Comments on: Top 10

By: Dayne

Dayne — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:02:40 +0000

1. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
2. Atlas, Shrugged by Ayn Rand
3. The Lion,the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
4. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
7. The God Who is There by Francis Schaeffer
8. In the Name of Jesus by Henri J.M. Nouwen
9. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
10. Humility by Andrew Murray

And although I may be banned from doing this…I would include Psalms for it’s incredible literary value…

By: krystal

krystal — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:31:24 +0000

okay.this is late. i am sorry. these are not necessarily in order. i’ll do my best.

1. The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
2. Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling
3. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. Til We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
5. Traveling Mercies, by Anne Lamott
6. The Giver, by Lois Lowry
7. Flowers in the Attic, by V.C. Andrews
8. The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
9. Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm
10. The Hobbit, Tolkien

Honorable mentions go to: The Great Divorce, Sex God, Blue Like Jazz, Little Women, Anything by Anne Lamott. and LOTR. oh, and Life Together, and Passion and Purity.

By: zach allen

zach allen — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:52:26 +0000

colby – i need to edit my top ten. replace “the crossing” with the entire “border trilogy” by mccarthy, and put it ahead of eggers. i finished the trilogy yesterday. he goes for the heart.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:35:43 +0000

ok i have been thinking about this for quite awhile. this is books i recommend not in numerical order.

the faith once and for all – jack cottrell
harry potter (series im not going to list them all seperately) – jk rowling
velvet elvis – rob bell
life together, the classic exploration of faith in community – dietrich bonhoeffer
watchmen – alan moore
james and the giant peach – roald dahl
lord of the rings (series again) – j.r.r. tolkien
fahrenheit 451 – ray bradbury

well i didn’t make 10 but im trying to expand my horizons. occ left me jaded with reading so im trying to find stuff to get back into it. if i read any good ones i let you know.

-ryan

By: alex

alex — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:00:36 +0000

Alright, I struggle with this, because “Fiction? Nonfiction?” What exactly are we talking about? I’d much rather come up with “500 Books You Ought/Must Read.” However, I understand the nature of the question, so sticking to fiction:

THE LORD OF THE RINGS, J. R. R. Tolkien
A TALE OF TWO CITIES, Charles Dickens
CATCHER IN THE RYE, J. D. Salinger
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Harper Lee
BEOWULF, Anonymous
OF MICE AND MEN, John Steinbeck
WATERSHIP DOWN, Richard Adams
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Jane Austen
EYES OF THE DRAGON, Stephen King

The last one might be a joke. I don’t know, list subject to change, yadayadayada. Some on the above lists that NEED a shout out (that I’ve read, that is) – Moby Dick and The Iliad. RAR!

By: zach allen

zach allen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:57:21 +0000

Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:17:04 +0000

This was tough to compile. I suppose I’m giving you my favorite ten books.

Bird By Bird- Anne Lamott
Mere Christianity- C.S. Lewis
Love Thy Neighbor: A story of War- Peter Maas
The Poisonwood Bible-Barbara Kingsolver
To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Next Generation Leader- Andy Stanely
Night-Elie Wiesel
1984- George Orwell
My Utmost for His Highest- Oswald Chambers
Dispatches From The Edge- Anderson Cooper

By: Carter

Carter — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:13:51 +0000

How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Power of Positive Thinking – Norman Vincent Peale
Success Through Positive Mental Attitude – Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone
Wooden on Leadership – John Wooden
The Law – Bastiat
Now, Discover Your Strengths – Marcus Buckingham
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
The Servant – James C. Hunter
An Honest President (Grover Cleveland) – H. Paul Jeffers
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa – E. B. Sledge (Gripping & not for the faint of heart)

By: Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:30:20 +0000

Ooooo. I love top ten lists, they always get people debating and talking. I’ve posted about my favorite books and movies and gotten lots of feedback, people can’t help countering your lists with their own. My problem is do I select FAVORITE books or BEST books (because there’s a difference)? Perhaps a combination of both: a few titles leap immediately to mind:

EARTHLY POWERS by Anthony Burgess
GOSPEL by Wilton Barnhardt
TOWING JEHOVAH by James Morrow
OUTERBRIDGE REACH by Robert Stone
THE ILIAD by Homer (Robert Fagles translation)
UNDERWORLD by Don DeLillo
DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS by Steve Erickson
THE INTUITIONIST by Colson Whitehead
PROJECT X by Jim Shepard
HOLY THE FIRM by Annie Dillard

Howzat? Good luck with the poll…

By: deanjbaker

deanjbaker — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:27:35 +0000

good to see this