The Book Meme

Posted on January 13, 2005 in Memes

I haven’t done a meme in a long time on this blog. Nine times out of ten they come out of Elkit’s blog, just like this one. Copy this list of ten authors, then replace any authors not in your bookcases with authors who are. Replacements in bold:

1. Barbara Kingsolver
2. Joseph Heller
3. John Le Carré
4. Graham Greene
5. Arthur C. Clarke
6. Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
7. Paulo Coelho
8. Mikhail Bulgakov
9. Michael Crichton
10. William Shakespeare

I haven’t been able to trace this back to the ultimate source, but I think Helen must be close. Here is the list as she presents it with my changes:

1. Barbara Kingsolver
2. Joseph Heller
3. J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Roger Zelazny
5. Robert Frost
6. John Donne
7. Graham Greene
8. Arthur C. Clarke
9. Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
10. William Shakespeare

I’d love to see the original list.