Huh. I'm a massive fan of Tolkien's works and even I have managed to missed that info somehow. So.. Eh, thank you for that :D

Well, my recommendation would definitely be Lord of the Rings as well. And Dune - you can read that about 3 times and after the 3rd time, you finally get to understand what exactly has happened :D

Aww man I forgot all about lonesome dove, I'm not a fan of westerns but that book was absolutely fantastic

Justin Cronin : The Passage, (Thick)
James Clavell : Shogun (Thick)
Gary Jennings : Aztec (Thick)
S.A.S. : Survival Handbook (Survival)
Tim Severin : The Brendan Voyage or Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki (Just in Case you consider building a raft).

Send us a post card :)

Don't feel bad, I've been a Tolkien fan for 20 years and I didn't know either until last year, until I read Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was strictly against calling it a trilogy and wasn't very happy about the publisher's decision to publish it in three pieces.

Several omnibusses.. omnibi?
A book of magic
A SAS survival manual.

Only one book would suffice

"How to survive on a deserted island " by whatever author.

1. Invincible: The Games of Shusaku (John Power)
-would finally have time to go through all the games.

2.The Blood Bowl omnibus (Matt Forbeck)
-time for reread!

3. The damned big Lovecraft omnibus which name i cannot remember
-I have read alot, but not all.

4. The Forest of Souls: A Walk Through the Tarot (Rachel Pollack)
- kind of new age nonsense, but Rachel has uncanny way with words and ideas. Refreshing to read, no matter whether you actually agree with her or not.

5. Shōbōgenzō (Dōgen Kigen)
- havent read, supposed to be interesting book.


>>> and ofcourse id choose to get deserted on an island that is trophical paradise without any survival issues - not something like the one at the end of movie "Deep Rising" forexample...

I think my selection is going to be dependent on how much kindling and for toilet paper I'll need.

A book about how to cheat magical chests?
Sorry but couldn't resist (well alone on an island my last problem would be books).
So for a list of books i enjoyed reading:
Lord of the Rings
all of Tamora Pierce
all of William Gibson
all of Perry Rhodan (an popular serial in Germany and with over 3000 parts it takes some time)

Exactly what I was thinking! Some sort of Encyclopedias would do fine for the purpose.

Does the chest allow me to search Amazon.com and read reviews of the books? If so then I'd probably spend more time reading about books than reading the books. :)

Off the top of my head:

Zelazny's Amber Chronicles. I've read them a few times and always enjoyed them.

Maelorum, a game book I help Kickstart and is out now. Haven't read it yet, but as a game book I imagine I could make a few replays of it. Not sure it's available in stores, but print copies are available.

Can the chest grant me books available as e-books only, and not available in stores yet? I'd love to finish Khan of Mars and read King Khan.

There are some reference books I might enjoy, but I'm sure I won't remember their names, so if the chest doesn't have a search function I'd be stumped.

Help? Do you plan on being stranded somewhere soon?

"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

"Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaarder

The LOTR trilogy (all-in-one)

"The Hobbit"

"American Psycho" by Brett Easton Ellis

1984

Norwegian Wood

Animal Farm

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Life of Pi

But really, if you're on an island, I'd go with survival books. ;)

If I was stuck on a deserted island and only allowed five books I'd probably die of exposure.

Wild suggestion:

Finnish writer Väinö Linna's career-defining book "The Unknown Soldier" if you can order it from somewhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_%28novel%29