2006-11-30 11:05:33 · 11 answers · asked by maribeth_sites 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
First of all, JRR Tolkein, anything by and about (including his son's works)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, all of them, plus all the other Douglas Adams books
JK Rowling (our friendly, famous, loved and hated Harry Potter)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (all his works)
Chronicles of Narnia
Every Dr Seuss book
John Erickson (my crazy love for 'Hank the Cowdog')
John Grisham, especially his 'un-lawyer' books
Sydney Sheldon
aa milne
Charles Dickens
a good medical dictionary (the kind you have to buy in the med/vet school bookstores)
a good, complete Eng lang dictionary
Russian and Ukrainian dictionaries
some great language history books, esp dealing with Slavic lang's
Ukrainian history, poetry
Actually, I'm a sucker for books, period, except your typical 'cheap paperback novel'
I'd definitely want reference, non-fiction and fiction... and well-organized... with a ladder, floor to ceiling shelves and a card catalog... :)
2006-11-30 11:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by boots&hank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I end up buying books before reading them, although I have bought many books that I have read first as well. Sometimes the books I buy without having read are classic works that I know I'll want to read and have. Others are by an author who has a writing style I enjoy and thus I know I will enjoy his or her other works. Yet others are books that enough people have recommended to me and were on sale that I decided to get them. I also happen to love the atmosphere of bookstores which probably adds to the spending of money on books. Although, I have gotten quite a few of my books from places like GoodWill or Value Village. It's always fun to find a book that has never been read for a dollar. I also know that I would love a library in my house when I get one. Some people plan their dream houses, I sketched out my dream library room when I was about 13.
2016-05-23 06:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harrpy Potter Series, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Series, The Mo Williems Pigeon books, Patricia Cornwell series, James Patterson Series, the Bible, James Dobson, The Great Gatsby, Mythology, All of Shakespeare's works, The Illiad and The Odyssey, The Kite Runner(must read), Edgar Allen Poe, The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner, Moby Dick, The Caneterbury Tales, House of Seven Gables, all of Laura Ingles Wilder, Hans Christian Anderson, A.A. Milne, and many, many more!
2006-12-01 01:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by lvminole 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth Berg, Anita Shreve, Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris, John Krakauer
2006-11-30 11:20:08 · answer #4 · answered by mosaic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All books by Debbie Macomber, Rosemary Rogers, Harlequin Romance series, Nora Roberts, Brianna Martini, Jaid Black, Cara North, and Bertrice Small. They're the best!
2006-11-30 11:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Patterson, Maeve Binchy, Oprah book club books, Mary Higgins Clark.....
2006-11-30 12:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends so my personal library's shelved and stacked many classic/contemporary novels, essays, everyday philosophy, ethics, autobiographies, biographies, travels, history, literature, literary criticism, mythology, anthology, diaries, good translations from other languages, dictionaries, references, etc.
You see the list can go on and on but we need them to read/collect just to console my life for the sake of my humble help/contribution to my students, colleagues, friends and the community in the sense of where I live and via the Internet. In brief, we do so as a hobby of a bibliophile and simple pursuit as a man/woman of letters if need be.
2006-11-30 13:06:07 · answer #7 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain & Christopher Moore
2006-11-30 11:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by jc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all books by Herman Melville, John Steinbeck, C.S Lewis, Bernard Cornwell and all of theHarry Potter books.
2006-11-30 11:07:58 · answer #9 · answered by someguyacrosstown 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the exception of fluff, I would have as many books as I could find.
2006-11-30 11:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by antigone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