If you could only read 5 books for the rest of your live, which would you choose? Religious texts don't count, we'll assume you are allowed those, and you won't need any survival guides or anything. Just the 5, for fun, books you can read over and over again. Mine are:
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Chronicles of Narnia (probably shouldn't count, but I have a huge book that includes all the novels :))
3. Last of the Breed by Louis L'amour
4. Count of Monte Cristo
5. The Illiad (or the Oddesey)
I just realized I like too many series...
2007-08-09 06:44:39 · 16 answers · asked by coleslaw1017 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"whats up w/ people and only reading 5 books?" It's just a hypothetical question. Just a convoluted way of asking what everyone's favorite book is, the books they could read over and over. :)
2007-08-09 07:42:41 · update #1
Oh wow, all of Jane Austen's books in one volume? That would definitely be on the list.
2007-08-09 07:43:18 · update #2
Not in any particular order.
Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolken (very involved, great story, and 3 volumes - 4 if you cheat and count The Hobbit)
War and Remembrances - Herman Wouk - another great story - this one based on fact (as opposed to the Lord of the Rings which is an entire world created from nothing), again, it has the virtue of being 2 Volumes - three if you cheat and count Winds of War as the prequel to it).
As you can see I'm big on cheating to get as many books as possible counted in the 5.
Watchers - Dean Koontz - my favorite book by my favorite living author. (I could try to cheat here too and take the 3 Odd Thomas books as a set but I really love Watchers).
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - Charles Darnay and Sidney Carton are two of my favorite characters and the story is compelling. Also, it has the best opening line of any book ever written (OK that's only my opinion).
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell - although as far as I can tell she never wrote another book before or after (lots of articles for magazines and reviews of others' works) she made this one a Pulitzer Prize winner. One good thing about bringing this one is that, while reading it again, I can also recall the fine portrayal of all the characters by the actors in the movie.
So that's my 5 (or is it 8, or 10)?
Looks like I'll be busy reading for a little while anyway. Then I can start writing my own book.
By the way, I like this question and had to come back to star it. (Does that get me an extra book?)
2007-08-09 07:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Catcher in the Rye
2. The Shining
3. Harry Potter & the Sorcer's Stone
4. Jane Eyre
5. The Lovely Bones
There are so many, I am sure on a different day I would think of 5 other books!
2007-08-09 07:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by Aundrea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The book will be a classic along with every other book in the series
2.Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
This book is very informative about the past of the wizarding world.
3.Z for Zachariah
Shows what life would be like if you survived a Atomic/Nuclear attack. Also shows the importance of friendship and not to trust somebody too much.
4.Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
The beginning of the best series of All-Time
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Great book of Adventure, Friendship, and life during the late 1800's.
2007-08-09 06:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by In Heaven There is No Beer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, if I was picking 5 books then I’d pick books that I haven’t read but want to read.
1. Portrait of an artist as a young man
2. The witch of Portobello
3. Shalimar the Clown
4. The thousand splendid suns
5. Shantaram
CHeeRioS
2007-08-09 06:52:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible for me to read 5 books with 400-600 pages in 1 month.
2016-05-17 23:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.All of Jane Austen's books [They are in one binding]
2.Quantum Prophecy: The Awakening by Michael Carroll
3.Roswell by Sonny Whitelaw
4.Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller
5.King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
2007-08-09 07:06:48 · answer #6 · answered by Bet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool.
1. The Great Gatsby
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. The Age of Innocence
4. Catcher in the Rye
5. Any Shakespeare
2007-08-09 06:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by mjla68 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if i could only read 5 books i would b sooooo bored.
ill make some of them series instead
1 lord of the rings
2 harry potter
3 books of bayern
4 alice in wonderland and through the looking glass
5 all of the star wars books
whats up w/ people and only reading 5 books? ur like the 3rd person ive come across asking what people would read if htey could only read 5 books.
2007-08-09 07:14:52 · answer #8 · answered by ◊ ·~Firebird~· ◊ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, this is hard...i can't live with just five books, awe man...here goes.
1. Susan Elizabeth Phillips---> match me if you can
2. Meg Cabot---> The Twilight
3. Caroline Linden---> What A Gentleman wants
4. Lisa Sands---> Love is Blind
5. Kaitlyn O'Reily---> Secrets of a Duchess
2007-08-09 06:53:47 · answer #9 · answered by Lankan Sweetheart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Lord of the Rings (J.R.R Tolkien)
2. Cry of the Icemark (Stuart Hill)
3. Blade of Fire (Stuart Hill)
4. East (Edith Pattou)
5. The Good Good Pig (Sy Montgomery)
2007-08-09 06:48:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