Top five books

A few days ago, my friend lovelysalome was talking about favorite books (favorite romance novels, really) and I have been thinking about my top five books since. No romance novels, I'm afraid, since I haven't been able to stomach them since middle school, when I thought them highly risque.

So, my top five books*, in no particular order are:

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

One of those books that sounds silly when described, but truly fantastic. A young man from the future is sent back to Victorian England to find the bishops bird stump, the last item needed for a rebuilt version of Canterbury Cathedral. Hilarity ensues.

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

It's hard to pick my favorite Chris Moore book, but I think this unconventional vampire tale set in San Francisco is it.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Yes, I really do love this book. Which is good, since I basically spent four years of my university work writing about it in one form or another.

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Two of my favorite writers together as one - what could be better?! And it includes angels, demons, the antichrist and the apocalypse - and The Them.

"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

OK, technically this is a play, but it's my favorite, so I'm counting it (though it's only barely in front of "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard). A Victorian love story of hilarious proportions, a read doesn't really do it justice, but if you can't see it on stage (which I have. In London.), then reading it will have to do.

*You may recognize these titles from my previous posts "You should read this stuff" and "You should read this stuff II." Those are some of my other favorite books and all are worth a read.

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