Booking Through Thursday is weekly meme consisting of questions about ‘about books, authors, reading preferences, that sort of thing.’
This week’s question:
“This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.”
My answer:
Okay, here goes:
- Gone To Earth by Mary Webb
- Adam Bede by George Eliot
- Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery
- My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Skallagrig by William Horwood
- Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
- Alice In Wonderland / Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- The Return of the Solidier by Rebecca West
- Under The Skin by Michel Faber
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Women in the Wall by Julia O’Faolain
- The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
That’s the fifteen, but there are lots more!
What about you?
Fleur in her World 
Great list! I almost included My Cousin Rachel on mine, too, but decided to go with Rebecca instead. And I agree – I could come up with lots more!
Reading everyone’s lists reminds me of books I can’t believe I left off!!
I would have included Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland if the list could have been longer. I didn’t want to stop at 15.
These lists are great – they are reminding me of books that I want to get hold of. On yours it is Gormenghast Trilogy.
We have Alice in Wonderland common between us! I see some titles here which are in my TBR list!
Stuck forever and ever!
I’ve only read Lewis Carroll and Fingersmith. More books for me to investigate!
I haven’t read any of the books on your list. Is there one you would suggest over the others?
I’ve got Anne of Green Gables on my list, too. I’ll have to check out Nights at the Circus. I’ve had a thing for circus stories ever since I read Wonder When You’ll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (which I feel the need to mention because I totally forgot to put it on my list because 15 books is nowhere near enough!).
You have a bunch of new ones for me. Here’s mine.
I’ve got Anne of Green Gables on my shelf forever. Reading everyone’s answer does me good to pick my future reads!
My full list.
This was a really fun topic!
http://1morechapter.com/2009/06/04/btt-sticky/
I forgot Anne of Green Gables and I loved those books!
Great list. I’m taking this as a good recommendation list. There are many here I want to read or re-read. Thanks.
Good choices. I loved Ann but was so young when I read it I didn’t consider it. I loved Jude the Obscure and Return of the Soldier too. My list is up.
I have My Cousin Rachel on my shelf and must really read it soon. I love Daphne du Maurier!
I had high hopes for My cousin Rachel, I’m reading it now and I’m on page 85 and the story still haven’t grabbed my attention.
I read Jamaica Inn in May and I enjoyed it, so I’m a bit disappointed in myself for not liking My cousin Rachel.
I have to read Anne of Green Gables! I remember the TV-series from when I was younger.
How can you not think too hard about this one? I wouldn’t be able to do it within 15 minutes…I loved your list!!
1. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
2. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
3. Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
4. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
5. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
6. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
7. Beloved by Toni Morrison
8. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
10. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
11. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
12. Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald
13. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
14. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
15. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
These were the first that came to mind: most are favourites, some are recent reads that made an impression, a few are books I was thinking about today, all are books that will stay with me in some form.