woody Allen (a big fan of his classic movies too!)
Confederacy of the Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (comical classic!)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers (also on my "guilty pleasures" list...heheh.)