Five Books to Read on a Desert Island
This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Tampa Bay Times, 63 Books
We asked several notable people to tell us which are their five favorite books -- the books they'd choose if they were, say, stranded on a desert island.
Most of the people asked were authors themselves, but responders also included government officials, librarians, a theater manager, a reverend, and a spelling bee champion.
It seems like they asked 14 people
This list was originally published in 1983 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.
