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OMFG! This was so difficult. LiterateDog Send a noteboard - 25/01/2024 08:20:05 PM

The trying to remember all the books I've loved. The trying to whittle down and categorize. I could not choose between all the ones that I adore and could read again and again. As is stated in other replies, these are books that I love. Not necessarily paragons of the written word. Though, I highly recommend any of these.

So, since I was having trouble whittling things down, you get 10 individual novels (which could have been so many more) and you get 10 series (which could have been so many more) and also 10 non-fiction books (which, yes, could have been so many more).

Note, these are not based on order of preference. They're mostly just listed in order of when I thought of them. LOL

10 INDIVIDUAL NOVELS THAT I LOVE
Tokaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Shogun by James Clavell
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel by Margaret George
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Russka by Edward Rutherfurd
Lighthouse by Eugenia Price
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
To Dance with Kings by Rosalind Laker

10 NON-FICTION BOOKS THAT I LOVE
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K Massie
Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K Massie
Dreadnought by Robert K Massie
The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan
The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait by Frederic Morton
The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek
The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman
The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean by John Julius Norwich

10 SERIES THAT I LOVE
The Commonwealth Saga series by Peter F Hamilton
The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough
The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson
The Adversary Cycle series by F. Paul Wilson
The Repairman Jack series by F. Paul Wilson
The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes

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Since this was originally a book site...top ten (or so) favorite books? damookster - 20/01/2024 02:40:49 PM 421 Views
The million dollar question. This one, I can do. Ghavrel - 21/01/2024 01:40:13 AM 140 Views
Re: The million dollar question. This one, I can do. damookster - 21/01/2024 02:27:32 AM 116 Views
I'm so excited and terrified for ALECTO. *NM* Ghavrel - 21/01/2024 05:07:20 AM 61 Views
'favorite' vs 'best' book aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 02:17:12 PM 108 Views
I interpreted this to mean best books we've read Tom - 22/01/2024 02:59:20 PM 126 Views
Sure aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 03:13:38 PM 119 Views
Re: I interpreted this to mean best books we've read damookster - 22/01/2024 03:17:15 PM 118 Views
And I greatly appreciated your adjective 'favorite'. The Shrike - 22/01/2024 07:37:31 PM 110 Views
I wasn't qualifying it based on quality, or else it never would have made an honorable mention Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:22:26 AM 107 Views
I haven't read Go Set a Watchman, but what I've heard was... bad. Is it actually good? Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:27:31 PM 100 Views
I loved it because it tore my childhood hero to shreds in a way that I needed to see. Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 08:34:54 PM 111 Views
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that's why other people hated it, then. Legolas - 23/01/2024 09:23:53 PM 112 Views
You gotta read HARROW and NONA! Or Leckie's ANCILLARY JUSTICE. Ghavrel - 24/01/2024 04:36:57 AM 109 Views
I need to split fiction and non-fiction Tom - 22/01/2024 02:02:41 AM 142 Views
Re: I need to split fiction and non-fiction damookster - 22/01/2024 03:20:03 PM 108 Views
Cooper's DARK IS RISING and Jones' HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE would make my top 20 for sure. Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:26:38 AM 118 Views
And I just have to ask ... The Godfather the book??? Tom - 22/01/2024 02:07:12 AM 121 Views
Yeah you’re right. I shouldn’t have included it. *NM* damookster - 22/01/2024 02:12:09 AM 60 Views
Favorite Books. I too need to split between Fiction and Non-Fiction The Shrike - 22/01/2024 01:59:19 PM 140 Views
I loved SHOGUN so much as a teenager. No idea how it would hold up on a read today. Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:24:08 AM 108 Views
Same - and that also goes for Mists of Avalon. Even aside from the MZB ickiness. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:29:02 PM 50 Views
Speaking of Shogun... damookster - 23/01/2024 12:43:04 PM 114 Views
Re: Speaking of Shogun... The Shrike - 23/01/2024 08:51:01 PM 106 Views
Re: Speaking of Shogun... damookster - 23/01/2024 09:39:50 PM 109 Views
The new red band trailer came out for it. Looks phenomenal. The Shrike - 24/01/2024 02:42:52 PM 114 Views
Re: The new red band trailer came out for it. Looks phenomenal. damookster - 24/01/2024 03:22:20 PM 110 Views
Yeah, ok aerocontrols - 22/01/2024 02:08:53 PM 106 Views
At the moment these Vodalus - 22/01/2024 05:59:14 PM 155 Views
Ah, I forgot Wolfe. BOOK OF THE NEW SUN might be on my top ten. I need to reread it. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/01/2024 06:27:34 AM 61 Views
The Red and the Black? Interesting... Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:24:57 PM 108 Views
Julien, of course. Vodalus - 24/01/2024 10:02:43 PM 150 Views
Mine, at the moment Legolas - 23/01/2024 05:44:20 PM 128 Views
All y'all are cheating by listing a series as one of your favorite books. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 04:38:56 AM 124 Views
As I create my own list, I see I've made a mistake in my derision of the use of series. *NM* LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 05:04:43 AM 54 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 25/01/2024 05:51:55 AM 51 Views
FALSE! aerocontrols - 25/01/2024 02:48:27 PM 115 Views
Re: FALSE! damookster - 25/01/2024 04:20:08 PM 111 Views
It's bait for Joe to make a 'batin Joke aerocontrols - 25/01/2024 05:28:12 PM 108 Views
Bait no more, my friend. It has been released! LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:20:54 PM 113 Views
OMFG! This was so difficult. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:20:05 PM 124 Views
Sir! The Shrike - 25/01/2024 08:30:18 PM 121 Views
I'll go with that was my plan all along. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:32:54 PM 109 Views
Pffft damookster - 25/01/2024 08:43:30 PM 112 Views
Also, I'll do what I want. *smug* *NM* LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:33:44 PM 66 Views
F. Paul Wilson! damookster - 25/01/2024 08:31:44 PM 118 Views
Ain't no guilt here. LiterateDog - 25/01/2024 08:35:47 PM 106 Views
I see you listed 4 of my favorite non-fiction, so I will forgive your listing WoT Tom - 26/01/2024 12:11:04 AM 105 Views
Ain't no guilt here! LiterateDog - 26/01/2024 08:32:54 AM 106 Views
So many Novik fans! I think you've tipped me over onto reading Temeraire. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/01/2024 06:59:57 AM 58 Views
You won't regret it! *NM* LiterateDog - 26/01/2024 08:23:52 AM 53 Views
Literate Dog's posts have compelled me to also list series damookster - 27/01/2024 03:36:48 PM 128 Views
I will always love WOT The Shrike - 28/01/2024 05:40:58 PM 123 Views
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