RPA's Top 100 Books

**Nazgul** · 01-05-2012, 05:11 AM

Hey look, another list. I think I'll make the next one, Top 100 Things to Change Housemaster's Name to.

So this kind of goes along with my other threads, RPA's Top 100 Musical Acts,
RPA's Top 100 Television Shows and RPA's Top 100 Video Games So what I would like, is for everyone to post their top 10 favourite books and I will compile the top 100 out of everything picked and edit it into this post, and attempt to keep a running tally. And before anyone asks, yes you can post a book that is the same as what someone else has posted. The more posts a book gets, the higher it will land on the list. And please remember to follow RPA rules and not insult the tastes of others no matter what you think of it.

Please post the author along with the book. In the case of trilogies and series, please do not post an entire series as one entry. Post the individual books, one book per entry. Gee, I'm extra incoherent right now. Basically, The Lord Of The Rings will count as three books as it was originally released as a trilogy

Note; in an effort to help round out the top 100 lists a little more, everyone may now post a top 20 instead of a top 10. For those who have already posted ten, you may post another ten

So here's mine in no particular order;

1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien
3 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
4 The Sword of Shannarra - Terry Brooks
5 The Stand - Stephen King
6 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
7 Cabal - Clive Barker
8 The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
9 Faerie Tale - Raymond E Feist
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

THE TOP 100
(WIP; note that books with only one post are in the order which they were submitted))

1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien(7)
2 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien(6)
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien(5)
4 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee(3)
5 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card(3)
6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(3)
7 Inheritance - Christopher Paolini(3)
8 Eragon - Christopher Paolini(3)
9 1984 - George Orwell(3)
10 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams(3)
11 A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords - George RR Martin(2)
12 The Stand - Stephen King(2)
13 The Call of the Wild - Jack London(2)
14 A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess(2)
15 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey(2)
16 Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes(2)
17 Lord of the Flies - William Golding(2)
18 Brisingr - Christopher Paolini(2)
19 Eldest - Christopher Paolini(2)
20 The Sword of Shannarra - Terry Brooks(2)
21 Dracula - Bram Stoker(2)
22 Interview With a Vampire - Anne Rice(2)
23 Life of Pi - Yann Martel(2)
24 The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger(2)
25 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling(2)
26 Tomorrow, When The War Began - John Marsden(2)
27 Cabal - Clive Barker
28 The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
29 Faerie Tale - Raymond E Feist
30 Sharpe's Eagle - Bernard Cornwell
31 Morgoth's Ring - JRR & Christopher Tolkien
32 A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
33 Sharpe's Victory - Bernard Cornwell
34 A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings - George RR Martin
35 Anna Karenina - Lev Tolstoy
36 War and Peace - Lev Tolstoy
37 Eugene Onegin - Pushkin
38 Notes From a Dead House - Dostoevsky
39 Beloved - Toni Morrison
40 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
41 We - Zamyatin
42 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
43 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
44 Gulag Archipelago - Solzhenitsyn.
45 Traitors' Gate - Kate Elliot
46 The High King's Tomb - Kristen Britain
47 Fool's Fate - Robin Hobb
48 The Scar - China Miéville
49 The City and The City - China Miéville
50 The Knight - Gene Wolfe
51 Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding
52 Wild Magic - Tamora Pierce
53 The Book of the Crow - Catherine Fisher
54 Metro 2032 - Dmitrij Gluchovskij
55 Metro 2033 - Dmitrij Gluchovskij
56 Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
57 Dilvish, the Damned - Roger Zelazny
58 The Changing Land - Roger Zelazny
59 The Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
60 World Without End- by Ken Follett
61 The Last Guardian - Jeff Grubb
62 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
63 Faust - Goethe
64 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
65 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
66 Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
67 Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
68 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
69 Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
70 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
71 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
72 The Messenger - Markus Zusak
73 Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
74 Anthem - Ayn Rand
75 Rant - Chuck Palahniuk
76 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
77 Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill
78 It - Stephen King
79 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling
80 Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller
81 Charlotte's Web - E.B.White
82 Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury
83 The Giver - Lois Lowry
84 The Last Unicorn - Peter S Beagle
85 The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
86 Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
87 Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
88 Specials - Scott Westerfeld
89 Extras - Scott Westerfeld
90 A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
91 A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Latimer, Pennsylvania 1896 -Susan Campbell Bartoletti
92 Riding Freedom - Pam Munoz Ryan
93 Changes- Jim Butcher
94 Ghost Story- Jim Butcher
95 Another Fine Myth- Robert Lynn Asprin
96 Homeland- R.A. Salvatore
97 Exile- R.A. Salvatore
98 Sojourn- R.A. Salvatore
99 Grave Peril- Jim Butcher
100 Death Masks- Jim Butcher

