Part IV: My Favorite Novels (2008 edition)

Nov 24, 2008 at 12:09 PM
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This is the last of my book list posts. Here are my favorite novels as of right now (in the order that I thought of them):

Don Quixote--Miguel de Cervantes
The Time of Our Singing--Richard Powers
War and Peace--Leo Tolstoy
The Seas--Samantha Hunt
Already Dead--Denis Johnson
The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald
House of Leaves--Mark Z. Danielewski
V.--Thomas Pynchon
The Moviegoer--Walker Percy
The Collector--John Fowles
Pale Fire--Vladimir Nabokov
Midnight's Children--Salman Rushdie
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance--Richard Powers
Studs Lonigan--James T. Farrell
The People of Paper--Salvador Placencia
The Catcher in the Rye--J.D. Salinger
The Unbearable Lightness of Being--Milan Kundera
Wait Until Spring, Bandini--John Fante
Revolutionary Road--Richard Yates
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay--M-----l Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Bestselling Backlist) (Bestselling Backlist)

And here are the other three book list posts:

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2008 is not over.

These aren't necessarily my favorite novels of 2008. These are my all-time favorites. I just added the "2008" to distinguish this list from the earlier 1996 version I posted last week.

I read House of Leaves years ago and I am still not sure whether or not I liked it.

House of Leaves is probably the strangest book on my list. There were passages in it that actually scared me. I had to hurry up and finish the book so I could get it out of my head. I enjoyed reading it, but it started freaking me out a bit.

This is an impressive list. Every time I think about posting a list of my favorite books, I get embarrassed by what would be on it and change my mind.

Maybe you could just leave it here as a comment where no one will ever see it. Let me start you off:

1. Jeanette Winterson--???
2. ?.?. Byatt--???
3. ???--???

Just fill in the question marks and go from there.

Do you really want Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban mentioned on your Vox? Because if the number of times one has read a book is a criterion for favoriteness, that one is gonna make the cut.

Although I don't always succeed, I try to avoid being a culture snob. If Harry Potter and the Blah Blah Blah is one of your favorites, then I want to hear about it. I doubt I'd add it to my list, but you never know.

I agree. Without question the creepiest book I've ever read.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is awesome. It'd probably make my top ten too. These uppity book snobs don't know what they're missing.

Hmm ... I'm still smarting from your sneering review of The Lonesome Puppy. While that book wouldn't be on my list of all-time favorites, my confidence in sharing titles I like with you was squelched right there.

Hotrod, you rock.

I stand by my assessment of The Lonesome Puppy. It was a trite rehash of Clifford the Big Red Dog. What's Yoshitomo Nara going to come up with next...The Velveeta Rabbit? Goodnight, Sun? Cinderfella? Charlotte's Website? Winnie the Poop?

Hey, I'm not even well-read enough to have read Clifford the Big Red Dog. There is no way I will be presenting my unsophisticated list for you to mock. I'm not gonna laugh at your clever, clever titles, either.

I'm actually more familiar with Clifford in stuffed animal form. I'm sure I read some of the books as a kid, though.

Aw shucks, Homebody....

*claps hand over mouth* I laughed at his clever titles.

My "favorite" list would not be anything like this, either. But, I likes what I likes.

Homebody won't tell me what her favorite books are because she's afraid I'll make fun of her. I guess I need to work on being less of a snob. I try not to come off that way. I don't think I'm better than anybody else just because I happen to like Tolstoy. As you said, we like what we like. (I have a fondness for Star Wars books and Huey Lewis & the News...I'm not ashamed.)

Oh, there is nothing snobbish about this fantastic list! This gives me lots of things to check out!

And, you didn't come off as a snob...but, I guess I know how Homebody feels. This list is just a bit more intimidating than mine would be. But, just a bit.

And I am not averse to being made fun of either. ;)

I mocked a children's book that she liked. I think that was my mistake. Now I'm a book snob. Oh well.

Lol.
I am used to "mocking" at work. Our morning greeting is "F#@k you, a$$hole." which means, "Good morning, I love you."

Don't tell, but I laughed at his clever titles, too. It just was more fun at the time to be contrary. ;)

Of course it is! It's always more fun! ;)

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