Full Version: What 10 Books Would You Save?
Imagine that, for whatever reasons, you have to reduce your personal library on the paranormal to ten books. Maybe there is a raging fire or rising flood waters. Pretend that you only have mere seconds to snatch-and-grab just ten titles from your collection. No time to ponder. What titles would you save? What do your choices say about you?
+ + + + + MY TEN CHOICES + + + + +
UFOs -- Identified
by Philip J. Klass, Random House, 1968
UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse
by John A. Keel, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970
The Complete Books of Charles Fort
by Charles Fort, Dover Publications, 1974
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery -- Solved
by Lawrence David Kusche, Warner Books, 1975
Experiments in Distant Influence
by L. L. Vasiliev, E. P. Dutton, 1976
Revelations
by Jacques Vallee, Ballantine, 1991
Unexplained!
by Jerome Clark, Visible Ink Press, 1993
The Truth Behind Men In Black
by Jenny Randles, St. Martin's Press, 1997
Borderlands: The Ultimate Exploration of the Unknown
by Mike Dash, Dell, 2000
Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend
by Donnie Sergent, Jr and Jeff Wamsley, Mothman Lives Publishing, 2002
the elegant universe
a brief history of time
thats the only two books i own, and its not actually paranormaly related
a brief history of time
thats the only two books i own, and its not actually paranormaly related
UFOs and Aliens in History volume 1 to 4 and Pictures that changed the 20th century. yeah that would be it...but it would be heart breaking to let go of my collection of "vintage" books like the 50's edition of War of worlds or the leather back Almanac of the Millenia.
In A Dark Place-Ray Garton
The Haunted-Robert Curran
The Other Side-Denise Jones
The People In The Attic-Doretta Johnson
The Devil In Connecticut-Gerald Brittle
Satan's Harvest-Michael Lasalandra & Mark Merenda
The Black Hope Horror-Ben & Jean Williams and Bruce Shoemaker
Oregon's Ghosts And Monsters-Mike Helm
House Of Evil-Margaret Ronan
and The Mysterious Doom-Jessica Amanda Salmonson
The Haunted-Robert Curran
The Other Side-Denise Jones
The People In The Attic-Doretta Johnson
The Devil In Connecticut-Gerald Brittle
Satan's Harvest-Michael Lasalandra & Mark Merenda
The Black Hope Horror-Ben & Jean Williams and Bruce Shoemaker
Oregon's Ghosts And Monsters-Mike Helm
House Of Evil-Margaret Ronan
and The Mysterious Doom-Jessica Amanda Salmonson
This is the only one on my shelf now:
Invasion Washington - UFOs over the Capitol
by Kevin D. Randle, Ph.D.
Captain, U.S.A.F.R.
Invasion Washington - UFOs over the Capitol
by Kevin D. Randle, Ph.D.
Captain, U.S.A.F.R.
the vampire chronicles!!! i dont think id survive very long without Lestat.. 
Mysteries of the Unexplained - Readers Digest
The Vampire Book:The Encyclopedia of the Undead - Dr. J. Meltzen
The Darkening - Chandler McGrew (Fiction, but powerful)
Strangely Enough - C.B. Colby
Guiness's Amazing Nature (Not really Paranormal, but REALLY cool)
Myths of the Norsemen - H.A. Guerber
The Sagas of the Icelanders
I don't really own any other books at the moment, but hopefully that will change.
The Vampire Book:The Encyclopedia of the Undead - Dr. J. Meltzen
The Darkening - Chandler McGrew (Fiction, but powerful)
Strangely Enough - C.B. Colby
Guiness's Amazing Nature (Not really Paranormal, but REALLY cool)
Myths of the Norsemen - H.A. Guerber
The Sagas of the Icelanders
I don't really own any other books at the moment, but hopefully that will change.
1. The Dirt Eaters
2. The House Of The Spirits
3. The Wind Singer
4. The House Of Scorpions
5. The City Of Ember
6. The Golden Compass
7. The Sublet Knife
8. With A Vengeance
9. Necessity
10. Daddy's Little Girl
I got allot more! I always have a book in my hand..
*Whoops! I didn't read that they had to be paranormal! Sorry! *
2. The House Of The Spirits
3. The Wind Singer
4. The House Of Scorpions
5. The City Of Ember
6. The Golden Compass
7. The Sublet Knife
8. With A Vengeance
9. Necessity
10. Daddy's Little Girl
I got allot more! I always have a book in my hand..
