Fantasy & Science Fiction
Wildwood Dancing, Juliette Marillier
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
Harry Potter (all), J.K. Rowling
The Hunger Games (trilogy), Suzanne Collins
Graceling & Fire, Kristin Cashore
The Tale of Despereaux, Kate Dicamillo
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
The Last Unicorn, Peter Beagle
Watership Down, Richard Adams
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
A Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
General Novels
The Curious Incident of Dog in the Night Time, Mark Haddon
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
Long Way Down, Nick Hornby
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
On Beauty, Zadie Smith
Exodus, Leon Uris
Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen |
Memoir & Travel
And, Also, My Palms Are Sweaty, Gigi Griffis (Shameless self plug)
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America, Mark Ehrman
Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
Cooking for Mr. Latte, Amanda Hesser
Non-Fiction
The Downtown Girl’s Guide to Wine, multiple authors
Jewish Literacy, Joseph Telushkin
Sexually, I’m More of a Switzerland, David Rose
What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People, Joe Navarro
French Women Don’t Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano
Blah, Blah, Blah, Dan Roam
Poetry & Plays
The Wasteland and Other Poems, T.S. Eliot
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde |
