@Laura2592
Hoping you are still looking in on us Laura!
I have a library of about 650 books, most of which I would classify as 'classics of literature' covering just about all genre's from popular authors like........
John Grisham......The testament.
Wilbur Smith......Rage, A Time to Die, River God, Eagle in the Sky, The Seventh Scroll, Shout at the Devil.
Leon Uris...... QB V11 (Queens Bench 7), Exodus, The Haj, Trinity.
Tom Clancy......A Clear and Present Danger.
Geoffrey Archer.......First Among Equals, A Matter of Honour.
Alistair Macclean.....When Eight bells Toll, Force 10 from Navarone, HMS Ulysses, Fear is the Key.
JR Tolkien........Lords of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Two Towers.
Sydney Sheldon........The Best Laid Plans, Nothing Lasts Forever.
C. S. Forester........The African Queen.
Colleen McCullough.......Thorn Birds
Cornelius Ryan.......A Bridge Too Far.
Frank Hardy.......Power Without Glory. (A great book for Australians)
And many others I won't mention here but I do rotate them regularly. I keep around 300 books and periodicals in the guest cottage at any given time.
Biographical and Autobiographical works like.........
Michael Cane.........What's it All About.
Jane Fonda........My Life so Far.
Robert Lacey.....Majesty.
Barack Obama......Dreams from my Father.
Kathrine Hepburn........Stories of My Life.
Tim Ferguson.......Carry a Big Stick.
And of course I have a selection of classics like........
Harper Lee.....To Kill a Mockingbird.
Margaret Mitchell......Gone With The Wind.
Morton Thompson.....The Cry and The Covenant.
Alex Haley.......Roots.
George Orwell......Coming Up for Air, Animal Farm, 1984.
And various other notables.
I have a good selection of old reference books dating back to 1867 including.....
J Arthur Thomson......An Outline to Science
And some absolute classics from the 1870's like these......
The problem with a library of old books is.....they smell musty, and this is something I do have to point out to incoming guests. The cottage is not full of mold.....it's full of old books, and when guests see all the wonderful titles they soon forgive the smell!
I am also lucky in that I have only ever lost two books to a guest, and would you believe, that guest was a church minister! He said he would return them.....but never did!
As @Ann72 says, books make the listing, you are baring your soul to the world and everywhere you go in our house you will find......books.
If it was worth writing we probably have it here!
Cheers..........Rob.