Jay’s book picks


Each year I choose a Book of the Year, my personal favorite. Here they are, going back as far as I can remember.

I’ve forgotten a few years, I’m afraid. I wish I had kept a list. I have a friend who has kept a list of everything she’s read since she was a teenager. She even has a rating system. Here’s an idea; lists of books read could be kept online now at Library Thing.

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7 Comments

  1. Nancy Sheridan
    Posted January 23, 2007 at 8:06 pm | Permalink

    Jay,
    I’d have to put Ahab’s wife at my top ten also. It was a compelling read, full of adventure, spirit, relationships, history. It’s one book that has stayed with me over time.
    Nancy
    p.s. this web site is great!

  2. Jeff
    Posted February 22, 2007 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

    How about inviting library patrons to submit their own top ten list
    for posting here on the website.
    Jeff

  3. Jay
    Posted February 23, 2007 at 11:34 am | Permalink

    Go for it! We’d love to see other people’s top ten lists!

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  4. Louise Taylor
    Posted March 4, 2007 at 5:19 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Jay, this is a great website,

    My top ten so far:
    The Tao of Psychology by Jean Shinoda Bolan
    Earthly Paradise by Colette
    The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
    Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
    The Education of Little Tree by Forest Carter
    Artic Dreams by Barry Lopez
    A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
    Elizabeth Bishop Complete Poems 1927-1979
    Anna Akhmatova Poems
    Member of the Wedding by Caron McCullers

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  5. Jeff
    Posted March 5, 2007 at 6:56 pm | Permalink

    Top Ten (From childhood to now)

    1. A Day at The Zoo. (I don’t remember the authors name, but this was the book I asked my father to read to me over and over again before I could read.)
    2. Homer Price Stories. Robert McCloskey.
    3. Harry Houdini (Biography by his wife Bess).
    4. A Journey to the Center of The Earth. Jules Verne.
    5. Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe.
    6. The Artist in His Studio. Alexander Liberman.
    7. Collected Poems. Dylan Thomas.
    8. The Glass Bead Game. Herman Hesse.
    9 The Agony and The Ecstasy. Irving Stone.
    10. Stranger In A Strange Land. Robert Heinlein.

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  6. Jay
    Posted March 14, 2007 at 12:25 pm | Permalink

    I loved those Homer Price stories. I learned to read so I could read what was going on with that greenhouse with all the broken windows. Robert McCloskey is a National Treasure, as far as I’m concerned. His books never grow old and tired. Every generation loves them.

  7. Jeff
    Posted March 16, 2007 at 5:36 pm | Permalink

    Homer was the best! I can still remember laughing so hard when my second grade teacher would read those stories.
    Long live the Doughnut Machine!!