3 books you'd take to a deserted island

[reddahlia]

Sorry if this has been posted before (I'm new).

What three books would you take with you to a deserted island, knowing you might not be rescued. Let's do fun books, not survival guides. Books that would entertain you and you could read over and over again.

[reddahlia]

ok, off the top of my head, i'd go with:

1. Tully by Paulinna Simons
2. Word by Coerte V. W. Felske
3. This Body by Laurel Doud

I have, and could, read these over and over.

[kattatude]

Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
Life With Father - Clarence Day

[Newfherder]

• My college physics text--it didn't make a lick of sense the first time through, but if I have years of solitude, I may be able to crack the mysteries.
• My college calculus text--It didn't make any sense the first time through, either, but I'll need it to understand the physics text.
• Clear the Bridge, Adm Richard O'Kane, the best non-fiction account of WW2 submarine warfare that I've ever read.

[JFlo]

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

I have not read any of these books in their entirety, although I intend to before I die. I have read enough of each one to realize that these are the three most complicated novels ever written. That's what I would need on a deserted island, some real food for thought.

[CCL]

• My college physics text--it didn't make a lick of sense the first time through, but if I have years of solitude, I may be able to crack the mysteries.
• My college calculus text--It didn't make any sense the first time through, either, but I'll need it to understand the physics text.
  

^ Ha! Love it.

1) Vanity Fair - Thackeray. Critical
2) An anthology of all the Harry Potter books (doesn't exist now but hopefully will before I get stranded)
3) Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors (A good collection of a wide variety of authors and works)

[Critical]

1) Vanity Fair - Thackeray. Critical

Maybe someday I'll give it a third try.

Everyone has made such interesting and diverse choices.

At this moment (and therefore subject to change), my three would probably be:
1. something by John Irving - either The World According to Garp or A Prayer for Owen Meany
2. a Jane Austen - likely Pride and Prejudice or Persuasion - can a take an anthology of ALL of her books?
3. Marilyn Stokstad's Art History - it's a HUGE art history survey book. I'd like some pictures to look at while stranded

[elk]

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1. something by John Irving - either The World According to Garp or A Prayer for Owen Meany
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I have been a huge fan of Irving for almost thirty years, but have had a hard time infiltrating his latest. Can someone who's gotten through it please give me some words of encouragement?

My picks:

1. The Stand
2. The World According to Garp
3. The Catcher in the Rye

[ixcrisxi]

This is hard! I can name three titles in so any genres that I would bring!

1. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
2. Night by Elie Wiesel
3. Legacy of the Drow by R.A. Salvatore

[Mya26]

A Simple Plan - Scott Smith
To Dance With Kings - Rosalind Laker
Beloved - Bertrice Small