AS MY TASTE EVOLVES

I have counted, calculated, projected and plotted that I will reach my goal of a thousand books in FIVE years- 2015. And as I read these books and finish this journey, I already know my top dozen choices will change. This is the page that will bear witness to that change.

MY TOP DOZEN BOOKS in alphabetical order:
Updated: June 6, 2011

 AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie












*BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett











*CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese












*FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD by Thomas Hardy

GIFT FROM THE SEA by Anne Morrow Lindbergh











*HARRY POTTER SERIES by J. K. Rowling
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*JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte












*THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak












*THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand












*THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott- Fitzgerald












*THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger












*TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee











PREVIOUSLY on the TOP DOZEN:

*A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith












*MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather











*THE LOON FEATHER BY Iola Fuller