h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

1. Jonathan, Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach
2. Hitchhiker's Trillogy (all 5), by Douglas Adams
3. Feet Of Clay, by Terry Pratchett
4. Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
5. Red Dwarf, by Grant Naylor
6. Backwards, by Rob Grant
7. Once..., by James Herbert
8. Dirk Gently Omnibus, by Douglas Adams
9. Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett
10. Salmon Of Doubt (and joined Writings), by Douglas Adams

1. franny & zooey, by j d salinger
2. so long and thanks for all the fish, by douglas adams
3. men at arms, by terry pratchett
4. hi fidelity, by nick hornby
5. haroun and the sea of stories, by salman rushdie
6. my family and other animals, by gerald durrell
7. God, the ultimate autobiography, by jeremy pascall
8. stormy weather, by carl hiaasen
9. peanuts, by charles m. schulz
10. calvin & hobbes, by bill watterson

1. LOTR, by JRR Tolkien
2. 1984, by George Orwell
3. The Guide, by Douglas Adams
4. Red Dwarf, by Grant Naylor
5. Silmarillion, by JRR Tolkien
6. The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norman Juster
7. Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell
8. Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett
9. Down Under, by Bill Bryson
10. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas

1. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
2. A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
3. Complicity, by Iain Banks
4. The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson
6. Cosmic Banditos, by A.C. Weisbecker
7. His Dark Materials (trilogy), by Philip Pullman
8. 1984, by George Orwell
9. American Tabloid, by James Ellroy
10. Regeneration (trilogy), by Pat Barker

1. The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien
2. Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein.
3. Contact, by Carl Sagan
4. Magician, by Raymond E. Feist
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
6. Carry on, Jeeves, by PG Wodehouse
7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein
8. Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K Jerome
9. 1984, by George Orwell
10. The Positronic Man, by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg

1. Any book, by Douglas Noel Adams
2. Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
3. Any Sci-Fi book, by Isaac Asimov
4. Any Black Widowers mystery, by Isaac Asimov
5. Fearful Symmetry, by Anthony Zee
6. An Old Man's Toy, by Anthony Zee
7. Pandora's Planet, by Christopher Anvil
8. All "Hoka" books, by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson
9. All Med Ship Man stories, by Murray Leinster
10. A brief History of Time, by Stephen W. Hawking

1.Geralds Game, Stepen King
2.Return to Mars, Ben Bove
3.Watchers, Dean Koontz
4.Tatham Mound, Piers Anthony
5.Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Hienlien
6.Dark Rivers Of the Heart, Dean Koontz
7. Moon War, Ben Bova
8.Microcosmic God, Thoedore Sturgeon
9. H2g2, Douglas Adams
10. The Long dark Teatime of the Soul, Douglas Adams

1. Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
2. 2001, by Arthur C. Clarke
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
4. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams
5. Life, the Universe and Everything, by Douglas Adams
6. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, by Douglas Adams
7. Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams
8. The Puppet Masters, by Robert A. Heinlein
9. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
10. Timeline, by Michael Crichton

1. Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
2. 2001, by Arthur C. Clarke
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
4. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams
5. Life, the Universe and Everything, by Douglas Adams
6. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, by Douglas Adams
7. Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams
8. The Puppet Masters, by Robert A. Heinlein
9. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
10. Timeline, by Michael Crichton

1. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
2. The Discworld Novels, by Terry Pratchett
3. Night's Dawn, by Peter F Hamilton
4. The Miles Vorkosigan Novels, by Lois McMaster Bujold
5. The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould
6. Flatland, by Edwin A Abbott
7. Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
8. Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, by Harry Harrison
9. Battleship Bismarck, by Burkard von Mullenheim-Rechberg
10. The Honor Harrington Novels, by David Weber

1. South Sea Adventure, by Willard Price
2. Underwater Adventure, by Willard Price
3. Volcano Adventure, by Willard Price
4. African Adventure, by Willard Price
5. Amazon Adventure, by Willard Price
6. Diving Adventure, by Willard Price
7. Arctic Adventure, by Willard Price
8. Safari Adventure, by Willard Price
9. The Beach, by Alex Garland
10. A Time to Die, by Wilbur Smith

Lakeman, that strikes me as frankly dubious block voting! Explain yourself!

1. The Phantom of the Opera,by Gaston Leroux
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,
by Jules Verne
3. Journey to the Centre of the Earth,
by Jules Verne
4. 1984,by George Orwell
5. Animal Farm,by George Orwell
6. Moby Dick,by Herman Melville
7. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,by Mark Twain
8. Gulliver's Travels,by Jonathan Swift
9. The Hobbit,by J.R.R. Tolkien
10.The Time Machine,by H.G. Wells

Sorry about my block voting, but I feel Willard Price will be sorely under-represented in this study, and his contribution to my life would go un-noticed if I only mentioned South Sea adventure.

Perhaps more importantly, I didn't have time to think of ten books; it took me long enough for me to think of the last two!

1. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
2. Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Lord of the Flies, by Sir William Golding
4. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, by Tim Burton
5. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy, by Douglas Adams
6. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
7. Book Name, by Author
8. Book Name, by Author
9. Book Name, by Author
10. Book Name, by Author


Not Lord of the Rings!!!

Nice one - let me know if you decide on your last four!

Not in any order.

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
2. So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, by Douglas Adams
3. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams
4. Catch 22, by Joseph Heller
5. The Lord Of The Rings, by JRR Tolkien
6. Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
7. The Eye of The World, by Robert Jordan
8. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
9. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S Thompson




pedboy U200417

Don't totally agree with your top 10 but it was nice to see a mention for Lois McMaster Bujold's stuff. Not very well known here in the UK AFAIK. I rely on the occasional work popping up in the local public library - the last one I read was 'A Civil Campaign' which was about as far as you get from hard sci-fi

I like Peter Hamilton's books too.

I suppose I'd better get around to counting all the latest votes and updating the page, sooner or later...

*sigh*