My favorite ten books – that I would take to a deserted island, that I return to every year or few years, that I think about often, that I give copies of to my friends … here they are!
Number 10 – several book tie for tenth:
Learned Optimism by Seligman, The Happiness Hypothesis by Haidt,
The Resilience Factor by Reivich/Shatte, Aging Well by Vaillant
Number 9 – The Best Short Stories of the Century
Number 8 – The Pathway by Laurel Mellin
Number 7 – The Grasshopper: Life, Games and Utopia by Bernard Suits
Number 6 – The Dot and The Line by Norman Juster
Number 5 – In My Father’s Court or Passions by Isaac Bashives Singer
Number 4 – The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Number 3 – Cheaper by the Dozen by the Galbraith children
Number 2 РThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exup̩ry
Number 1 – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
What are your top ten favorite books?
Or top three favorites, off the top of your head?
This list will, of course, change from time to time, and I’ll update it here.
Deserted island books…hmmmmmmm….I’ll go for fiction: Douglas Copeland, all of them but especially his later books.
Oh, about the little prince: I *love* that book, but you do have to read it in French :)
Grim,
I agree with you on both counts!
Copeland is super!
And the Little Prince is wonderful in French…. if you like The Little Prince, you’ll love Cheaper By the Dozen,
S.
Grim,
I also love the work of Paulo Coelho!!!!
Do you know that he has a newsletter?
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
You can also go to his blog and comment with other readers your impressions… http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com
it’s simply wonderful!
Aart,
Thank you VERY MUCH for those sites – and your blog is like a wonderful, personal Coelho scrapbook! really glad you pointed those out – I never had even thought about looking for a Coelho blog. Thanks!