This list is a selection of Harriet Montgomery’s favorite books, films and recordings.
It is not necessarily a list of those she considers to be the best in each of these categories.
Ten Favorite Books
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Odyssey by Homer
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Ten Favorite Films
Raise the Red Lantern
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Beauty and the Beast
The General
Gone with the Wind
Amadeus
Psycho
My Fair Lady
A Streetcar Named Desire
Ten Favorite Pieces of Music:
Mass in B Minor by Bach
Alice by Tom Waits
Requiem by Verdi
Clarinet Concerto by Mozar
Madam Butterfly by Puccini
When the Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
The Unaccompanied Cello Suites by Bach
The Magic Flute by Mozart
Take Five by Dave Brubeck
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin