Books books books! - Top 5?

[moongirlk]

Katze wants us to list our top 5 books.

Top... *5*... books...?
5?
Only 5?
and they have to be the TOP 5?
What if I can't ordinalize (or whatever the word is - I'm thrown by 
the idea of picking just 5 that are "more favored" out of all my 
favorites.

I'm trying to work out how I decide what to include.  I'm leaving out 
non-fiction, and things like plays, since that would make it even 
harder.  I guess I'll just go with the first 5 I think of, so they're 
in no particular order and the list might be completely different 
tomorrow or the next day.


-Horton Hears a Who - I like Dr. Seuss for the usual reasons, but I 
love Horton because he's so Quixotic.

-Which I suppose means I must include my literary hero Don Quixote 
himself, although I admit to skipping vast portions of the book since 
it's no longer required reading.

-To Kill a Mockingbird  Also on my list of favorite movies as my 
favorite *ever* movie-version of a novel.

-Alice in Wunderbarland and Other Tales and Poems Mein Grossfader 
Told (I think that's right) - I include this to cheat, as it thus 
includes both Alice in Wonderland and this absolutely hilarious 
Germlish spoof thereof.  I found it in a junk shop years ago, and 
since I can't remember what I did with it, I can't give the author - 
anyone else know about this?

-Proof, by Dick Francis.  I consider Francis' novels to be my 
favorite literary snack food, so I had to pick one to include in the 
list.

But ask me in a few days and the list will change, I'm sure.

kimberly
who's about to read Jasper Fforde, and may have to add him in next