Books I've liked over the years (to read or share)

Submitted by AbbyR on Mon, 03/13/2006 - 12:41
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  1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee This is probably my all-time favorite book
  2. The Dark Is Rising series, Susan Cooper I love this whole series and have read it many times
  3. Petronella, Jay Williams Another kids' book - I've read it to dozens of classes - lots of fun.
  4. Everyone Knows What A Dragon Looks like, Jay Williams Another book I read to my classes. Great artwork, wonderful story.
  5. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I first met this book at Camp Strawderman, and have loved it ever since.
  6. The Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling
  7. Alvin Maker series, Orson Scott Card
  8. Watchers and Lightening, both by Dean Koontz
  9. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  10. The Last Juror, John Grisham
  11. A Time to Kill, John Grisham
  12. Exodus, Leon Uris
  13. Mila 18, Leon Uris
  14. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (Don’t like the philosophy, but everyone ought to know “Who is John Galt?”)
  15. Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
  16. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Fannie Flagg
  17. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L’Engle
  18. The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown
  19. Hamlet, William Shakespeare
  20. The Diary of Anne Frank
  21. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel
  22. Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
  23. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
  24. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
  25. The Door in the Wall, Marguerite De Angeli
  26. The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
  27. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
  28. Nancy Drew books, Caroline Keene
  29. Dana Girls books, Caroline Keene
  30. Trixie Belden books
  31. Cherry Ames books
  32. The Bobbsey Twins, Laura Lee Hope
  33. Charlotte's Web,E. B. White
  34. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,Judy Blume
  35. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst
  36. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
  37. Kill Me, Stephen White
  38. The Ballad novels, Sharon McCrumb
  39. Seventh Son, Orson Scott Card
  40. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
  41. How Reading Changed My Life, Anna Quindlen
Author Comments: 

I swore when I got out of graduate school that I would never again read a book that I did not want to read, so my list may not look terribly intellectual - but I enjoyed every book on it, whether I read it for myself or whether I read it to my children or a class. These aren't necessarily my all-time favorites, just books I like.