TOP TEN BOOKS
#10: Animal Farm by George Orwell:
Animal Farm is a children’s book that
teaches of capitalism, socialism, and
communism through a brilliant analogy
involving a farm and it’s rebellious
inhabitants.
#9: LOTR: The Two Towers by J.R.R.
Tolkien: An amazing story by Tolkien
that carries the bulk of the trilogies
adventures. Why 9th place? Because
the first half of the book is terrible.
The second half, involving Sam and
Frodo, is one of the most emotional
and beautiful things I’ve ever read.
#8: Under a War Torn Sky by L.M.
Elliot: A gripping fictional novel of a
bomber pilot in World War 2 who was
stranded in the middle of Germany.
He survives out of cleverness, instinct,
and the goodness of normal people.
#7: Sahara by Clive Cussler: A fast
paced and suspenseful novel of
Oceanographer’s uncover of a hundredyear-long conspiracy involving civil war
battleships, African solar facilities, and
biohards across the world’s oceans.
#6: 1984 by George Orwell: A
terrifying
novel
foreshadowing
government’s Big Brother role in the
private life, and it’s totalitarian rule in a
police state society.
#5: Redwall by Brian Jaques;
A
wonderful book about a mouse’s life in
a peaceful abby, an ancient legend, and
a terrible war to defend it.
#4:Dr.
Zhivago
by
Borris
Pasternak:
The
tale
of
a
Russian
doctor
living
in
the
turbulent
time
period
of
the
Bolshevik
revolution
after
World
War
1.
A
sad
and
dark
tale,
but
it
truthfully
outlines
the
evil
of
communism
and
it’s
terrible
roots.
Besides,
who
doesn’t
want
to
read
a
book
that’s
been
banned
in
half
the
world?
#3:
The
City
of
Rats
by
Emily
Rodda:
Any
book
in
Rodda’s
Deltora
Quest
could
have
made
the
cut.
The
City
of
Rats
is
my
personal
favorite.
These
books
bring
a
cleverness
to
literature
that’s
rarely
seen,
and
it’s
full
of
some
of
the
most
colorful
characters
of
any
book
I’ve
ever
read.
#2:
The
Hobbit
by
J.R.R.
Tolkien:
A
book
that
holds
this
rank
due
to
sentimental
value.
The
Hobbit
has
a
significantly
better
writing
style
then
the
Lord
of
the
Rings,
and
offers
a
light
hearted
no-‐strings-‐attached
read.
Very
rarely
can
one
read
such
a
simple
story
that’s
not
geared
toward
children.
#1:
Into
the
Heart
of
Africa
by
Jerry
Smith:
Easily
the
least-‐well
known
out
of
all
these
books,
but
by
far
my
favorite.
Why?
Because
it’s
all
true.
Every
bit
of
it.
Into
the
Heart
of
Africa
is
the
memoir
of
Jerry
Smith,
an
Iowan
adventurer
who
road
the
length
of
Africa
on
his
motorcycle
in
the
1970s.
His
encounters
could
easily
have
been
turned
into
the
next
Indiana
Jones
movie.
He
did
everything
from
illegally
entering
Zaire
on
a
barge
network,
to
being
chased
by
thieves
in
Morocco,
to
being
shot
at
by
soldiers
in
Lybia,
to
eating
with
the
pygmies
in
the
Democratic
Republic
of
the
Congo,
to
exploring
abandoned
French
Foreign
Legion
posts,
to
walking
the
desolation
of
Cold
War
nuclear
test
sites,
to
taking
pictures
of
burned
out
hulks
of
tanks
from
civil
strife.
Jerry
Smith
did
it
all,
and
it’s
all
true.