(Or in other words, my to-read list, past and present).
Books are escape. They’re a window into another world. They’re adventure, they’re romance, they’re mystery, they’re suspense, they’re scandal, they’re thrill, they’re pain, they’re excitement. Everything we ever wanted to be, everything you can possibly imagine and more.
And with a mishmash of genres and ranging in awesomeness (where bold is my unread ones):
- Harry Potter (it’s more of a lifestyle)
- The Discworld Series; The Wee Free Men etc – Terry Pratchett
- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy – Douglas Adams
- The Book Thief; The Messenger – Markus Zusak
- Magician Series – Raymond E Feist
- So Yesterday – Scott Westerfeld
- His Dark Materials Series – Phillip Pulman
- Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion – Jane Austen
- The Dispossessed – Ursula K Le guin
- A Song of Ice and Fire – George R. R.Martin
- Planet of the Apes – Pierre Boulle
- American Gods; Neverwhere; Coraline; Stardust (pretty much everything) – Neil Gaiman
- Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M Pirsig
- Godel Escher Bach – an Eternal Golden Braid – Douglas Hofstadter
- Fight Club; Invisible Monsters; Rant (the list goes on) – Chuck Palahniuk
- The Laws of Magic series – Michael Pryor
- Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
- Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
- 1984 – George Orwell
- Chrestomanci series – Diana Wynne Jones
- Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
- Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
- The Crucible* – Arthur Miller
- Hamlet* – William Shakespeare
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K Dick
- Neuromancer – William Gibson
- Lost In The Meritocracy – Walter Kern
- Cryptonomicon – Neil Stevenson
- The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
*Yes, they’re technically plays. However; AWESOME.