A Few of My Favorite Things

Favorite Novels
1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
3. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Stephen Galloway
4. Weaveworld by Clive Barker
5. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
6. The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
7. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
8. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
9. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke
10. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

Favorite Classics of Literature up to the 17th century

1. Beowulf - favourite version - Seamus Heaney or Frederick Rebsamen
2. Gilgamesh - favourite version - Stephen Mitchell's dynamic paraphrase
3. Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
4. The Iliad - favorite version - Stanley Lombardo's translation
5. Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
6. Othello
7. The Ramayana of Valmiki

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