My book awards go to…

In no particular order, just a few ‘awards’ and ‘best of’ I would personally bestow
(Note: I will add to these as they occur to me):

FAVOURED AND MOST-REMEMBERED CHILDHOOD READS:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (yes, there is a sequel)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (yes, it is a book)

The Starlight Barking (sequel) by Dodie Smith

Bambi by Felix Salten (yes, again it is a book and an excellent one)

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (also Huckleberry Finn, but Tom Sawyer was my favourite)

Heidi by Johanna Spyri, and other classics such as Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and Treasure Island, Gulliver’s Travels, Black Beauty etc., were all books I read during my childhood — I cannot believe people do not read these wonderful adventures now especially not at a young age.

MOST DISTURBING:

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite

Let’s Go Play at the Adam’s by Mendal M.Johnson

Dark Angel by Graham Masterton

MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING:

In the Blood by Rick R. Reed (re-released as Blood Sacrifice)

From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz

RICHEST LANGUAGE:

Gormenghast (Trilogy) by Mervyn Peake

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Banquet for the Damned (and other works) by Adam Nevill

MOST SENSUAL:

Phantom by Susan Kay

BEST EROTIC FANTASY:

The Black Jewels (Series) by Anne Bishop

BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS:

The Sandman (series) by Neil Gaiman

FOR OUTSTANDING TALENT, CLEVERNESS AND INTELLIGENT WRITING:

Terry Pratchett

BEST OF Dean Koontz:

Lightning

Phantoms

Mr Murder

Intensity

From the Corner of His Eye

By the Light of The Moon (mainly for the ending)

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