Favorite Books
Wednesday, Aug 1st, 2007 by Janna
In looking through my many journals and spiral-bound notebooks, I find, here and there, scattered amidst the sporadic story ideas and sketches of “pretty girls”, a list of my “Favorite Books”. Why I wrote these lists, I don’t know. Nobody but I ever read them. But I just like making lists! And from what I’ve seen on other blogs out there, I’m not alone. Hmm… I could attempt to analyze this peculiar human tendency. Or I could just make another list.
“Make another list” wins. 
List of Janna’s Favorite Works of Fiction
Austen, Jane
- Pride and Prejudice
- Northanger Abbey
Dickens, Charles
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Great Expectations
- Our Mutual Friend
- A Christmas Carol
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Sherlock Holmes mysteries (my favorites: “The Illustrious Client”, “The Devil’s Foot”, and “The Empty Room”.
Lewis, C. S.
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Space Trilogy
- The Great Divorce
MacDonald, George
- The Light Princess
- The Day Boy and the Night Girl
- The Golden Key
- Little Daylight
- The Fisherman’s Lady & The Marquis’s Secret (edited by Michael Phillips)
Milne, A. A.
- Winnie the Pooh
- The House at Pooh Corner
Nesbit, Edith
- The Treasure Seekers
- The Would-Be-Goods
- The New Treasure Seekers
Peretti, Frank
- Prophet
- This Present Darkness & Piercing the Darkness
- The Oath
Savery, Constance
- Enemy Brothers
Speare, Elizabeth George
- The Bronze Bow
Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Kidnapped
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tolkien, J.R.R.
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Hobbit
Wodehouse, P. G.
- Jeeves and Wooster short stories and novels
- A Damsel in Distress
One thing missing!
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Lost World
The Poison Belt
Sherlock Holmes mysteries ARE good… I haven’t read any for quite a while! Uh-oh. Must–resist–temptation to stop reading one book in favor of another! I’m trying to finish Oliver Twist.
Lol. I usually have about 5 different books going at the same time.
The Black Arrow is my favorite RLS book. And my dearest Janna, I am shocked that you have not included P.G. Wodehouse or A.A. Milne! No list is complete without a little Wodehouse or Milne style humor.
I forgot about P.G. Wodehouse and A.A. Milne! My list is by no means exhaustive, I guess.
Every one I make is different, including all the “books of the hour” and neglecting past favorites. When coming up with my “favorites”, I tend to concentrate mostly on the deep, epic, emotional books, forgetting how much enjoyment I get out of humorous writing. It’s been so long since I’ve read anything by Wodehouse, I’m not sure what stories were my favorites… I know “A Damsel in Distress” was hilarious, as well as the Jeeves and Wooster stories. And “Winnie the Pooh” and “The House at Pooh Corner” are wonderful! Eeyore is my favorite character. When I do a “Favorite Quotes” post (someday), I’ll have to include some of his! 
P.s. Amanda: To prove how forgetful I am–Can you believe I left out “Enemy Brothers”, and had to edit my post after I saw it sitting there on my bookself?