Top 5 books

[MTVN]

What are yours? For me:

1. World Without End - Ken Follett

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTcguaAY7_ieRq2fR1VA72EDA0DjHt5s TYX46eG4oL8pQGNZ3I4Zw

2. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ088mOKUe9HyT9ufajxxlgslqG-FaHkvL8cix1uyabF6CarQxPtg5Pas0

3. Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTc71Q_crFxBV3GZE-rGnZ7JzKt4th4SeBz9q4Wg5FkPhbm4b6wqA

4. New Grub Street - George Gissing

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSenYMweqIfnEI_Qttz8_r5DIeQ7jPiP 5SPmCDTJJL-0BjoM9xObQ

5. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTo1uaYVl1ZV0JdJFvO00KutMslIkOOn QTKwea7YnfxYql_uykF

[Raph]

Cool thread. Mine would be;

1. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
3. Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
4. Homecoming - Cynthia Voigt
5. The Harry Potter Series :p

[Raph]

I also really like Dan Brown's writing!

[Novo]

1) Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy - Lynley Dodd

[Niamh.]

hhhmmmm, off the top of my head

1. A Storm of Swords - George RR Martin
http://i.imgur.com/3LAhX.jpg
2. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
http://i.imgur.com/jEePA.jpg
3. Bram Stokers Dracula
http://i.imgur.com/rZPp6.jpg
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larson
http://i.imgur.com/dkxXw.jpg
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
http://i.imgur.com/9hrnw.jpg

[Raph]

I'm happy to see you liked 'Lord of the Flies' too, Niamh! It's hands-down my favourite book, i've read it on several occasions. Who's your favourite character?

[MTVN]

1) Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy - Lynley Dodd

Yes I'd imagine that is about your reading level

[MTVN]

Forgot about Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, that might be my 5th actually ahead of Angels & Demons

[Niamh.]

I'm happy to see you liked 'Lord of the Flies' too, Niamh! It's hands-down my favourite book, i've read it on several occasions. Who's your favourite character?

hhhhmmmm Simon probably

[Raph]

hhhhmmmm Simon probably

Great answer! :hello: Simon's my favourite literary character ever. I love the symbolism behind his character and just the way he contrasts the general attitude in the book. He's a great character!

[Novo]

http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy1.jpg

Out of the gate
and off for a walk
went Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy2.jpg

and Hercules Morse
as big as a horse

with Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy3.jpg


Bottomley Potts
covered in spots
Hercules Morse
as big as a horse

and Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy4.jpg

Muffin McLay
like a bundle of hay,
Bottomly Potts
all covered in spots,
Hercules Morse
as big as a horse

and Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy5.jpg


Bitzer Maloney
all skinny and bony,
Muffin McLay
like a bundle of hay,
Bottomly Potts
covered in spots,
Hercules Morse
as big as a horse

and Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy6.jpg


Schnitzel von Krumm
with a very low tum,
Bitzer Maloney
all skinny and bony,
Muffin McLay
like a bundle of hay,
Bottomly Potts
covered in spots,
Hercules Morse
as big as a horse

and Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy7.jpg


With tails in the air
they trotted on down
past the shops and the park
to the far end of town.
They sniffed at the smells
and they snooped at each door,
when suddenly,
out of the shadows
they
saw...


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy8.jpg

SCARFACE CLAW
the toughest Tom
in
town.


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy9.jpg


"EEEEEOWWWFFTZ!"
said Scarface Claw.


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy10.jpg

Off with a yowl,
a wail and a howl,
a scatter of paws
and a clatter of claws,
went Schnitzel von Krumm
with a very low tum,
Bitzer Maloney
all skinny and bony,
Muffin McLay
like a bundle of hay,
Bottomly Potts
covered in spots,
Hercules Morse
as big as a horse


http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy11.jpg

and Hairy Maclary
from Donaldson's Dairy

http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy-sleep.jpg

straight back home
to bed.

[Niamh.]

Great answer! :hello: Simon's my favourite literary character ever. I love the symbolism behind his character and just the way he contrasts the general attitude in the book. He's a great character!

Yeah, we studied the book in school, I loved it, might re read it again actually

[MTVN]

Good old Scarface Claw

[Novo]

Can't be a true story because Schnitzel von Krumm would have ripped Scarface Claw apart

[MTVN]

Rubbish, you can see he's the first to bottle it and sprint off

http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charlie/images/hairy10.jpg

[Novo]

Looks like Bitzer Maloney was the only one who stayed and challenged Scarface Claw judging from that pic

[Niall]

I don't think I could possibly rank them but these are probably my top 5:
-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K Rowling.
-1984, by George Orwell.
-Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins.
-Insurgent, by Veronica Roth.
-The Amber Spyglass, by Phillip Pullman.

[Princess]

5? Ah

Harry Potter, all of them.
Delirium series by Lauren Oliver
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger
The Guy Next Door by Meg Cabot
A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans

[MTVN]

5? Ah

Harry Potter, all of them.
Delirium series by Lauren Oliver
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger
The Guy Next Door by Meg Cabot
A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans

Already exceeded the 5 limit with your first choice :nono:

[Kizzy]

Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
1984, George Orwell
The road to wigan pier, George Orwell
Kiss Kiss, Roald Dahl
Dark heart the truth behind hidden Britain, Nick Davis

[Shaun]

1) The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
2) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
3) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
4) The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
5) Carrie, Stephen King

[Roy Mars III]

The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas (hands down the greatest books ever written)
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Prince- Niccolo Machiavelli
Othello- Shakespeare
The Brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[Livia]

Dracula - Bram Stoker... undoubtedly my favourite book ever.
Nineteen Eighty Four - Orwell... didn't understand it at school, loved it when I read it because I wanted to.
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger... for me, the greatest American novel.
Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King... a series of connected stories. One of the best books from one of the best-selling writers whoI think is sadly underrated by the Literati.
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood... incredibly clever novel within a novel, totally absorbing.

[Joe.]

the magic key.

[InOne]

1. William Burroughs - Junky
2. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
3. Animal Farm - George Orwell
4. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
5. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt

[Bollo]

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Hitchikers Guide to the galaxy- Douglas Adams
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Stark - Ben Elton
The Stand - Stephen King

[Stu]

Girlfriend In A Coma - Douglas Coupland

Neuromancer - William Gibson
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams

[Shaun]

1) The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
2) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
3) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
4) The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
5) Carrie, Stephen King

Catcher in the Rye and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea have probably displaced the bottom two.

[Me. I Am Salman]

I'm not sure but Catcher would definitely be in there.