If I Had to Make a Top Ten List …
I throw “my favorite” around a lot. So if I had to sit down a pick my favorite ten fiction books ever, here’s how it would play out:
1. The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003) by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Lovely Bones (2002) by Alice Sebold
3. Running with Scissors (2002) by Augusten Burroughs
4. White Oleander (1999) by Janet Fitch
5. Me & Emma (2005) by Elizabeth Flock
6. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2005) by Tracy Chevalier
7. She’s Come Undone (1992) by Wally Lamb
8. Where the Heart Is (1996) by Billie Letts
9. My Sister’s Keeper (2004) by Jodi Picoult
10. Prodgal Summer (2000) by Barbara Kingsolver
11. Banana Rose (1995) by Natalie Goldman
Whoops. Was that eleven? Well, I could go on a lot longer so stopping at number 11 took restraint. Any of these make your tops?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
The Time Traveler’s Wife is on my top ten list. I loved The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. My Sister’s Keeper and She’s Come Undone are up there for me, too. I tend to put things I’ve read recently near the top, until I read something else wonderful. But Time Traveler’s Wife and Poisonwood Bible have stayed on my top ten for a while now.