my 100 favorite books.
inspired by gfrancie's post about a rather idiosyncratic 100 best books list, here's mine.
it's entirely personal, with no claims to great merit, but these are the books that live inside me--novels, non-fiction, graphic novels and poetry.
order means nothing.
I've listed out series of three or less individually and longer series as one entry.
1) Lolita, Vladmir Nabokov,
2) The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston
3) Public Sex, Pat Califia
4) The Changeover, Margret Mahy
5) The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe
6) A Room with a View, E. M. Forster
7) Woman on the Edge of Time, Marge Piercy
8) The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
9) Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
10) The Moon Under Her Feet, Klysta Kinstler
11) The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
12) A Natural History of the Senses, Dianne Ackerman
13) Snowcrash, Neal Stephenson
14) Beloved, Toni Morrison
15) Patience and Sarah, Isabel Miller
16) Mara, Daughter of the Nile, Eloise McGraw
17) Deerskin, Robin McKinley
19) Lost Souls, Poppy Z. Brite
20) Darkness, Take my Hand, Dennis Lehane
21) Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey
22) Kushiel's Chosen, Jacqueline Carey
23) Kushiel's Avatar, Jacqueline Carey
24) Persuasion, Jane Austen
25) 1984, George Orwell
26) The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
27) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
28) Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
29) Generation X, Douglas Coupland
30) Sunshine, Robin McKinley
31) Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
32) Fabulous Nobodies, Lee Tulloch
33) The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley
34) The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley
35) The Darkangel, Meredith Ann Pierce
36) A Gathering of Gargoyles, Meredith Ann Pierce
37) The Pearl of the Soul of the World, Meredith Ann Pierce
38) The Omnivore's Dilemna, Michael Pollan
39) The Sandman, (the complete series), Neil Gaiman
40) Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison
41) Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
42) The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
43) Dubliners, James Joyce
44) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
45) A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare
46) Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Art Spiegelman
47) Persepolis, Marijane Satrapi
48) The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
49) Perfume, Patrick Suskind
50) The Persian Boy, Mary Renault
51) Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers
52) Dune, Frank Herbert
53) Maurice, E.M. Forster
54) The Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, as translated by Stephen Mitchell
55) Ariel, Slyvia Plath
56) Selected Tales, Edgar Allan Poe
57) Belinda, Maria Edgeworth
58) Geek Love, Catherine Dunn
59) The Copper Crown, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
60) The Throne of Scone, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
61) Magic's Promise, Mercedes Lackey
62) Magic's Pawn, Mercedes Lackey
63) Magic's Price, Mercedes Lackey
64) The Secret History, Donna Tartt
65) The Weetzie Bat Books, Francesca Lia Block
66) Cut to the Quick, Kate Ross
67) A Broken Vessel, Kate Ross
68) Whom the Gods Love, Kate Ross
69) The Devil in Music, Kate Ross
70) Delta of Venus, Anais Nin
71) The Maturin-Aubrey Series, Patrick O'Brian
72) Dracula, Bram Stoker
73) Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
74) the Wraeththu series, Storm Constantine
75) the Mary Russell books, Laurie R. King
76) the Gaslight Mysteries, Victoria Thompson
77. The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne Mcaffery
78) Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling
79) Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
80) Drawing Blood, Poppy Z. Brite
81) Oathbound, Mercedes Lackey
82) Oathbreakers, Mercedes Lackey
83) Sunglasses after Dark, Nancy A. Collins
84) The Masquerdars, Georgette Heyer
85) Slow River, Nicola Griffith
86) Northanger Abby, Jane Austen
87) These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer
88) The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
89) The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer
90) Red as Blood, Tanith Lee
91) Tales From The Flat Earth, Tanith Lee
92) The Harper Hall books, Anne Mcaffery
93) The Monk, Matthew Lewis
94) Love and Rockets, the complete series, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
95) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore
96) Mermaids!, Gardner Dozois
97) Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
98) The Mirror of Her Dreams, Stephen R. Donaldson
99) A Man Rides Through, Stephen R. Donaldson
100) The Complete Poems, Emily Dickinson
it's entirely personal, with no claims to great merit, but these are the books that live inside me--novels, non-fiction, graphic novels and poetry.
order means nothing.
