"Stranded on a desert Island" Book List

[Asa Adams]

Countess' list would probably sounds a lot like my ideal list, too, only without Orlando Bloom, and more like . . . Claire Forlani or Gwyneth Paltrow. My secondary list:

1. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (no better time to understand it now!).
2. Some kind of anthology to Romantic poetry.
3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
4. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence.
5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
6. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
7. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcìa Màrquez.
8. Critique Of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (again, no better time to understand).
9. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.
10. The essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Number ten is my favorite of your choices, Mono, lol!

[Manfred]

The best thriller I've ever read.

Indeed, the best one I've ever read, too. Even though you know what the ultimate outcome must be, it seems impossible to stop reading. I finished this novel in two days.
I selected it for this thread because of the excitement level. After all, it must get rather boring on a desert isle after the first couple of weeks.

[Asa Adams]

I selected it for this thread because of the excitement level. After all, it must get rather boring on a desert isle after the first couple of weeks.

HA, I can't imagine oh boring it would be...and lonely.

[Idril]

I say we all try to aim for the same desert island, that way we would all bring 10 books each, we could build up an impressive library and have company to boot. It's a win/win situation.

[Admin]

Just to be silly...

US Army Manual FM 21-76 Wilderness Survival

Seriously though... would be a useful book to have with you., 200+ pages on how to survive in the wilderness.

[Asa Adams]

admin graces my thread...I am blessed

[literaturerocks]

encyclopaedia brittanica (just have always wanted to read it a-z but never would have time but on a desert island...i would have time)
the divine comedy
how to get off of deserted islands for dummies by tom hanks (the star of castaway)
the complete idiots guide to calling a coconut wilson and the psychological advantages of calling him spalding or reebok
das boot(the boat) i forget the author
i would also like a computer and a lifetime supply of food but i guess that would be cheating...plus i would have to feed spalding too

[Logos]

das boot(the boat) i forget the author

Lothar-Günther Buchheim wrote it, and an excellent movie too

[literaturerocks]

yes thats it i was looking for it for my dad at the bookstore today..i remember that name . he said he would like to read it as he had seen the movie. i have not yet seen the movie but i would definately like too. i suppose my local library has it. thank you for the author logos.

[Asa Adams]

Logos, you didnt put what you would read. What would you read on the desert isle? So far we have quite a few people here! Even Admin!

[mtpspur]

1, The Bible (King James version prefered)
2. Matthew Henry's 1 Vol Commentary to the Bible (since I can't take all 6 unedited volumes)
Fun reading
3. The Continental Op - Dashiel Hammett (hopefully an edition that has more then 6 of the stories in it
4. The Ivory Child--Rider Haggard (has ALL his themes in one novel)
(Runner up--She and Allan-unless it's Wednesday)
5. Captain Blood--Rafael Sabatini (Hands down my favorite novel)
Runners up St Martin's Summer or Chivary)
6. The Betrayers - Donald Hamilton (Favorite Matt Helm novel)
Runner up--Murderers' Row
7. Quiller's Run - Adam Hall (favorite Quiller novel)
8. Teeth of the Dragon - Walter Gibson (favorite Shadow novel)
(Runners up--The Golden Masks or Queztal)
9. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
10. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (for that love/hate I have for Scarlett--Rhett is NOT coming back--she wore him out at last
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[Asa Adams]

Nice list Mtpspur!

[Miss Smilla]

Hmm, lets see.....

1. LOTR trilogy - JRR Tolkien
2. Wild Swans - Jung Chang (probably the most important thing i've ever read)
3. Complete Works of Jane Austen - Jane Austen
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
5. Anna Karenina - Tolstoy (or actually, a volume containing both anna and war and peace. That may be cheating, but i'm sure it exists somewhere on the planet. If not, i'm not going to need any money for the rest of my life, so i can afford to have one printed specially for the occasion)
6. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury
7. While i'm cheating, i might as well throw in a complete works of Arthur C. Clarke. Is gonna be one HUGE edition!
(ummm, this is so difficult, lol! i guarentee you the second i submit this i'll go "Oh ****! forgot this or that!")
8. I suppose the list just wouldn't be right if i didn't include a photo album with all my pics plus extra pics of family and such.
9. The Worlds Largest Sketchbook (drawing materials inculded)
10. And i suppose i'll have to be sensable and include the aforementioned wilderness survival manual.

Interesting exercise, have discoverd where some of my loyalties lie!

[Miss Smilla]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! knew it!
Forgot Cloudstreet by Tim Winton!

[Miss Smilla]

And Highways to a War by Christopher Koch!