Mandy Eve-Barnett's Blog for Readers & Writers

Do you have a favorite book?

Which is the book you regularly return to? Why?

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

My review: A powerful story of chance, decisions, love and loss for a woman caught in an impossible position, trying to survive and finding courage where others fled. Beautifully constructed and written.

I am returning to a favorite book, Ferney by James Long. No matter how many times I read it, I am always transported to the world of Ferney and Gally, their connection across time, their love spanning decades in different guises. For me it is the consummate reincarnation story. It was decades before I began writing after reading it and more years before I wrote my own reincarnation novel, The Twesome Loop. It is homage to Mr. Long’s perfect story and my own decades long interest in reincarnation and life after death.

I wondered what famous authors chose as their favorite book, and found these.

‘Ship of Fools’ by Katherine Ann Porter, Chosen by Stephen King

‘Love Medicine’ by Louise Erdrich, Chosen by Tana French

‘The Mill on the Floss’ by George Eliot, Chosen by Ken Follett

Victory by Joseph Conrad, Chosen by Joan Didion

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, Chosen by R.L. Stine

 Emma by Jane Austen, Chosen by J.K. Rowling