*Whoops! I didn't read that they had to be paranormal! Sorry! *
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Strangely Enough - C.B. Colby
I almost put that one as well
The ten best issues of Penthouse forum?
Let's see . . .
1. The Ghost Hunter's Guide by Peter Underwood (don't have the newer one by the American guy from Illinois)
2. A Gazetteer of British, Irish and Scottish Ghosts
3. Coast to Coast Ghosts
4. Young Ghosts (okay, I don't actually own that one, but if I did I'd save it)
5. Irish Ghosts
6. Celebrity Ghosts (hmm, I'm seeing a trend here <g>)
7. Haunted Heartland
8. National Directory of Haunted Places
9. Lord (somebody's) Ghost book. (why can I NEVER remember that man's name???!!!)
10. The Most Haunted House in England.
And if I were being attacked by a paranormal-book eating chupacabra, for example, I would start fending it off by throwing it anything I had written by Hans Holzer, because he annoys me.
1. The Ghost Hunter's Guide by Peter Underwood (don't have the newer one by the American guy from Illinois)
2. A Gazetteer of British, Irish and Scottish Ghosts
3. Coast to Coast Ghosts
4. Young Ghosts (okay, I don't actually own that one, but if I did I'd save it)
5. Irish Ghosts
6. Celebrity Ghosts (hmm, I'm seeing a trend here <g>)
7. Haunted Heartland
8. National Directory of Haunted Places
9. Lord (somebody's) Ghost book. (why can I NEVER remember that man's name???!!!)
10. The Most Haunted House in England.
And if I were being attacked by a paranormal-book eating chupacabra, for example, I would start fending it off by throwing it anything I had written by Hans Holzer, because he annoys me.
QUOTE(RobertGoerman @ Dec 12 2004, 06:29 PM)
Imagine that, for whatever reasons, you have to reduce your personal library on the paranormal to ten books. Maybe there is a raging fire or rising flood waters. Pretend that you only have mere seconds to snatch-and-grab just ten titles from your collection. No time to ponder. What titles would you save? What do your choices say about you?
+ + + + + MY TEN CHOICES + + + + +
UFOs -- Identified
by Philip J. Klass, Random House, 1968
UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse
by John A. Keel, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970
The Complete Books of Charles Fort
by Charles Fort, Dover Publications, 1974
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery -- Solved
by Lawrence David Kusche, Warner Books, 1975
Experiments in Distant Influence
by L. L. Vasiliev, E. P. Dutton, 1976
Revelations
by Jacques Vallee, Ballantine, 1991
Unexplained!
by Jerome Clark, Visible Ink Press, 1993
The Truth Behind Men In Black
by Jenny Randles, St. Martin's Press, 1997
Borderlands: The Ultimate Exploration of the Unknown
by Mike Dash, Dell, 2000
Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend
by Donnie Sergent, Jr and Jeff Wamsley, Mothman Lives Publishing, 2002
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UFOs -- Identified
by Philip J. Klass, Random House, 1968
UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse
by John A. Keel, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970
The Complete Books of Charles Fort
by Charles Fort, Dover Publications, 1974
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery -- Solved
by Lawrence David Kusche, Warner Books, 1975
Experiments in Distant Influence
by L. L. Vasiliev, E. P. Dutton, 1976
Revelations
by Jacques Vallee, Ballantine, 1991
Unexplained!
by Jerome Clark, Visible Ink Press, 1993
The Truth Behind Men In Black
by Jenny Randles, St. Martin's Press, 1997
Borderlands: The Ultimate Exploration of the Unknown
by Mike Dash, Dell, 2000
Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend
by Donnie Sergent, Jr and Jeff Wamsley, Mothman Lives Publishing, 2002
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Charles Bowen, ed. The Humanoids , FSR, 1969
That's all you need, though some of the books about Roswell are interesting, especially the one by Colonel Corso. I will now fill out this list with books about Psi, because the subjects of UFOs and Psi are really one. The only reasonable method of star travel requires levitation and teleportation, both powers of the mind. In no particular order:
Ian Stevenson, Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation , U. of Va. Press, 1967, often reprinted. Scientific proof of reincarnation.
Raymond Moody, Life After Life, often reprinted, usually in print. An earlier study on NDEs by Albert Heim, a 19th C. Alpinist is also good if you can find a copy.
