As part of Pembrokeshire Libraries Week in 1999, staff were asked
to vote for their favourite books and authors. Thank you to those
staff who participated; the results are shown below.
Favourite
Book
Title:
Author:
Reason for
choice as favourite:
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
It’s beautifully written
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
It shows that love and passion aren't
just for beautiful people!
Te yn y
Grug
Kate Roberts
Funny, evocative memories of childhood
Lord of the Rings
J R R Tolkien
Because of its never ending adventures
and turmoil of a magical fantasy world
Emma
Jane Austen
A very sexy hero-figure (not
as seen on TV but as described by Jane Austen)
Diary of a Nobody
George & Weedon Grossmith
It always makes me laugh. It resembles
part of most people's families and is just as familiar
today.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
It is such a powerful and elemental
novel full of the extremes of human emotion
The Wooden Horse
Eric Williams
It’s true!
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
It is beautifully written, detailed
and full of true comments about people
Favourite
Author
Author:
Reason for
choice as favourite:
Peter Ackroyd
He writes interesting historical books
Sharon Penman
She writes about the past and its
people as if she really wishes she was there
Kate Roberts and Thomas Hardy
Descriptive tellers of wonderful stories
Terry Pratchett
Light, easy reading, very humorous
and brilliantly creating a whole new and bizarre world
Jane Austen
She's funny
Günter Grass
He transports me with his writing
to another society and different constructions on writing
Agatha Christie
Easy to read on holiday
Charles Dickens
He has a wonderful imagination and
made brave social comments
