1 Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling* (I only read HP1)
2 Twilight – Stephenie Meyer (MissN had an intense Twilight phase which is thankfully now over)
3 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen**
4 The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody
5 My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult
6 To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee**
7 The Book Thief – Markus Zusak^
8 Breath – Tim Winton^
9 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini^
10 Break No Bones – Kathy Reichs
11 The Power Of One – Bryce Courtenay*
12 Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
13 Magician – Raymond E. Feist
14 The Bronze Horseman – Paullina Simons
15 Mao’s Last Dancer – Li Cunxin^
16 Memoirs Of A Geisha – Arthur Golden^
17 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold^
18 Cross – James Patterson
19 Persuasion – Jane Austen**
20 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte**
21 The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger*
22 The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
23 Marley and Me – John Grogan
24 Antony and Cleopatra – Colleen McCullough
25 April Fools Day – Bryce Courtney
26 North & South – Elizabeth Gaskell^
27 In My Skin – Kate Holden
28 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte**
29 A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini^
30 The Other Boleyn Girl – Phillipa Gregory^ (MissN loved it. We both loved the movie)
31 Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
32 Atonement – Ian McEwan^
33 Shantaram Gregory – David Roberts^
34 Pillars Of The Earth – Ken Follett
35 The Pact – Jodi Picoult
36 Ice Station – Matthew Reilly
37 Cloudstreet – Tim Winton*
38 Jessica – Bryce Courtenay
39 A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
40 The Princess Bride – William Goldman
41 Running With Scissors – Augusten Burroughs^
42 Anybody Out There? – Marian Keyes
43 Life Of Pi – Yann Martel^
44 Seven Ancient Wonders – Matthew Reilly
45 People Of The Book – Geraldine Brooks^
46 Six Sacred Stones – Matthew Reilly
47 Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Kim Edwards*
48 Brother Odd – Dean Koontz
49 Tully – Paullina Simons
50 Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
51 The Catcher in the Rye – J.D Salinger*
52 Eragon – Christopher Paolini
53 Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert^
54 It’s Not About The Bike – Lance Armstrong**
55 A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens*
56 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry^
57 The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
58 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell*
59 A Fortunate Life – A.B. Facey**
60 The Mists of Avalon – Marion Zimmer Bradley*
61 The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks (I was seriously underwhelmed by the movie)
62 Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen
63 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
64 The Host – Stephenie Meyer
65 Dirt Music – Tim Winton^
66 Eldest – Christopher Paolini
67 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon^
68 It – Stephen King
69 World Without End – Ken Follett
70 Emma – Jane Austen**
71 Temple – Matthew Reilly
72 Little Women – Alcott Louisa May*
73 Lean Mean Thirteen – Janet Evanovich
74 Scarecrow – Matthew Reilly
75 American Gods – Neil Gaiman
76 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez^
77 P.S, I Love You – Cecelia Ahern
78 All That Remains – Patricia Cornwell
79 The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
80 Past Secrets – Cathy Kelly
81 The Persimmon Tree – Bryce Courtenay
82 Husband – Dean Koontz
83 Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult*
84 Wicked – Gregory Maguire
85 Spot Of Bother – Mark Haddon
86 Always And Forever – Cathy Kelly
87 The Road – Cormac McCarthy***
88 Cents & Sensibility – Maggie Alderson*
89 Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
90 The Shifting Fog – Kate Morton^
91 We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver
92 Everyone Worth Knowing – Lauren Weisberger
93 Hour Game – David Baldacci
94 Darkly Dreaming Dexter – Jeff Lindsay
95 The Woods – Harlan Coben^
96 Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie^
97 Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides^
98 Scar Tissue – Anthony Kiedis
99 Infidel – Ayaan Hirsi Ali^
100 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks*
What’s your favourite from the list above? I was blown away by
The Road which was harrowing and redemptive, sparse and rich. I am eagerly awaiting the movie.