Top Fives
When I do events, people sometimes ask about my favorite book or author, and I always find it tough to narrow it down to just one or two. With that in mind, I decided to compile a top five list. But even that was tough. Do I list my favorite authors from when I was a kid or my favorite authors now? What about books for grown-ups? And why focus only on books? There are lots of movies and TV shows that I love. Shouldn't they get a list, too?
And so the project grew. Top Five Movies When I Was A Kid. Top Five Comedy TV Shows. Top Five...well, you get the idea. The point is, I got kind of carried away. But it was also a nice way to look at all the things from the world of culture and entertainment that have inspired and influenced me over the years. Some categories were quite difficult to narrow down to just five. Some felt arbitrary, as if my Top Fives could change from one day to the next. But it was a great little experiment. And now that it's complete, I'd like to share with you.
Lets kick things off. Starting with...
Top Five Authors When I Was A Kid (all lists are arranged in no particular order)
Top Five Kids' Book Authors Who Are Writing Today
Top Five Books For Grown-Ups
Top Five Movies When I Was A Kid
Top Five Movies Now
Top Five TV shows (Comedy)
Top Five TV Shows (Drama)
I'd be curious to find out what your Top Fives are? Feel free to write in and let me know!
And so the project grew. Top Five Movies When I Was A Kid. Top Five Comedy TV Shows. Top Five...well, you get the idea. The point is, I got kind of carried away. But it was also a nice way to look at all the things from the world of culture and entertainment that have inspired and influenced me over the years. Some categories were quite difficult to narrow down to just five. Some felt arbitrary, as if my Top Fives could change from one day to the next. But it was a great little experiment. And now that it's complete, I'd like to share with you.
Lets kick things off. Starting with...
Top Five Authors When I Was A Kid (all lists are arranged in no particular order)
- Roald Dahl
- Louis Sachar
- C.S. Lewis
- Madeleine L'Engle
- Shel Silverstein
Top Five Kids' Book Authors Who Are Writing Today
- Jeff Kinney
- Rick Riordan
- Philip Pullman
- Neil Gaiman
- Pseudonymous Bosch
Top Five Books For Grown-Ups
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
- London Fields, Martin Amis
- The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
Top Five Movies When I Was A Kid
- Star Wars
- Indiana Jones (especially Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
- Goonies
- Back to the Future
- Ghostbusters
Top Five Movies Now
- Annie Hall
- The Third Man
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Godfather (Parts I and II, but if forced to pick just one, then I’d have to go withFive A Part II)
- The Great Dictator
Top Five TV shows (Comedy)
- The Simpsons
- Seinfeld
- Arrested Development
- 30 Rock
- Modern Family
Top Five TV Shows (Drama)
- Mad Men
- The West Wing
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I know--it's more of a comedy. But it wouldn’t fit on my “Comedy” list, so it went here instead. You got a problem with that? Huh?)
I'd be curious to find out what your Top Fives are? Feel free to write in and let me know!