This is probably my favorite list. Almost every book on here that I haven't read yet, I want to read soon!
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Monday, July 21, 2008
Orange Award Winners Challenge
2008
The Road Home, by Rose Tremain - WINNER
Fault Lines, by Nancy Huston
The Outcast, by Sadie Jones
When We Were Bad, by Charlotte Mendelson
Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather O'Neill
Lottery, by Patricia Wood
2007
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - WINNER
Arlington Park, by Rachel Cusk
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo
The Observations, by Jane Harris
Digging to America, by Anne Tyler
2006On Beauty, by Zadie Smith - WINNER
The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
Beyond Black, by Hilary Mantel
The Accidental, by Ali Smith
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, by Carrie Tiffany
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters
2005
We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver - WINNER
Old Filth, by Jane Gardam
The Mammoth Cheese, by Sheri Holman
Liars and Saints, by Maile Meloy
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka
2004
Small Island, by Andrea Levy - WINNER
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ice Road, by Gillian Slovo
The Colour, by Rose Tremain
2003
Property, by Valerie Martin - WINNER
Buddha Da, by Anne Donovan
Heligoland, by Shena Mackay
Unless, by Carol Shields
The Autograph Man, by Zadie Smith
The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt
2002
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett- WINNER
No Bones, by Anna Burns
The Siege, by Helen Dunmore
The White Family, by Maggie Gee
A Child's Book of True Crime, by Chloe Hooper
Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters
2001
The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville - WINNER
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
Fred & Edie, by Jill Dawson
Hotel World, by Ali Smith
Homestead, by Rosina Lippi
Horse Heaven, by Jane Smiley
2000
When I Lived in Modern Times, by Linda Grant - WINNER
If I Told You Once, by Judy Budnitz
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
The Dancers Dancing, by Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
1999
A Crime in the Neighborhood, by Suzanne Berne - WINNER
The Short History of a Prince, by Jane Hamilton
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
Paradise, by Toni Morrison
The Leper's Companions, by Julia Blackburn
Visible Worlds, by Marilyn Bowering
1998
Larry's Party, by Carol Shield - WINNER
Lives of the Monster Dogs, by Kirsten Bakis
The Ventriloquist's Tale, by Pauline Melville
The Magician's Assistant, by Ann Patchett
Love Like Hate Adore, by Deirdre Purcell
The Weight of Water, by Anita Shreve
1997
Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels - WINNER
Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood
One by One in the Darkness, by Deirdre Madden
Accordion Crimes, by E. Annie Proulx
Hen's Teeth, by Manda Scott
I Was Amelia Earhart, by Jane Mendelsohn
1996
A Spell of Winter, by Helen Dunmore - WINNER
The Book of Colour, by Julia Blackburn
Spinsters, by Pagan Kennedy
The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan
Ladder of Years, by Anne Tyler
Eveless Eden, by Marianne Wiggins
The Road Home, by Rose Tremain - WINNER
Fault Lines, by Nancy Huston
The Outcast, by Sadie Jones
When We Were Bad, by Charlotte Mendelson
Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather O'Neill
Lottery, by Patricia Wood
2007
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - WINNER
Arlington Park, by Rachel Cusk
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo
The Observations, by Jane Harris
Digging to America, by Anne Tyler
2006On Beauty, by Zadie Smith - WINNER
The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
Beyond Black, by Hilary Mantel
The Accidental, by Ali Smith
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, by Carrie Tiffany
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters
2005
We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver - WINNER
Old Filth, by Jane Gardam
The Mammoth Cheese, by Sheri Holman
Liars and Saints, by Maile Meloy
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka
2004
Small Island, by Andrea Levy - WINNER
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ice Road, by Gillian Slovo
The Colour, by Rose Tremain
2003
Property, by Valerie Martin - WINNER
Buddha Da, by Anne Donovan
Heligoland, by Shena Mackay
Unless, by Carol Shields
The Autograph Man, by Zadie Smith
The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt
2002
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett- WINNER
No Bones, by Anna Burns
The Siege, by Helen Dunmore
The White Family, by Maggie Gee
A Child's Book of True Crime, by Chloe Hooper
Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters
2001
The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville - WINNER
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
Fred & Edie, by Jill Dawson
Hotel World, by Ali Smith
Homestead, by Rosina Lippi
Horse Heaven, by Jane Smiley
2000
When I Lived in Modern Times, by Linda Grant - WINNER
If I Told You Once, by Judy Budnitz
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
The Dancers Dancing, by Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
1999
A Crime in the Neighborhood, by Suzanne Berne - WINNER
The Short History of a Prince, by Jane Hamilton
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
Paradise, by Toni Morrison
The Leper's Companions, by Julia Blackburn
Visible Worlds, by Marilyn Bowering
1998
Larry's Party, by Carol Shield - WINNER
Lives of the Monster Dogs, by Kirsten Bakis
The Ventriloquist's Tale, by Pauline Melville
The Magician's Assistant, by Ann Patchett
Love Like Hate Adore, by Deirdre Purcell
The Weight of Water, by Anita Shreve
1997
Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels - WINNER
Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood
One by One in the Darkness, by Deirdre Madden
Accordion Crimes, by E. Annie Proulx
Hen's Teeth, by Manda Scott
I Was Amelia Earhart, by Jane Mendelsohn
1996
A Spell of Winter, by Helen Dunmore - WINNER
The Book of Colour, by Julia Blackburn
Spinsters, by Pagan Kennedy
The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan
Ladder of Years, by Anne Tyler
Eveless Eden, by Marianne Wiggins
Friday, July 18, 2008
New Classics Challenge Aug 1-Jan 31
http://lostinagoodstory.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-classics-challenge.html
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)
3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987)
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997)
6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87)
14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)
15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000)