Spoiler: Others with only one post;

Updated to post 39

**Fulgrim** · 01-05-2012, 05:23 AM

1. A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords (collective) - George RR Martin
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien
3. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
4. Sharpe's Eagle - Bernard Cornwell
5. Morgoth's Ring - JRR & Christopher Tolkien
6. A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien
8. Sharpe's Victory - Bernard Cornwell
9. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
10. A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings - Geroge RR Martin

.....there MAY be a theme emerging here

**Anastasia** · 01-05-2012, 05:31 AM

1. Anna Karenina - Lev Tolstoy
2. War and Peace - Lev Tolstoy
3. Eugene Onegin - Pushkin
4. Notes From a Dead House - Dostoevsky
5. Beloved - Toni Morrison
6. Wuthering Heights - E. Bronte
7. We - Zamyatin
8. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
9. Great Expectations - Dickens
10. Gulag Archipelago - Solzhenitsyn.

V · 01-05-2012, 10:41 AM

1. Traitors' Gate - Kate Elliot
2. The High King's Tomb - Kristen Britain
3. Fool's Fate - Robin Hobb
4. The Scar - China Miéville
5. The City and The City - China Miéville
6. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
7. The Knight - Gene Wolfe
8. Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding
9. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
10. Wild Magic - Tamora Pierce

Only took forever to put this list together

**Gin** · 01-05-2012, 12:23 PM

I am gonna go with.

1. The Book of the Crow. (Catherine Fisher).
2. Metro 2032. (Dmitrij Gluchovskij).
3. Metro 2033. (Dmitrij Gluchovskij).

I am sorry but, that is my complete list. :O

**Kris** · 01-05-2012, 12:27 PM

1. Good Omens- by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
2. Dilvish, the Damned- by Roger Zelazny
3. The Changing Land- by Roger Zelazny
4. The Chronicles of Amber- by Roger Zelazny
5. World Without End- by Ken Follett
6. The Last Guardian (Warcraft Book)- by Jeff Grubb
7. Alice in wonderland- by Lewis Carroll
8. 1984- by George Orwell
9. Faust- by Goethe
10. The Divine Comedy (all three)- by Dante

**Edynol** · 01-05-2012, 01:57 PM

Well, I have the whole LOTR series in one big book, so I count them all as one. lol. Either way, I'm doing mine by series.

Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan
Lord of the Rings series(Including the Hobbit.)
Eragon Series by Chris Poalini
Dragonbone Chair series by Tad williams
Magyk Series by Angie Sage
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Warcraft: War of the Ancients series by Richard Knaak

**Housemaster** · 01-05-2012, 05:43 PM

I see what you did there Naz.... I SEE IT!

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King *really, it's all one novel regardless of volumes*
The Hobbit
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Song of Ice and Fire: Storm of Swords - George RR Martin
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

**Nazgul** · 01-05-2012, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Housemaster

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King *really, it's all one novel regardless of volumes*

I know, but I'm trying to avoid clogging the list with series and trilogies taking up a single slot. It's like the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, to use one that you posted. There are five books in that trilogy(fans will get this), yet it is all the same story. However they are all separate books.

Also in the case of series, while all the books in a series may be related with an underlying story arc, they are all separate books with their own story.

It just makes sense to me to do it this way and keeps people form posting an entire series as one entry.

**Housemaster** · 01-05-2012, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Nazgul

I know, but I'm trying to avoid clogging the list with series and trilogies taking up a single slot. It's like the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, to use one that you posted. There are five books in that trilogy(fans will get this), yet it is all the same story. However they are all separate books.

Also in the case of series, while all the books in a series may be related with an underlying story arc, they are all separate books with their own story.

It just makes sense to me to do it this way and keeps people form posting an entire series as one entry.

I think what defines a series is that they are separate books which are released on separate times.

Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King are more or less considered volumes, and were all released at the same time. If someone asks "I just read Harry Potter!" someone will most likely respond with "Yeah, which books?" But most people when they say "I've just read Lord of the Rings!", it's assumed they mean all three volumes.

PS: Most online "Top 100 books" lists I've found have listed "Lord of the Rings" as one book... however, I don't exactly care all that much, I think the message of "Lord of the Rings" being a fantastic book is already represented in the list.

PPS: Hitchhiker's Guide is the best trilogy of five!

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