Shafica Karagulla, Breakthrough to Creativity, de Vorss, 1969 I think. The essential book on HSP, the ability to see auras, as well as X-ray vision into physical objects, by light or day. A natural mode of perception (one of 2) in the OOB state
And of course, my own book, Jumping Lightyears . There, that's enough to get you started.
all my books by Graham Hancock and the Concise World Atlas by Rand McNally so I can follow Graham Hancock's story line. After all if you can only save ten books then one might as well save those that provide a record of how we came to a place in history that allows us such a choice 
HooDoo Herb and Root Magic---Catherine Yronwode
The secret Language of Signs---Denise Linn
Love is in the Earth---Melody
Homeopathy Handbook---Dr. Andrew Lockie
The Master Book of Herbalism---Paul Beyerl
The Witch's Formulary and Spellbook---Tarostar
Signs Symbols & Omens---Raymond Buckland
The complete book of Incense, Oils & Brews---Scott Cunningham
Cyrstal Healing---Katrina Raphaell
Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs---Scott Cunningham
and that's out of the 425 books in the my library!
The secret Language of Signs---Denise Linn
Love is in the Earth---Melody
Homeopathy Handbook---Dr. Andrew Lockie
The Master Book of Herbalism---Paul Beyerl
The Witch's Formulary and Spellbook---Tarostar
Signs Symbols & Omens---Raymond Buckland
The complete book of Incense, Oils & Brews---Scott Cunningham
Cyrstal Healing---Katrina Raphaell
Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs---Scott Cunningham
and that's out of the 425 books in the my library!
Interview With The Vampire-Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat-Anne Rice
The Dark Tower series books I-VII- Stephen King
Dune-Frank Herbert
I know these books are all fiction, but for ne they are very special to me, for personal reasons and due to my enjoyment of read and rereading of some of them.
The Vampire Lestat-Anne Rice
The Dark Tower series books I-VII- Stephen King
Dune-Frank Herbert
I know these books are all fiction, but for ne they are very special to me, for personal reasons and due to my enjoyment of read and rereading of some of them.
I have a few paranormal books, but none I can remember of the top of my head! But I have over a 1000 paper and hardback novels. I have at least 3 books on the go at once – one in the bathroom (for deep undisturbed reading, lol) and at least two next to my bed. I jump between books depending on what mood I’m in. And even with three books I will be hard-pressed to take more than a week to read all three! So to pick only ten would be near impossible. Even when I moved to Mexico I left everything, all except my collection of books! But it would be at least one Michael Connelly, one Stephen King (I’m reading Dreamcatcher at the mo), and one Terry Pratchett (I’m also reading The Wee Free Men at the mo). And the third book I’m also reading this week is Michael Connelly’s The Poet.
my angel books
This is no easy feat for me....let's see.....
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer--Mark Twain
*The Hobbit--JRR Tolkien
*LoTR trilogy--Tolkien
*The Witching Hour--Anne Rice
*Vampire Chronicles--Anne Rice
* The Stand--Stephen King
more than 10, yes....but I just can't make up my mind
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer--Mark Twain
*The Hobbit--JRR Tolkien
*LoTR trilogy--Tolkien
*The Witching Hour--Anne Rice
*Vampire Chronicles--Anne Rice
* The Stand--Stephen King
more than 10, yes....but I just can't make up my mind
Sir David Attenboroughs 'Life on Earth' Trilogy.
-Painstakingly details all life on earth, the environments life thrives in, how it eats, reproduces, and how it came to be through millions of years of evolution.
Jules Verne '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.
JRR Tolkien 'Lord of the Rings' Trilogy.
JK Rowling 'Harry Potter' Series.
That's all i can currently think of.
-Painstakingly details all life on earth, the environments life thrives in, how it eats, reproduces, and how it came to be through millions of years of evolution.
Jules Verne '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.
JRR Tolkien 'Lord of the Rings' Trilogy.
JK Rowling 'Harry Potter' Series.
That's all i can currently think of.