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)
17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988)
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990)
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998)
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001)
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992)
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)
61. Money, Martin Amis (1985)
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997)
65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)
66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997)
67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003)
68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)
73. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999)
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003)
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)
3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987)
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997)
6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997)
11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer (1997)
12. Blindness, José Saramago (1998)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87)
14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates (1992)
15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (2000)
16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (1986)
17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (1988)
18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike (1990)
19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998)
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (1998)
39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri (2000)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1984)
42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard (1983)
43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette (1988)
44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene (1991)
45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985)
48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998)
49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992)
50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001)
51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom (1990)
52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan (1992)
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000)
54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000)
55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006)
56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993)
57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987)
58. Drop City, TC Boyle (2003)
59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat (1995)
60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)
61. Money, Martin Amis (1985)
62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick (1994)
63. Pastoralia, George Saunders (2000)
64. Underworld, Don DeLillo (1997)
65. The Giver, Lois Lowry (1993)
66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace (1997)
67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003)
68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006)
69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992)
70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)
73. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1989)
74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger (1990)
75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983)
76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998)
77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984)
81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)
82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002)
83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999)
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (2003)
92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1987)
93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1991)
94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2001)
95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman (1998)
96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2003)
97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson (1992)
98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck (1988)
99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1995)
100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)
Daring Girls Challenge
http://daringbookchallenge.blogspot.com/
20 Girl Classics
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and other books
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds,
Civil War Spy by Seymour Reit
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Magical Melons by Carol Ryrie Brink
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton (series of 21 books)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitshugh
The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander (series of 5 books)
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Keep Climbing, Girls by Beah H. Richards
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (series of 3 books)
Lizzie Bright and The Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
Mandy by Julie Andrews
Matilda and The BFG by Roald Dahl
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer Godden
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Ramona by Beverly Cleary (series of 8 books)
Other Favorites
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (series of 7 books)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (series of 7 books)
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency and other madcap stories by Daniel Pinkwater
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne
When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (series of 7 books)
Robot Series by Isaac Asimov (series of 4 books plus short stories, must read the 4 books)Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (series of 9 books)
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin (series of 3 books)
Dragonsong Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey (series of 3 books)
The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Classic Girl and Her Horse Books
Black Beauty by Anne Sewell
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Mythologies and Fairy Tales
Bullfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch (note: this is 888 pages long, keep that in mind when making your list)
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (note: this is 1120 pages long, keep that in mind when making your list)
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm (note: this is 880 pages long, keep that in mind when making your list)
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
The Odyssey by Homer
Old Fashioned Girl Detective Series
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (series of 56 books [the originals]) see here.
Trixie Belden by Julie Campbell (series of 39 books)
20 Girl Classics
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and other books
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds,
Civil War Spy by Seymour Reit
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Magical Melons by Carol Ryrie Brink
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton (series of 21 books)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitshugh
The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander (series of 5 books)
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Keep Climbing, Girls by Beah H. Richards
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (series of 3 books)
Lizzie Bright and The Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
Mandy by Julie Andrews
Matilda and The BFG by Roald Dahl
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer Godden
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Ramona by Beverly Cleary (series of 8 books)
Other Favorites
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (series of 7 books)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (series of 7 books)
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency and other madcap stories by Daniel Pinkwater
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne
When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (series of 7 books)
Robot Series by Isaac Asimov (series of 4 books plus short stories, must read the 4 books)Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (series of 9 books)
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin (series of 3 books)
Dragonsong Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey (series of 3 books)
The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Classic Girl and Her Horse Books
Black Beauty by Anne Sewell
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Mythologies and Fairy Tales
Bullfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch (note: this is 888 pages long, keep that in mind when making your list)
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (note: this is 1120 pages long, keep that in mind when making your list)
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm (note: this is 880 pages long, keep that in mind when making your list)
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
The Odyssey by Homer
Old Fashioned Girl Detective Series
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (series of 56 books [the originals]) see here.
Trixie Belden by Julie Campbell (series of 39 books)
Pelham Library's List of Banned Books 2008
Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
The House of the Spirits
Fair and Tender Ladies
Flowers In The Attic
Go Ask Alice
The Handmaid's Tale
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Go Tell It on the Mountain
In The Heat Of The Night
On My Honor
Figure In The Shadows
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Olive's Ocean
Forever
Earth’s Children (Series)
Fahrenheit 451
The Martian Chronicles
Girl 15, Charming but Insane
The Moves Make the Man
Prince of Tides
Clockwork Orange
Naked Lunch
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Adventures of the Blue Avenger
Ricochet River
The Goats
Jump Ship to Freedom
My Brother Sam Is Dead
Crazy Lady!
Les Miserables
Watchmen
The Lords of Discipline
Tropic of Cancer
The Golden Compass (series)
Princess Diaries (series)
Just Listen
The Terrorist
Alice (Series)
Inkheart
Freedom Writers Diary
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
The Chocolate War
Stotan!
The Scarlet Letter
American Tragedy
Killing Mr. Griffin
Such is My Beloved
Invisible Man
As I Lay Dying
The Wars
The Great Gatsby
Pillars Of The Earth
The Diary of a Young Girl
America
Love in the Time of Cholera
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Annie on My Mind
Grendel
Julie of the Wolves
Lord Of The Flies
Ordinary People
Stones from the River
Catch-22
It's Not the End of the World
James and the Giant Peach
The Cider House Rules
The Indian in the Cupboard
Who Is Frances Rain?
We All Fall Down
The Sun Also Rises
Red Sky at Morning
The Outsiders
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Animal Farm
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Flowers for Algernon
It
Leaves of Grass
Just Listen
The Talisman
Carrie
Tommyknockers
Different Seasons
A Separate Peace
Funhouse
Sons and Lovers
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Women in Love
The Diviners
The Beet Fields
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Wrinkle in Time
Richard II
Of Mice And Men
East of Eden
Catcher in the Rye
Ulysses
The Naked and The Dead
Sanctuary
Who Has Seen The Wind
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Kane & Abel
The Satanic Verses
Sexy
Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Scary Stories
Cradle and All
Gossip Girl (series)
Frankenstein
Harry Potter (series)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Color Purple
Kaffir Boy
Fallen Angels
A Light in the Attic
The Lovely Bones
The Giver
Bridge to Terabithia
Jacob Have I Loved
Call of the Wild
Canterbury Tales
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Don Quixote
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Tenth Circle
Dr. Zhivago
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
The Chronicles Of Prydain (series)
In Cold Blood
The Hammer of Eden
Witches
Anastasia Krupnik
Bluest Eye
Beloved
The Pigman
Deenie
The Boy Who Lost His Face
The Wars
Slaughterhouse-Five
Native Son
Jack
Tiger Eyes
Dead Zone
Always Running : La Vida Loca:
Song of Solomon
Summer of My German Soldier
Running Loose
How to Eat Fried Worms
The View from the Cherry Tree
The Headless Cupid
Terrorist
A Time to Kill
Earth, My Butt, & Other Big Round Things
Lolita
Brokeback Mountain
The Kite Runner
Dangerous Girls
The Grapes of Wrath
Doll Baby
When Jeff Comes Home
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)
Luna
What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Hold Fast
Lives of Girls and Women
Suite Française
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Underground To Canada
How Do You Spell Abducted?
Black Like Me
Doctor Zhivago
Snow Falling on Cedars
13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and
Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
The House of the Spirits
Fair and Tender Ladies
Flowers In The Attic
Go Ask Alice
The Handmaid's Tale
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Go Tell It on the Mountain
In The Heat Of The Night
On My Honor
Figure In The Shadows
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Olive's Ocean
Forever
Earth’s Children (Series)
Fahrenheit 451
The Martian Chronicles
Girl 15, Charming but Insane
The Moves Make the Man
Prince of Tides
Clockwork Orange
Naked Lunch
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Adventures of the Blue Avenger
Ricochet River
The Goats
Jump Ship to Freedom
My Brother Sam Is Dead
Crazy Lady!
Les Miserables
Watchmen
The Lords of Discipline
Tropic of Cancer
The Golden Compass (series)
Princess Diaries (series)
Just Listen
The Terrorist
Alice (Series)
Inkheart
Freedom Writers Diary
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
The Chocolate War
Stotan!
The Scarlet Letter
American Tragedy
Killing Mr. Griffin
Such is My Beloved
Invisible Man
As I Lay Dying
The Wars
The Great Gatsby
Pillars Of The Earth
The Diary of a Young Girl
America
Love in the Time of Cholera
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Annie on My Mind
Grendel
Julie of the Wolves
Lord Of The Flies
Ordinary People
Stones from the River
Catch-22
It's Not the End of the World
James and the Giant Peach
The Cider House Rules
The Indian in the Cupboard
Who Is Frances Rain?
We All Fall Down
The Sun Also Rises
Red Sky at Morning
The Outsiders
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Animal Farm
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Flowers for Algernon
It
Leaves of Grass
Just Listen
The Talisman
Carrie
Tommyknockers
Different Seasons
A Separate Peace
Funhouse
Sons and Lovers
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Women in Love
The Diviners
The Beet Fields
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Wrinkle in Time
Richard II
Of Mice And Men
East of Eden
Catcher in the Rye
Ulysses
The Naked and The Dead
Sanctuary
Who Has Seen The Wind
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Kane & Abel
The Satanic Verses
Sexy
Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Scary Stories
Cradle and All
Gossip Girl (series)
Frankenstein
Harry Potter (series)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Color Purple
Kaffir Boy
Fallen Angels
A Light in the Attic
The Lovely Bones
The Giver
Bridge to Terabithia
Jacob Have I Loved
Call of the Wild
Canterbury Tales
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Don Quixote
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Tenth Circle
Dr. Zhivago
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
The Chronicles Of Prydain (series)
In Cold Blood
The Hammer of Eden
Witches
Anastasia Krupnik
Bluest Eye
Beloved
The Pigman
Deenie
The Boy Who Lost His Face
The Wars
Slaughterhouse-Five
Native Son
Jack
Tiger Eyes
Dead Zone
Always Running : La Vida Loca:
Song of Solomon
Summer of My German Soldier
Running Loose
How to Eat Fried Worms
The View from the Cherry Tree
The Headless Cupid
Terrorist
A Time to Kill
Earth, My Butt, & Other Big Round Things
Lolita
Brokeback Mountain
The Kite Runner
Dangerous Girls
The Grapes of Wrath
Doll Baby
When Jeff Comes Home
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)
Luna
What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Hold Fast
Lives of Girls and Women
Suite Française
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Underground To Canada
How Do You Spell Abducted?
Black Like Me
Doctor Zhivago
Snow Falling on Cedars
13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and
Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
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