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 –
- the rings of Saturn by W G Sebald lyrical
- suite francaise by Irene Nemirovsky-french war
- the last testament of Oscar Wilde by Peter Ackroyd imagined truth
- encyclopaedia of snow by Sarah Emily miano-hidden gem
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau-american classic
- the rebel by Albert Camus-french classic
- notes from walnut tree farm by Roger Deakin-nature writing
- close range by Anne Proulx great american shorts
- Hercule Poirots christmas by Agatha Christie classic crime
- oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey-aussie classic
- hunger by Elise Blackwell-us modern classic
- the suspicions of mr whicher by Kate Summerscale-where crime fiction started
- white teeth by Zadie Smith-mordern british
- Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh-british classic
- girlfriend in a coma by Douglas Coupland-modern american
- the book thief by Markus Zusak-thought provoking
- empire of the sun J G Ballard -wartime drama
- pride and prejudice by jane austen-classic
- famished road by Ben Okri-booker winner
- the restraint of beasts by Magnus Mills -funny
what our your favourite books ?
Great list! I have enjoyed most of them, but haven’t heard of Hunger or Walden – I’m going to have to look them up!
hunger is great elise has a new book out soon ,she is agreat writer
Great post Stu. A few in there I really want to read but so far haven’t i.e. Deakin’s Notes and Camus’ The Rebel and Sebald’s Rings, Thoreau’s Walden – two of them I own two of them I don’t :).
Have a great day (what’s left o it)
Warmest
Rob
Oh….and congrats on the 50th post Stu! *grin*
thanks rob ,the deakin is very good