Heap big books

Gosh, it seems I'm bidding fair to turn this into a book blog...

This being the case it seemed good to me, most excellent bibliophilus (I made that up), to post a list of 10 books that I have read, and highly recommend, in no particular order of preference.

1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
4. Any book by Terry Pratchett
5. Dune by Frank Herbert
6. The Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik
7. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8. Watership Down by Richard Adams
9. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
10. Why the Toast Always Lands Butter Side Down by Richard Robinson

Actually, I feel compelled to explain a bit about no. 10, seeing it is the only non fiction book I have yet to recommend. Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."(further reading wikipedia) The book attempts to provide an explanation as to why this happens, using scientific fact and psychology. As factual books go, this one is particularly entertaining and easy to read. Readers can have no complaint about the book being 'very dry'. The facts are delivered in a way that captivates one's interest almost immediately. All in all, highly amusing, factually sound and a bloody good way to expand one's general knowledge.