As this is my fiftieth post on Winston’s dad and also world book day i ve decide to do a list of 20 books fiction and non fiction today is the 4th march is world book day 2010 all these books i have enjoyed and would recommend highly –

1. the rings of Saturn by W G Sebald lyrical
2. suite francaise by Irene Nemirovsky-french war
3. the last testament of Oscar Wilde by Peter Ackroyd imagined truth
4. encyclopaedia of snow by Sarah Emily miano-hidden gem
5. Walden by Henry David Thoreau-american classic
6. the rebel by Albert Camus-french classic
7. notes from walnut tree farm by Roger Deakin-nature writing
8. close range by Anne Proulx great american shorts
9. Hercule Poirots christmas by Agatha Christie classic crime
10. oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey-aussie classic
11. hunger by Elise Blackwell-us modern classic
12. the suspicions of mr whicher by Kate Summerscale-where crime fiction started
13. white teeth by Zadie Smith-mordern british
14. Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh-british classic
15. girlfriend in a coma by Douglas Coupland-modern american
16. the book thief by Markus Zusak-thought provoking
17. empire of the sun J G Ballard -wartime drama
18. pride and prejudice by jane austen-classic
19. famished road by Ben Okri-booker winner
20. the restraint of beasts by Magnus Mills -funny

what our your favourite books ?