This week’s theme from The Broke and the Bookish is a freebie, so I’m gonna go with ‘top ten desert island books’. These are the books I’d take for when my ereader runs out of charge, which would happen all too soon…
- The Dark is Rising sequence, Susan Cooper. It comes in an omnibus, so this only has to count as one. I can’t imagine life without this series at least once a year.
- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien. I am positive I could read this over and over again and get different things out each time.
- The Earthsea Quartet, Ursula Le Guin. A long-term favourite of mine, and even better, it’s been a while since I read it.
- I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith. Another one I periodically reread; I love the development of Cassandra’s character, and I don’t know a first and last line that stick better in my head.
- Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay. I don’t think the Fionavar Tapestry books come in an omnibus, so I’d have this instead, although those might be my actual favourites.
- The Inheritance Trilogy, N.K. Jemisin. Just come out in an omnibus! I love these books so much, and I think they’d stand up to more rereading.
- Among Others, Jo Walton. This book means too much to me to be left behind.
- The Complete Brandstetter, Joseph Hansen. I think I’d enjoy rereading these, and there’s plenty of them in this omnibus.
- Good Omens, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett. Because I think I’d need a touch of humour now and again.
- The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison. I’m taking a bit of a chance on this, as I’ve only read it once so far, but I’m pretty sure I could enjoy reading it over and over, imagining myself into the world, etc.
Looking forward to seeing what other people have done with the freebie theme, now!
The Lord of the Rings definitely has a high rereadabilty factor. But I get panicky when I start thinking about having to read only 10 books over and over for the rest of my life! 🙂 I hope it’ll never happen.
I took a look at my fave fantasy heroes: http://ofdragonsandhearts.com/?p=1265
So do I, but I keep some answers in mind just in case someone ambushed me and drags me off, giving me the choice of taking only ten books with me…
I’m seeing a theme of large books.
Little bit!
Oh yes, desert island books are very important! 🙂 I never did read the Dark is Rising books (I think I started the first one – don’t know why I stopped except I got distracted by other things). I would definitely want the LOTR books too, and Among Others is a nice choice! I still need to read I Capture The Castle. I think my desert island list would have to include all of the Harry Potter books, but I’d certainly bring a bunch of the ones on your list too. Great topic!
I love The Dark is Rising a lot, though that’s partly because I encountered the BBC radioplays as a kid and they scared me and fascinated me all at once!
I Capture the Castle is lovely, I do recommend it.