Librothèque

Books that I actually made it to the end with satisfactions. However, if I had to pick 3 bests, I’d pick…*

I’m always looking for something good to read, so I’m welcoming any suggestion

FICTIONS

Utopian/Dystopian

• 1984 by George Orwell
  • This books was too much for me in grade 11. I wanted to read it for fun but found myself forcing my dim-witted brain to enjoy it. It’s in the list because I learned something from it and it’s the reason I began to read other Utopian and Dystopian fictions.
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Chapter 10, pg. 118
• Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • this was written for children but adults could enjoy it too
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Mystery

• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • I believe this was my first mystery novel. We were to read it in grade 7 and I remember I thought the one behind the crime was a woman. Who could’ve thought a man would be responsible for a carefully, planned crime?
• Disordered Minds by Minette Walters
• Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christy
• Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
  • number 1 mystery novel in my list
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Literature

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
• A Time to Kill by John Grisham
• Cabinet of Curiosity by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • My first novel that focuses on the “whydunit”
• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck *
  • reminds me that there are good men in this world and that forgiveness is possible
• Forbidden City by William Bell
• Guests of War Trilogy by Kit Pearson
  • One of the very few books that made me cry
• Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en
• I Know this Much is True by Wally Lamb
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • This is similar to “The Old Man and the Sea”…funnier
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck *
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• Secret Garden by Burnett
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • made it clear to me to follow my own path
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
• The Penolopiad by Margaret Atwood
• The Vampire Chronicles (except Blood Canticle) by Anne Rice
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee *
  • if you haven’t read it, get yourself a copy!
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • I considered studying sociology because of Morrie

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MANGAS

Yes, I have over 120 mangas displaying on my bookshelf. All of them are in French, except InuYasha which is in Vietnamese.

Ranma 1/2 is the funniest!

• Dragon Ball (42 volumes) by Akira Toriyama
  • action, adventure, humour
• Fushigi Yugi (18 volumes) by Yuu Watase
  • adventure, romance, humour
  • missing 5, 7, 11
• Gundam Wing (3-4 volumes) by Koichi Tokita
  • action, adventure
• Inu Yasha (47+ volumes) by Rumiko Takahashi
  • action, adventure, humour, a bit of romance
  • own only volumes 1 to 27 (missing some too)
• Ranma 1/2 (38 volumes) by Rumiko Takahashi
  • action, adventure, humour, a bit of romance
• Sailor Moon (18 volumes) by Naoko Takeuchi
  • adventure, humour, romance
• Sailor V (3 volumes) by Naoko Takeuchi
  • adventure, humour, romance