So the other day, via the magic of twitter, I came across this article, in which the author complains about this list of the best 100 novels of the last 100 years, or something.
I think the author of the LA Times blog didn't quite get that the whole point of listmaking is to start arguments. It's, like, why it's fun. So rather than argue with the NPR guy's rather boring list, I thought I'd make my own list of my favorite books I've ever read. These will be in alphabetical order, not ranked according to quality or how much I like them.
For the purposes of not appearing to be a complete tool, I have eliminated my own novels from consideration, but I do hope they'll make your list. What? Haven't read one of my novels yet? Click over there to the left and buy buy buy!
Already Dead--Charlie Huston
Beloved--Toni Morrisson
The Blue Girl--Charles DeLint
The Church of Dead Girls--Stephen Dobyns
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time--Mark Haddon
Dark Cities Underground--Lisa Goldstein
Desperation--Stephen King
Doomsday Book--Connie Willis
Down The Rabbit Hole--Peter Abrahams
Every Last Drop--Charlie Huston
Fall of Hyperion--Dan Simmons
Fool--Christopher Moore
Foucault's Pendulum--Umberto Eco
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler--E.L. Konigsburg
Ghost Story--Peter Straub
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters--Gordon Dahlquist
Gospel--Wilton Barnhardt
The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman
Green Mars--Kim Stanley Robinson
The Grim Grotto--Lemony Snicket
Gun, With Occasional Music--Jonathan Lethem
Harmless--Dana Reinhardt
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix--J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban--J.K. Rowling
High Fidelity--Nick Hornby
The House With a Clock in Its Walls--John Bellairs
How To Be Good--Nick Hornby
Hyperion--Dan Simmons
I Love You, Beth Cooper--Larry Doyle
James and the Giant Peach--Roald Dahl
Junie B. Jones, First Grader at Last!--Barbara Park
King Dork--Frank Portman
Lamb--Christopher Moore
The Left Hand of Darkness--Ursula K. LeGuin
Lord of the Rings--J.R.R. Tolkein
Lunatics--Bradley Denton
Lying Awake--Mark Saltzman
The Mansion in the Mist--John Bellairs
Mystery--Peter Straub
The Name of the Rose--Umberto Eco
Never Mind the Pollacks--Neal Pollack
Neverwhere--Neil Gaiman
No Dominion--Charlie Huston
Pale Fire--Vladimir Nabokov
Perdido Street Station--China Mieville
Pet Sematary--Stephen King
Possession-- A.S. Byatt
A Prayer for Owen Meany--John Irving
Proxies--Laura Mixon
Ramona and her Father--Beverly Cleary
Ramona and her Mother--Beverly Cleary
Ramona The Brave--Beverly Cleary
Red Mars--Kim Stanley Robinson
Ripley's Game--Patricia Highsmith
Room Temperature--Nicholson Baker
Rosemary's Baby--Ira Levin
Salem's Lot--Stephen King
The Scar--China Mieville
The Slippery Slope-Lemony Snicket
Something Wicked This Way Comes--Ray Bradbury
The Stepford Wives--Ira Levin
The Tale of Despereaux--Kate DiCamillo
The Talented Mr. Ripley--Patricia Highsmith
The Terror--Dan Simmons
To Kill a Mockingbird--Harper Lee
To Say Nothing of the Dog--Connie Willis
Un Lun Dun--China Mieville
Valis--Philip K. Dick
Valley of the Dolls--Jaqueline Susann
We Can Build You--Philip K. Dick
World War Z--Max Brooks
Youth in Revolt- C.D. Payne
Looking over this list,(there's only 72. Couldn't make it to 100) I could probably draw some conclusions, but frankly, I'm too tired. Enjoy, debate, call me a misogynist, praise my brilliance, upbraid me for my oversights, and generally have fun.
