10 - Brave New World, Aldous Huxley - Unfortunately, I read this along time ago and cannot remember it all that well. However, I remember that I loved it. Number 10 because I cannot justify placing a novel that I can't remember all that well any higher.
9 - The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum - Having watched the film first, I was pleasantly surprised. It was very different to the film and in my opinion, much better. I own the other two books in the original trilogy and need to get round to reading them!
8 - Animal Farm, George Orwell - I find this man a genius. The novel is a thinker. I thoroughly enjoy books that make me think.
7 - The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald - I studied this novel for English literature A level. Although completely different to the fantasy/distopian genres that I usually go for, I loved it because it was so descriptive. I definitely felt I was in the novel seeing exactly what Nick Carraway was seeing the whole time.
6 - The Road, Cormac McCarthy - Very uniquely written. I love the post apocalyptic genre that kind of ties in with a distopian world setting.
5 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick - One that definitely got me thinking. I thoroughly enjoy books that make me think. Loved it. I more than highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys the distopian genre.
4 - The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien - What can I say? Is there anything to say? Tolkien manages to keep the reader drawn to the book without all the fight scenes the film had. I don't really feel worthy doing any kind of critique of Tolkien's work.
3 - The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien - Just a beautiful novel. My Dad read this book to me when I was a child. His copy has beautifully drawn pictures in it that seemed to make the book whole.
2 - A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin - I haven't actually quite finished the book yet (I'm more than 3 quarters of the way through) but it is a favourite. Despite having not finished it, I have put it on the list as it would take something quite drastic for me to remove it! I am so excited to move on to the others.
1 - 1984, George Orwell - I also studied this novel for English Literature. I fell in love with this book as soon as I opened it. Amazingly written, imaginative and it really made me think about life in general. A lot of 'what ifs' were floating around after reading this. It was meant to be Orwell's predictions of the future and it got me to thinking. Is he actually that wrong?
This list will likely change in the fairly near future as I have a long list of novels that I would love to read.
I would love to see anyone elses top ten novels!
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