Every year in our Author Enablers column in BookPage we offer a holiday gift roundup of books suggested by our fellow authors and colleagues. There’s usually a theme—craft of writing, children’s books, etc. You can see some of the past columns in BookPage’s amazing online archives; just look for our column in the December issues for the last few years.
This year for our holiday roundup we thought we’d ask the classic question: If you were stuck on a desert island and had to choose one book to keep you company, what would it be?
We’d love to hear your thoughts on this question here, and we invite you to check out our column in the December issue of BookPage to see the answers of some of our favorite booksellers. You can find it at your local library or independent bookstore, or you can check it out online at www.bookpage.com.
October 26, 2009 at 3:56 am |
Either The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King or Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
October 26, 2009 at 4:06 am |
I’m tempted to say “The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold, but I’d probably take something like the US Army Ranger’s Wilderness Survival Guide.
October 26, 2009 at 4:39 am |
I know it may seem bizarre, but I would take the complete Oxford English Dictionary.
October 26, 2009 at 8:44 pm |
I’d pick any book that was a “collection” of books. The longer the better. A book with at least 3 books inside.
It sure would be nice to have my Kindle while there…but something says that’s not the answer you were looking for!
October 29, 2009 at 1:55 am |
I would take my copy of a 1940s edition of the college English textbook, “Century Readings in English Literature.” It has beautiful poems, interesting analysie, so many mini-biographies and reproductions of paintings of Burns, Wordsworth and even of Shakespeare’s first folio.
November 3, 2009 at 2:18 am |
Dave Barry’s Guide to Men. If there were only one book in the world to read, it had better be a funny one!
November 3, 2009 at 4:29 pm |
We love that one, especially because Kathi’s son Tony is singled out in the last chapter as “hope for the future.”