“To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.”
Gaston Bachelard, French Philosopher
Favorite Books
Favorite Poetry Page
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Children's & Young Adult Books
Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, Judy Bloom
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White
Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Forever, Judy Bloom
Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor
Rumble Fish, S.E. Hinton
That Was Then, This Is Now, S.E. Hinton
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
The Anne of Green Gables Series, Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis
The Little House on the Prarie Series, Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
Favorite Authors
Pat Conroy: The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides & Beach Music.
Anne Rivers Siddons: Heartbreak Hotel, The House Next Door, Fox's Earth, Peachtree Road, Outer Banks, Colony, Downtown, Up Island, Low Country & Sweetwater Creek.
Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice & Emma
Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby & Beloved
Wally Lamb: She’s Come Undone & I Know This Much is True
Nicholas Sparks: Message in a Bottle & The Notebook
Rita Mae Brown: Ruby Fruit Jungle & Venus Envy
William Goldman: The Color of Light & The Princess Bride
Dan Brown: Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, Deception Point & The Da Vinci Code
General Fiction
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Ashes in the Wind, Kathleen Woodiwiss
Christy, Catherine Marshall
Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy
Fear of Flying, Erica Jong
How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Terry McMillan
How to Make an American Quilt, Whitney Otto
Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Love Story, Erich Segal
Mother of Pearl, Melinda Haynes
Native Son, Richard Wright
North and South, John Jakes
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Out of Africa, Isak Dinesen
Shining Through, Susan Isaacs
The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller
The Cinderella Complex, Colette Dowling
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Mitch Albom
The Honest Courtesan, Margaret Rosenthal
The Invisible Man, Ralph Waldo Ellison
The Life & Loves of a She-Devil, Fay Weldon
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Rapture of Canaan, Sheri Reynolds
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kid
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Science Fiction & Fantasy
A Game of Thrones Series, George R.R. Martin
Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear & Darwin's Children
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Swan Song, Robert R. McCammon
The Anita Blake Series, Laurell K. Hamilton
The Dexter Series, Jeff Lindsay
The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher
The Hannibal Series, Thomas Harris
The Manifold Series, Stephen Baxter
