Monday, December 31, 2007

 

92nd post

Now, just because I rank my authors in a certain order doesn't mean I rank their output the same way. Let's review, shall we?

RANKING THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS:
1. Prisoner of Azkaban
2. (tie) Deathly Hallows & Goblet of Fire
3. (tie) Half-Blood Prince & Philosopher's Stone
4. Order of the Phoenix
5. Chamber of Secrets

TOP 15 DISCWORLD BOOKS:
1. Night Watch
2. Feet of Clay
3. Hogfather
4. Interesting Times
5. The Last Hero
6. Witches Abroad
7. (tie) Jingo & Thief of Time
8. Maskerade
9. Lords and Ladies
10. The Fifth Elephant
11. (tie) Carpe Jugulum & Guards! Guards!
12. Men at Arms
13. The Light Fantastic

RANKING DAN BROWN'S ENTIRE LITERARY OUTPUT:
1. The Da Vinci Code
2. Digital Fortress
3. Angels and Demons
4. Deception Point

INCOMPLETE AND NON-DEFINITIVE LIST OF FAVORITE BOOKS AND SERIES:
63. The Mrs. Pollifax series
62. "The Lost World"
61. [Most of the rest of Ludlum's books]
60. "Timeline"
59. "South by Java Head"
58. "Things Not Seen"
57. "Valahalla Rising"
56. The Oregon Files series
55. "The Supernaturalist"
54. "The Landry News"
53. "Goodbye, California"
52. "Math Curse"
51. "Who is Bugs Potter?"
50. "Frindle"
49. "The Road to Omaha"
48. "Breakheart Pass"
47. "A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag"
46. "San Andreas"
45. [Bill Cosby's first four books]
44. "The Giver"
43. "Ice Station Zebra"
42. "The Wish List"
41. "Through the Looking Glass"
40. "Alice in Wonderland"
39. "Little Men"
38. "Sahara"
37. "Break In"
36. "Emil and the Detectives"
35. "The Magic Pudding"
34. The Sideways Stories From Wayside School series
33. "Jurassic Park"
32. "The Toilet Paper Tigers"
31. "Nemesis"
30. The James Herriot books
29. "A Short History of Nearly Everything"
28. "Nerve"
27. "Banker"
26. "The Pushcart War"
25. "Longshot"
24. The Oz series
23. "I, Robot"
22. The Pippi Longstocking series
21. "Come to Grief"
20. The Artemis Fowl series
19. The Dr. Dolittle series
18. "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
17. "The Westing Game"
16. "Cheaper by the Dozen"
15. "The Wolves in the Walls"
14. "The Flying Classroom"
13. "A Short History of Nearly Everything"
12. "The Summer Game"
11. "Holes"
10. "I'm a Stranger Here Myself"
9. The Bruno & Boots series
8. The Bourne trilogy
7. "Maniac Magee"
6. Slapshots #1: "The Stars From Mars"
5. "Baseball: An Illustrated History"
4. The Discworld series
3. "The Da Vinci Code"
2. "The Phantom Tollbooth"
1. The Harry Potter series

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