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1. Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan
2. I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan (the film is way different)
3. Ransom by Lois Duncan
4. All of the Cirque de Freak books except for the last one
5. Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy 1-5 by R.L. Stine
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Branto
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Brothers Karamazov by Fedor Dostoyevskiy
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.
Close runner-ups:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Lord of the Flies
Chronicles of Narnia (or anything by CS Lewis)
Next on my list to read:
Catch 22
Farhenheit 451
Catcher in the Rye
Clockwork Orange
I can't believe I never read those yet, but judging by the list, I have something to look forward to!
OMG, The Glass Castle and Angela's ashes were 2 of the best books ever written, IMO.
Have u read Frank McCourt's 2nd book?.
"The Gathering Storm" by Sir Winston Churchill. Also John Edward's One Last Time is about the best book I've ever read. Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt was also really good because it was like a two sides story.
OK, I't been a year since I posted my top five. I've read some nice books since, which are not in my all-time top five, but here are my favorite five from the past year or so (sleepers, for those of you who think you've already read all the good books):
Peter Temple. "The Broken Shore,
Lance Olsen. "Nietzsche's Kisses"
David Lodge "Deaf Sentence",
Mischa Berlinski "Fieldwork"
Brock Clarke. "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England"
I'm smiling at seeing Helter Skelter on your list. I got ahold of my mom's copy when I was about twelve and read it secretly. When she found out, she acted like she really did not want me to read it but she let me anyway, God rest her soul. What I remember most was that it scared the fire out of me....LOL!
Because Helter Skelter has been mentioned a few times, I read it, and also read The Family by Ed Saunders. Although Skelter had gotten more press, I found Family to be much more engrossing. It is well written by a contemporary, a musician I think. It is not so much the point of view of law enforcement and apprehension, but an interesting journey of these kids, early on, and the times in which they lived and their daily lives and their journey which lead to the horrors.
It hit home on a much more personal level because you feel these are people you might know and actually like - as a matter of fact I saw a snapshot of the group and hangers on and recognized a girl I had known a long time ago. Her name was there. Very eerie.
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