The Book Meme:

1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph.

In the Chancery courts the etiquitte is not so strict. The following weeds are known for their long records of crime. Something about her might have said nanny, but it said it in an undertone of the sort employed by British butlers in a certain type of American film. They are all that remains of the greatest experiment ever conducted -- to find the Ultimate Question and the Ultimate Answer of Life, the Universe, and Everything. On the whole, he reflected, it could have been a lot worse.

The books are...
5. Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
3. The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Brewer
2. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
1. Whizz for Atomms (Molesworth) - Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle