As of this post, I have now posted 103 things on this site. Who knew I had so much to say? To celebrate, here’s a completely random list of great books (and some comics).
I pulled these titles right off my shelves, looking for books I’ve almost worn out with re-reading. This isn’t a list of the best books ever written (well, some of them are). It’s just a list of the books that have most influenced me and/or made me happy. That’s why there are so many children’s books on this list – they’ve influenced me the longest and probably the most.
So, here are 103 of my favorite things, right up there with rainbows on roses and whiskers on kittens. Have fun with them!
- The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling
- The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
- Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie
- What Happens in London, by Julia Quinn
- So Big, by Edna Ferber
- A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
- The Wheel on the School, by Meindert DeJong
- Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Masquerade, by Terry Pratchett
- The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
- World War Z, by Max Brooks
- A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Unveiled, by Courtney Milan
- The Duchess War, by Courtney Milan
- Fast Women, by Jennifer Crusie
- The Sum of All Kisses, by Julia Quinn
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Philip K. Dick
- Except for Me and Thee, by Jessamyn West
- Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- Ladder of Years, by Anne Tyler
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson
- Genie, by Russ Rymer
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
- Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
- Mama Makes Up Her Mind, by Bailey White
- Bad Mother, by Ayelet Waldeman
- Operating Instructions, by Anne Lamont
- War for the Oaks, by Emma Bull
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- R is for Rocket, by Ray Bradbury
- The Pied Piper, by Nevil Shute
- Earthsea Trilogy, by Ursula K. LeGuin
- The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
- Calico Palace, by Gwen Bristow
- The Shining, by Stephen King
- Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman
- One Child, by Torey Hayden
- Beyond Heaving Bosoms, by Sarah Wendell
- Circle Round, by Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill
- These is My Words, by Nancy E. Turner
- The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
- Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- Passage, by Connie Willis
- A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman
- The Princess Bride, by Willam Goldman
- The Silicon Mage, by Barbara Hambly
- Skirmish, Melisa E. Michaels
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell
- Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
- The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
- MaddAdam, by Margaret Atwood
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
- Finding Nouf, by Zoe Farraris
- Fast Women, by Jennifer Crusie
- To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis
- Riveted, by Meljean Brook
- Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
- The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine PAtersoa
- Alif the Unseen, by G. Willow Wilson
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle
- The House at World’s End, by Monica Dickens
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field
- Anastasia Krupnik, by Lois Lowry
- The BFG, by Roald Dahl
- Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
- A Town Like Alice, by Nevil shute
- The Newsflesh Trilogy, by Mira Grant
- Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Warm Bodies, by
- The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
- Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
- I Wish I Had a Red Dress, by Pearl Cleage
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
- Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett
- The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
- Through a Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick
- Letters to Ms.
- Elfquest, issues 1 – 20, by Wendy and richard PinR
- Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Kindred, by Octavia Butler
- Warday, by Whitely Strieber and Jim Kunetka
- Beauty, by Robin McKinely
- On the Road with Charles Kuralt, by Charles Kuralt
- The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen joy Fowler
- The Tiffany Aching Series, by Terry Pratchett
- Smilla’s Sense of Snow, by Peter Hoeg
- Polar Star, by Martin Cruz Smith
- Mrs. Mike, by Benedict and Nancy Mars Freedman
- The Bloodwing Voyages, by Diane Duane
- Last Chance to See, by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
- The Essential Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling and Delia Sherman
Happy 103!