The Complete Works of William Shakepere
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
1984/Animal Farm (One Book with both novels)
The Beautiful Losers
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic
The Black Flower
On The Road
Being and Nothingness
Grims Fairy Tales
Sorry I can't remember all of the authors on these books (I don't have them near by)
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
1984/Animal Farm (One Book with both novels)
The Beautiful Losers
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic
The Black Flower
On The Road
Being and Nothingness
Grims Fairy Tales
Sorry I can't remember all of the authors on these books (I don't have them near by)
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The Complete Collection of Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen King's The Stand
Homer's Odyssey
The Bible
The Complete Works of Tennessee Williams
Robert Jordan's The eye of the World
Shoeless Joe
The Anarchists' Cookbook
To Kill a Mockingbird
and
Batman vs Superman
Stephen King's The Stand
Homer's Odyssey
The Bible
The Complete Works of Tennessee Williams
Robert Jordan's The eye of the World
Shoeless Joe
The Anarchists' Cookbook
To Kill a Mockingbird
and
Batman vs Superman
im with waterjet. 
id randomly pull out my stephen king books, and take whatever i pull out
But seriously, I would take:
Stephen King - The Gunslinger
Stephen King - Insomnia
and
My Lord Of The Rings books, the whole trilogy
Other then that, I wouldnt really want anything else... just those three.. or six
But seriously, I would take:
Stephen King - The Gunslinger
Stephen King - Insomnia
and
My Lord Of The Rings books, the whole trilogy
Other then that, I wouldnt really want anything else... just those three.. or six
1. Atheism- a short intro
2. Harry Potter and the prisoner of azkaban
3. misery
4. the bone collector
5.hearts in atlantis
6.The hobbit
7.fellowship of the ring
8.the 2 towers
9 return of the king
10.big book of being rude: list of slangs
2. Harry Potter and the prisoner of azkaban
3. misery
4. the bone collector
5.hearts in atlantis
6.The hobbit
7.fellowship of the ring
8.the 2 towers
9 return of the king
10.big book of being rude: list of slangs
*The Lucifer Society - edited by Peter Haining
*Dark Forces, New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror - edited by Kirby McCauley
*Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood
*Ghosts, A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New - selected by Marvin and Saralee Kaye
*Haunted Heartland
*Irish Tales of Horror - edited by Peter Haining
*Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
*Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers
*Devils and Demons, Fiendish Tales selected by Marvin Kaye
*The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Let me tell ya, it wasn't easy narrowing down my library, but these are definitely some of the best anthologies you will ever read. I highly recommend "The Lucifer Society" and "Dark Forces" (both of which are out of print) to any hardcore fan of supernatural and horror stories. "The Lucifer Society" actually contains a short tale of horror by Sir Winston Churchill called "Man Overboard!" I would also say to anybody looking to expand their library of scary stories to look for books edited by Marvin Kaye and Peter Haining. Their taste in terror is exceptional.
*Dark Forces, New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror - edited by Kirby McCauley
*Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood
*Ghosts, A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New - selected by Marvin and Saralee Kaye
*Haunted Heartland
*Irish Tales of Horror - edited by Peter Haining
*Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
*Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers
*Devils and Demons, Fiendish Tales selected by Marvin Kaye
*The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Let me tell ya, it wasn't easy narrowing down my library, but these are definitely some of the best anthologies you will ever read. I highly recommend "The Lucifer Society" and "Dark Forces" (both of which are out of print) to any hardcore fan of supernatural and horror stories. "The Lucifer Society" actually contains a short tale of horror by Sir Winston Churchill called "Man Overboard!" I would also say to anybody looking to expand their library of scary stories to look for books edited by Marvin Kaye and Peter Haining. Their taste in terror is exceptional.
1- PlayBoy
2- Hustler
3- Penthouse
4- Cooking book (for food)
5- Low Trucks
6- Astrology books
7- 100 ways to have hot sex (found this book at my friends house on his moms bed o.O)
8- Aliens books
9- Cryptozoology books
10- Mechanic books
2- Hustler
3- Penthouse
4- Cooking book (for food
)5- Low Trucks
6- Astrology books
7- 100 ways to have hot sex (found this book at my friends house on his moms bed o.O)
8- Aliens books
9- Cryptozoology books
10- Mechanic books
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
War Of The Worlds
Hatchet
The Universe In A Nutshell
Vimy
The Gulf Breeze Sightings
Resident Evil (All 7 Books)
Rainbow 6
The Hunt For Red October
SOB's(Soilders Of Barabas series)
War Of The Worlds
Hatchet
The Universe In A Nutshell
Vimy
The Gulf Breeze Sightings
Resident Evil (All 7 Books)
Rainbow 6
The Hunt For Red October
SOB's(Soilders Of Barabas series)
i will save my
BIBLE
BIBLE
way too many...but i would choose books with moral stories and lessons. "don't forget books with good qutoes"
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