I've listed out series of three or less individually and longer series as one entry.
1) Lolita, Vladmir Nabokov,
2) The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston
3) Public Sex, Pat Califia
4) The Changeover, Margret Mahy
5) The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe
6) A Room with a View, E. M. Forster
7) Woman on the Edge of Time, Marge Piercy
8) The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
9) Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
10) The Moon Under Her Feet, Klysta Kinstler
11) The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
12) A Natural History of the Senses, Dianne Ackerman
13) Snowcrash, Neal Stephenson
14) Beloved, Toni Morrison
15) Patience and Sarah, Isabel Miller
16) Mara, Daughter of the Nile, Eloise McGraw
17) Deerskin, Robin McKinley
19) Lost Souls, Poppy Z. Brite
20) Darkness, Take my Hand, Dennis Lehane
21) Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey
22) Kushiel's Chosen, Jacqueline Carey
23) Kushiel's Avatar, Jacqueline Carey
24) Persuasion, Jane Austen
25) 1984, George Orwell
26) The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
27) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
28) Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
29) Generation X, Douglas Coupland
30) Sunshine, Robin McKinley
31) Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
32) Fabulous Nobodies, Lee Tulloch
33) The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley
34) The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley
35) The Darkangel, Meredith Ann Pierce
36) A Gathering of Gargoyles, Meredith Ann Pierce
37) The Pearl of the Soul of the World, Meredith Ann Pierce
38) The Omnivore's Dilemna, Michael Pollan
39) The Sandman, (the complete series), Neil Gaiman
40) Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison
41) Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
42) The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
43) Dubliners, James Joyce
44) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
45) A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare
46) Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Art Spiegelman
47) Persepolis, Marijane Satrapi
48) The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
49) Perfume, Patrick Suskind
50) The Persian Boy, Mary Renault
51) Gaudy Night, Dorothy L. Sayers
52) Dune, Frank Herbert
53) Maurice, E.M. Forster
54) The Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, as translated by Stephen Mitchell
55) Ariel, Slyvia Plath
56) Selected Tales, Edgar Allan Poe
57) Belinda, Maria Edgeworth
58) Geek Love, Catherine Dunn
59) The Copper Crown, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
60) The Throne of Scone, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
61) Magic's Promise, Mercedes Lackey
62) Magic's Pawn, Mercedes Lackey
63) Magic's Price, Mercedes Lackey
64) The Secret History, Donna Tartt
65) The Weetzie Bat Books, Francesca Lia Block
66) Cut to the Quick, Kate Ross
67) A Broken Vessel, Kate Ross
68) Whom the Gods Love, Kate Ross
69) The Devil in Music, Kate Ross
70) Delta of Venus, Anais Nin
71) The Maturin-Aubrey Series, Patrick O'Brian
72) Dracula, Bram Stoker
73) Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
74) the Wraeththu series, Storm Constantine
75) the Mary Russell books, Laurie R. King
76) the Gaslight Mysteries, Victoria Thompson
77. The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne Mcaffery
78) Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling
79) Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
80) Drawing Blood, Poppy Z. Brite
81) Oathbound, Mercedes Lackey
82) Oathbreakers, Mercedes Lackey
83) Sunglasses after Dark, Nancy A. Collins
84) The Masquerdars, Georgette Heyer
85) Slow River, Nicola Griffith
86) Northanger Abby, Jane Austen
87) These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer
88) The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
89) The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer
90) Red as Blood, Tanith Lee
91) Tales From The Flat Earth, Tanith Lee
92) The Harper Hall books, Anne Mcaffery
93) The Monk, Matthew Lewis
94) Love and Rockets, the complete series, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
95) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore
96) Mermaids!, Gardner Dozois
97) Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
98) The Mirror of Her Dreams, Stephen R. Donaldson
99) A Man Rides Through, Stephen R. Donaldson
100) The Complete Poems, Emily Dickinson