Thursday, August 5, 2010

Thursday Thirteen: Favorite Books

So last week I listed thirteen of my favorite kids books this week I've decided to go with thirteen of my favorite 'grown up' books. Here they are in no particular order...

1) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
2) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
3) Water For Elephants by Sarah Gruen
4) Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
5) Blindness by Jose Saramago
6) Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
7) Geek Love by Katherine Dunne
8) Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
9) Storm Front by Jim Butcher
10) Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
11) Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
12) Sick Puppy by Carl Hiassen
13) A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

What are your favorites?

12 comments:

I am Harriet said...

Aw...the sick puppy :(

Have a great Thursday!
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Pamela said...

Another great reading list - this is my first week at Thursday 13 and I now have a long list of books to check out.

CountryDew said...

Water for Elephants is a great book. My recent favorites include The Help, The Puzzle King, and the Girl Who Fell From the Sky.

Rachel said...

I love to read. I don't think I've read any of these. I'll have to check them out!

:)
Rachel

jillconyers said...

I've read one from your list, Water for Elephants. So many books so little time!

Unknown said...

Water for Elephants. This is the third time I saw this mentioned today. I guess I need to get it. Great list. Happy Belated T13!

sandy said...

Popped in from Aug Chall. I would hard pressed to list 13 favorite books.

First One that comes to mind would be Gone with the Wind.
Sandy

Vera said...

I find this list interesting, I have not read any of the books listed here! I should probably start with Sick Puppy because I remember seeing it somewhere, either here around the house or in one of my favorite secondhand bookshops.

Thanks! :)

Laura said...

I love to read, but I have not read any of those books. I love Dean Koontz, Sidney Shelton & Mary Higgins-Clark. I recently read Plan B by Pastor Pete Wilson & that was a very good book.

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Natasha in Oz said...

I have only read a few of these books, my favourite one being The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. That book would probably be one of the most brilliant books I have ever read!

Thanks for sharing your list-I will see if I can find some of them for our Spring vacation.

Best wishes,
Natasha.

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one of my fav has at the list...
sick puppy by carl hiassen is good book.

Anonymous said...

I LOVED Lamb! I woke my hubs up numerous times laughing so hard. Have you listened to it on audio? It's even funnier. It's very hard for me to pick a favorite but I will say Manchester House by Donald Kirch is my favorite in the horror genre!
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