Worthy Novels?

[-Carlos-]

From the list below, which novels rank high on your list and which rank low?

• The Five People You Met in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
• False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
• Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
• Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggin
• Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Out by Natsuo Kirino
• The Forge of God by Greg Bear
• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
• Birdy by William Wharton
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
• Palindrome Hannah by Michael Bailey
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Gorgeous Lies by Martha McPhee
• A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

 

[Fantasy Moon]

I have only read The Good Earth in that list of titles so I can say for sure that it would rank highest at the moment. Hehe.

 

[theoptimist]

I have only read a few of those titles but I rank Never Let Me Go, Revolutionary Road and The Picture Of Dorian Gray to be top!

I didn't really enjoy The Five People You Meet n Heaven, so i'd rank that pretty low.

Also Out has grabbed my attention and is waiting on my shelf to be read, I might be ranking that later . . .

 

[Peder]

I very much enjoyed The Five People You Meet in Heaven, but all the rest I have no curiosity about. Never Let me Go I would put at the bottom of my list, though, based on my browse of it and the discussion here. Just not interested.
Peder

 

[pontalba]

I've only read a few of them such as The Good Earth, and The Picture of Dorian Gray but it was sooo many years ago, I probably could read them again practically fresh. But I remember really loving The Good Earth, I wonder if I'd be so enamoured now.......hmmm.

 

[KristoCat]

I have only read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Both are worthy IMO, but I think The Blind Assassin may be worthier.

 

[MonkeyCatcher]

I'd rank Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Blind Assassin high. Never Let Me Go was a good book, but didn't make much of an impact on me

 

[theoptimist]

• The Five People You Met in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
• False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
• Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
• Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggin
• Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Out by Natsuo Kirino
• The Forge of God by Greg Bear
• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
• Birdy by William Wharton
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
• Palindrome Hannah by Michael Bailey
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Gorgeous Lies by Martha McPhee
• A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

How did you compile this list? Are these books you have read?

 

[-Carlos-]

These are book I will read in the near future.

 

[never_know]

I only read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and I think it was good...on a scale from 0 to 10 I'd give it a 7,5 ...

 

[ValkyrieRaven88]

I've also only read The Good Earth. I wasn't too impressed with it, but it wasn't bad either.