Yesterday at our writers group we were discussing topics we might like to cover next month and one possibility was books that inspire you, or favorite books that you fall in love with. It got me to thinking. What about those books that you don’t really think about often, but when you do pick them up or refer to them, they’re so worn the spines are broken, the pages are yellowed, corners have been dog-eared and you have to squint to read some of the words on the page? What about those books? So, I decided to go through my bookshelves and see what 5 books most fit that description. It was tougher than I thought, too. I had more of these types of books than I thought, but below are the 5 most worn books and below that some runner ups:
Five Most Worn Books in My Library:
The World of Christopher Robin by A.A. Milne
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Herb Book by John Lust
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Han
Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook
Runner Ups:
Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
Esther by Emily Warn
Complete Poems of Robert Frost
Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Two Towers and The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale
Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary
Several MZB Sword & Sorceress books (some more than others)
Several Catfantastic books (some more than others)
So, what are some of your worn out old favorites?
2 comments:
My oxford American dictionary is tops on my list. And I'm on a second copy. Another one like that is Dictionary of problem words and expressions, and On writing well, by Zinsser.
I've heard lots of good things about the Oxford American Dictionary.
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