Here is my own list of top books. They are not in order of preference except Desiree would probably be one of my all time favourites, which is why it appears in the top position. The list is by no means exhaustive. There are currently 43 books listed but I would hope to add to this list throughout my life.
Desiree, Annemarie Selinko
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
Desparate Characters, Paula Fox
Life of Pi, Yann Martel
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy
2001, Arthur C. Clarke
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Huis Clos (No Exit), Jean Paul Sartre
The Tempest, Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
The Island of Dr. Moreau, H.G. Wells
Anna Karenin, Tolstoy
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
I thought my father was God, Paul Auster
The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
The Hours, Michael Cunningham
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts
Atonement, Ian McEwan
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
I captured the castle, Dodie Smith
Shogun, James Clavell
The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler
River God, Wilbur Smith
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler
Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell
Ulysses, James Joyce
Haunted, Chuck Palahuniuk
Master Class, David Pownall
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