Favorite books and movies — 1998
— FAVORITE BOOKS AND MOVIES — 1998 —
Following is a list of my favorite books that I have read during the first 46 years of my life. I hope to add several more over the ensuing years.
- The Scriptures, especially the New Testament and the Book of Mormon
- Jude The Obscure, by Thomas Hardy
- The Partner, by Jon Grisham
- Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
- Coma, by Robin Cook
- The Work and The Glory (all 9 volumes), by Gerald Lund (I read most volumes twice)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy
- Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Go Forward With Faith, the biography of Gordon B. Hinckley, by Sheri Dew
- The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, by Parley P. Pratt
- Iberia, by James Michener
- Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
Following are my favorite movies:
- “Cyrano de Bergerac”, with Jose Ferrer
- “The Man In The Iron Mask”
- “North by Northwest”
- “The Great Escape”
- “Dial M For Murder”
- “Rear Window”
- “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
- “It’s A Wonderful Life”
- “Les Miserables”
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