Name your "Desert Island" novel.

[One Awesome Inch]

... and why you love it.

I'm partial to mysteries. I find I am very picky about books. If its not an absolute page turner, I get bored fast.

 

[jimindenver]

Stuck on a island with one book? The Count of Monte Cristo as it is incredibly long.

 

[Queen]

One book? Probably something by Diana Gabaldon, she writes 1500 page novels. If I could take a few it would be the Chronicles of Tornor by Elizabeth A. Lynn, my favorite trilogy.

 

[SternWake]

Gary Jennings.

Aztec

 

[dhawktx]

The Silmarillion! The back story to the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy!

 

[eDJ_]

I like John Grisham (Pelican Brief), David Baldacci (start with "Camel Club"), Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt series) and
James Patterson (he writes Police, Espionage, Murder, often with co-authors..well known for Alex Cross series)

Each of these authors tells a good story that weaves me into it's fabric somehow, and with that I keep turning
pages.  Perhaps these selections will do the same for you.

 

[LeeRevell]

Been reading Dan Brown lately - "Angels & Demons", "The DaVinci Code" and "The Lost Symbol".  Thick books, excellent reading.  Lots of history tied in, and very interesting characters.   Only tripped him up on one major historical inaccuracy in one book.  Fascinating stories.

Have read "The Silmarillion" and most other of Tolkien's works.  He got me into Fantasy way back in high school.

 

[GotSmart]

Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island.

I lived on the mountain just below where he wrote the draft for the book.  (And where he lived as written in Silverado Squatters) When the fog rolls in on the upper Napa Valley it looks like a great bay.  When the geyser goes off it looks like a whale spouting.  Spyglass hill is Mount St Helena.

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum!

 

[Canine]

Actually,I'd rather have a woman along but if it has to be a book,I'd guess "Lonesome Dove".Pure entertainment with no overriding moral or philosophical message.Was it Mark Twain who said"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend.Inside a dog it's too dark to read"?

 

[SoulRaven]

Fear of Flying a 1973 novel by Erica Jong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_(novel)

 

[mockturtle]

While I read mainly nonfiction---history, for the most part---one of the most off-beat and entertaining novels I've ever read was A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

In a more serious vein, Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

Just one? thats rough as i like fantasy series like wheel of time. Hmmm..maybe book 6 of that since i think its one of the best.

 

[WriterMs]

Fear of Flying a 1973 novel by Erica Jong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_(novel)

Layers, Mr.LooRead. You have many interesting layers.

 

[WriterMs]

I'm still thinking about which novel if I had just one.

But the first book that comes to mind (non-fiction) is a full size, full content SAS Survival Manual to help me be around to read the novel.

 

[mockturtle]

You're right, WriterMS!  I happen have that book on board.  Not very good reading, per se, but could make a difference in how long you survive.

 

[highdesertranger]

ha ha ha WriterMS and Mockturtle you gals are great. highdesertranger

 

[jimindenver]

HMMMM

Thinking about it, I might lose my readers while I am there. In that case I would have to say any book that comes in large print.

 

[Canine]

Mr.Lou reed,Be careful,you could go blind.

 

[GrantRobertson]

I have been reading practically non-stop since first grade. I went on a binge for a few years in the 90s and read dang near every non-pulp fiction book in the second largest library in in Kansas City. So, I'm still a bit fictioned out. At this point, I think I would prefer a very large BLANK book and a supply of pencils.

 

[Reno]

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Was it Mark Twain who said"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend.Inside a dog it's too dark to read"?