Oprah Who? Welcome to Robinmichele's Book Club
Sep 17 '01
The Bottom Line Just read read read.
In celebration of my 100th epinion, I am granting myself the liberty to share with you my top 100 list of favorite books. . I have written full fledged epinions on many of them, so if you are interested, please feel free to explore. If you are not interested, feel free to ignore me as you see fit.
To answer the question posed by this topic...
Who cares? The last time I checked, Oprah wasn't any more literate or enlightened than anyone else. Nothing against her, mind you. Since when is it such an epiphany that reading books changes your life? Education has always been a way to open doors (and windows!) I have said before that books have saved my life in countless ways... If something catches your eye, read it. If you are curious about a topic, read about it. It doesn't matter if the book is on Oprah's list, the school reading list, or the list of banned books... Each book has an intrinsic value that can only be discovered upon opening it up and filling your mind. Books are the building blocks of an education. And an education is the single most valuable investment you can make in your future! Are the books on Oprah's list better than other books? Some are, and some are complete bunk. Will we agree on which are which? Not in a million years... So if you find that you like the kind of books that I like, welcome to Robinmichele's Reading Club. It's a wonderful place to be. This is not a comprehensive list of the books I like. I’m sure that I will forget quite a few noteworthy selections. But hey, it’s a start!
100 Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster
99 Passages by Connie Willis
98 Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
97 Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
96 Angels in America by Tony Kushner
95 Complete Stories by Flannery O’Conner
94 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
93 Native Son by Richard Wright
92 Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
91 Beloved by Toni Morrison
90 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
89 Princess Bride by William Golding
88 Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
87 When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase
86 Les Fleurs Du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
85 Promiscuities by Naomi Wolf
84 The Devil’s Dictionary (Dover Press)
83 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
82 Autobiography of Malcolm X
81 The Stranger by Albert Camus
80 The Prophet by Kahil Gibran
79 Ulysses by James Joyce (Most preferably read with a strong drink in hand)
78 The Awakening by Kate Chopin
77 Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
76 Hamlet by Billy the Bard, Oops I mean William Shakespeare...
75- 69 Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
68 Everything I know, I learned on Acid by Coco Pekalis (This is a funny and just for fun book. I am in no way promoting the use of illicit drugs...)
67 Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
66 Pet Semetary by Stephen King
65 Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
64 I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
63 Speaking Truth to Power by Anita Hill
62 The Pigman by Robert Zindel
61 Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Patterson
60 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
59 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
58 The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt
57 One Writers Beginnings by Eudora Welty
56 MLA Manual of Style (Just Kidding!)
56 Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
55 Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret by Judy Blume
54 On Writing by Stephen King
53 Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
52 Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
51 Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
50 Fairy Tales by Berlie Doherty
49 Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (My very first S.K. book!)
48 Collected Short Stories by Ray Bradbury
47 Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
46 Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
45 Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
44 A Hero Ain’t Nothing but a Sandwich by Alice Childress
43 Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
42 Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
41 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
40 Anne Sexton: The Complete Poems
39 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
38 Happy to be Nappy by bell hooks
37 Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
36 The Little Prince by Antoine Saint Exupery
35 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
34 Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret Atwood
33-29 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
28 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
27 The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
26 The Dark Half by Stephen King
25 Impossible Vacation by Spaulding Gray
24 The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr
23 Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (My father bought me a copy for Valentine’s Day when I was 8. A good memory...)
22 I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
21 Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
20 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
19 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
18 The Shining by Stephen King
17Murder in the Dark by Margaret Atwood
16-9 The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
8 Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
The Torah
The Koran
The Bible
4 The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
3 Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
2 Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Drum Roll, please...
1984 by George Orwell
This classic burned itself into my brain like no other. Maybe it was the Big Brother is Watching You posters that my English teacher plastered all over the room. Maybe it was the way Winston betrayed Julia. Maybe it was the rats. This is a story about government, about fear, and about love... now what could be better than that?
And that’s my take on that. Like it? Hate it? Could you care less? Yeah, I thought so.
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