More books

I spent rather too long blogging books yesterday, time that could have been spent Doing Other Things. So, for anybody still shopping, here are two more lists without explanation (you'll just have to trust me here):

Can't-miss Books L-Z:

1. Out of the Silent Planet Trilogy, by CS Lewis
2. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
3. Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
4. Gormenghast Trilogy, by Mervyn Peake
5. Complete Stories of Saki
6. Broadway Babies Say Goodnight, by Mark Steyn
7. Perfume, by Patrick Suskind
8. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
9. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
10. Children of the Sun, by Morris West

Can't-miss Children's Books:

1. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
2. The Dark is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper
3. Half Magic, by Edward Eager
4. The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, by Norman Hunter
5. Finn Family Moomintroll, by Tove Jansson
6. The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
7. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis
8. The Whispering Knights, by Penelope Lively
9. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, by Jill Tomlinson

Enjoy.

And now you must excuse me, but I have to go lose to my family at poker. I shall return, with a Christmas message. You'd expect that, surely??