As part of Topsham Public Library’s 15th anniversary on Foreside Road, the staff has chosen their Top 15 picks of all time. The staff was allowed to choose the Top 15 over all or the Top 15 in up to three categories. Have fun with the lists!
Helen’s Top 15 Books in no particular order:
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
It by Stephen King
Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
Red Hill by Jamie McGuire
Werewolf Cop by Andred Klavan
The Graveyard Apartment by Koike Mariko
Don’t Look Back by Greg Hurwitz
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Creepers by David Morrell
Stoker’s Manuscript by Royce Prouty
The Yard by Alex Grecian
Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye
Blood Gospel by James Rollins
Ararat by Christopher Golden
Liz’s Top 15:
Ryan Adams Love is Hell
Elton John Honky Chateau
John Mayall Jazz/Blues Fusion
The B-52’s The B-52’s
Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself by Sabrina Ward Harrison
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Emma’s Top 15 Fiction in no particular order:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Tenth of December by George Saunders
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Emma’s Top 15 Nonfiction in no particular order:
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Zen In the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
The Misfit’s Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch
Emma’s Top 15 Movies in no particular order:
Heathers (1988)
Amadeus (1984)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Flash Gordon (1980)
The Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom/Romeo & Juliet/Moulin Rouge)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Goonies (1985)
The ‘Burbs (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)