How much I actually like a novel seems to bear very little
relationship to how much other people like them, at least going by Amazon's
customer reviews. Most novels I start reading I just give up after the
first few pages. Also, where as the vast majority of customer reviews are 5
stars, for the minority of novels that I actually manage to finish, I would give only an average of 3 stars. So when I give 5 stars people can be assured I really did like the novel concerned.
The following list of books are the
best novels I have read in my life and I would emphatically give them
all 5 stars. A good proportion feature time travel!
I have 2 lists, the first list being novels for adults and the second list novels for children. Clicking on the picture of the book will take you to the relevant Amazon.com page. Clicking on the title of the book underneath the picture will take you to the relevant page on the UK version of Amazon.
PS Might have made a bit of a mess here. I'm having to experiment with html code but desirable end results do not appear to be best served by an experimental approach. So the pictures won't be evenly spaced etc.
Novels for Adults
| James Clavell - Shogun |
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| Tim Bowler - Apocalypse |
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| Felix J.Palma - The Map of Time |
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Robert Steele Gray - Survivor |
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| Will Hubbell - Cretaceous Sea |
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| Ken Grimwood -- Replay |
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| Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates |
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John Wynham - The Day of the Triffids |
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| Isaac Asimov - The End of Eternity |
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| A.J. Cronin - Hatter's Castle |
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| A.J. Cronin - Grand Canary |
Novels for Children
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| Enid Blyton -- The Secret Island |
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| Enid Blyton - The Magic Wishing Chair Again |
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| L. Frank Baum -- The Marvelous Land of Oz |
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| Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden |
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| Enid Blyton - House at the Corner |
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| Enid Blyton - The Enchanted Wood |
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| C.S. Lewis - The Last Battle |
Replay is brilliant. I like most of those on your list, from back in the day. Never read Cronin though; looks good. Was just having a "favourite books" conversation in the office...
ReplyDeleteYou might also enjoy:
* Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash - maybe a bit dated now - and The Diamond Age.
* Haruki Murakami's Wild Sheep Chase and Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
* J.G. Ballard's selected earlier novels, The Drowned World, The Drought, Unlimited Dream Company, Hello America, etc.