100 Books About Me
Was doing a little blog browsing the other day and stumbled upon this fantastic idea at Booklish. I’m stealing it.
These are the books that stay with me, that I read again and again.
1. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
2. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
3. As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me, by Nanci Kincaid
4. Fay, by Larry Brown
5. The Dark Sister, by Graham Joyce
6. Meely LaBauve, by Ken Wells
7. The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
8. The Wheel of Time series, by Robert Jordan
9. Through a Glass Darkly, by Karleen Koen
10. The Commitments, by Roddy Doyle
11. Gloria, by Keith Maillard
12. Forever Amber, by Kathleen Winsor
13. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
14. Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
15. The Journeyer, by Gary Jennings
16. The Wild Mother, Elizabeth Cunningham
17. Bones series, Carolyn Haines
18. Harry Potter, by JK Rowling
19. Kingston by Starlight, by Christopher John Farley
20. The Southern Vampire Mysteries, by Charlaine Harris
21. The Grounding of Group 6, by Julian F. Thompson
22. Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
23. Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe, by Bill Bryson
24. Wit’ch series, by James Clemons
25. Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
26. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
27. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by
28. Watermelon, by Marian Keyes
29. Bridget Jones’ Diary, by Helen Fielding
30. The Black Swan, by Day Taylor
31. Joe, by Larry Brown
32. Slut! Growing up Female With a Bad Reputation, by Leora Tanenbaum
33. Symphony of Ages series, Elizabeth Haydon
34. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh
35. Florida Road Kill, by Tim Dorsey
35. A Feast of Snakes, by Harry Crews
36. The Sweet Potatoe Queens’ Book of Love, by Jill Conner Browne
37. Sieze the Fire, Laura Kinsale
38. They Call Her Dana, by Jennifer Wilde
39. Angel in Scarlet, by Jennifer Wilde
40. Shanna, Kathleen Woodiwiss
41. the Beloved series, by Mallory Burgess
42. Speaks the Nightbird, by Robert McGammon
43. Moss Rose, by Day Taylor
44. The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
45. Now Face to Face, by Karleen Koen
46. Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe
47. Sarum, by Edward Rutherford
48. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt
49. Bitter Eden, by Sharon Salvato
50. Getting Over It, by Anna Maxted
51. Youth in Revolt, by CD Paine
52. Lights Along the Shore, by Diane Austell
53. The Oracle Glass, by Judith Merkle Riley
54. Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears
55. Skipped Parts, by Tim Sandlin
56. The Rain Maiden, by Jill M. Phillips
57. Yellow Jack, by Josh Russell
58. Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice
59. The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice
60. The Probable Future, by Alice Hoffman
61. Raptor, by Gary Jennings
62. Dracula, by Bram Stoker
63. Back Roads, by Tawni O’Dell
64. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King
65. Through a Dark Mist, by Marsha Canham
66. Quincunx, by Charles Palliser
67. Slammerkin, by Emma Donoghue
68. Sunne in Splendour, by Sharon Kay Penman
69. The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory
70. The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Ecco
71. The Tooth Fairy, by Graham Joyce
72. Chasing the Devil’s Tail, by David Fulmer
73. Ain’t She Sweet, by Susan Elizabeth Philips
74. Sea Star, by Pamela Jekel
75. Fanny, by Erica Jong
76. The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole
77. How to Make Love Like A Porn Star, by Jenna Jameson
78. Carolina Moon, by Nora Roberts
79. Crossing Blood, by Nanci Kincaid
80. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
81. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
82. The World According to Garp, by John Irving
83. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
84. Goddesses in Every Woman, by Jean Shinoda Bolen
85. The Hero With a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
86. The Truth About Love, by Pat Love
87. You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, by Deborah Tannen
88. Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood, by Naomi Wolf
89. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
90. Brass, by Helen Walsh
91. Eat Me, by Linda Jaivin
92. Delta of Venus, by Anais Nin
93. The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life, by Laurie Notaro
94. Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann
95. Flowers in the Attic, by VC Andrews
96. Shogun, by James Clavell
97. Red Branch, by Morgan Llywelyn
98. Seven Waters trilogy, by Juliet Marillier
99. The Witches of Eileanan series, by Kate Forsyth
100. Drifters, by James A. Michener
Interesting list. Nice mix. I love that you have Anais Nin and V.C. Andrews, Jenna Jameson and Toni Morrison. Beautiful. I love it when someone has as varied tastes as I do.I see you’ve listed Speaks The Nightbird. This book has been recommended to me twice. And now it’s on your list. Apparently someone is trying to tell me something, no?
Hey, lots of books I haven’t read yet on this list! That means more Potentially Good Books to check out! Woo hoo! *busily adds a few to the Notebook Of Things To Read*Some of my favorites on this list as well…And hey, someone else who has actually heard of Judith Merkle Riley! Did you read The Master of All Desires?
Megan, I might have been the one to suggest it to you!
It really is great. Rampant Bicycle, I have read that one. In fact, I believe I’ve read all of hers. Wonderful stuff.
What a GREAT idea! There’s so many books on your list that I’ve loved, too, #s 1, 18, 20, 23, 26, 58, 62, 82, 96…what a wonderful list!
Cool, I may steal this if for no other reason than I can type my list at work and it looks like I’m typing.
Wow! What a list! I see a few on there I like as well. Gone With the Wind, definately. Michele sent me today!
Cool meme! I may have to do this one at some point.
oh…i am going to print your list and hit the library. i am always looking for recommendations.there are about 10 books on your list that made me say “oh, yeah, me too!”
Wow, that’s quite a list, some I’ve read and many which sound very interesting. I’ll have to keep coming back to this one.
I am going to snag this for my blog too – although it is definitely going to have to be a work in progress! Excellent list.
Interesting list! I read the FLowers in the Attic book. It creeped me out….but it was a good read.
It’s almost scary how many favorites we have in common. Probable Future and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil are on my top ten all-time favorite list. I also love Umberto Ecco and Marion Zimmer Bradley (although I liked her Darkover Series better than her Avalon books). Coolness. Now I have to see if there are others I need to read. *(I’ve also read Bridget 1 & 2 about 20 times each, and I still laugh my ass off every single time).
So now I have to know: have you tried the George R.R. Martin series? Or anything by Jacqueline Carey?
OMG what an awseome idea. I need to check this out later when I have more time to study your list. I’m sure it will give me some good ideas.
Y’all, feel free to steal this idea. After all, I stole it myself. I’d love to read everyone else’s lists. I’m such a book junkie and always looking for more reads. Trouble: I’ve never read Martin’s stuff, but I’ve attempted Carey on a friend’s suggestion. I couldn’t get into the one I tried. Perhaps I’ll have to try again?
Martin is about ten zillion times better than Jordan.(although the fourth book, which I’m reading at present, is a little slow)…I liked Carey from the get-go, so I can’t say if you should give it another go or not.
hey, I demand my idea back! LOL, not really!!!
I’m glad you liked my idea- you have a great list, I must read some more of these! 
I’m not even halfway finished with my list yet lol… xxx
Thanks so much for stopping by Suburban Island today. I’m glad you did because it gave me a chance to visit your blog. I really enjoyed this list of books you shared. You and I are probably the only people who have actually read the Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole!