A Writer's Tale

My 15 All-Time Favorite Books

THINKING OF ALL THE BOOKS I’VE READ SO FAR, THE FIFTEEN LISTED below stand out as having made such strong impressions on me that they inspired me and changed my life.

1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

2. The Carpetbaggers - Harold Robbins

3. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

4. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

5. Last Summer - Evan Hunter

6. Lonesome Dove - Lany McMurtry

7. Look Homeward, Angel - Thomas Wolfe

8. The Moon and Sixpence - W. Somerset Maugham

9. A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway

10. The Night of the Hunter - Davis Grubb

11. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

12. Soldier in the Rain - William Goldman

13. The Temple of Gold - William Goldman

14. The Travels of Jamie MacPheeters - Robert Lewis Taylor

15. True Grit - Charles Portis