These are the books I keep coming back to because they have something to tell me. |
Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Alcott, Louisa May Little Women Bach, Richard Illusions Berendt, John Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Bing, Rudolph A Knight at the Opera Blume, Judy Tiger Eyes Braun, Lilian Jackson The Cat Who . . . mysteries Breathnach, Sarah Ban Simple Abundance Dahl, Roald Matilda Delany, Sarah and A. Elizabeth with Amy Hill Hearth Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Downing, Century The Conspirator's Cookbook Doyle, Arthur Conan These are the short stories, which I prefer to the longer works. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Fitzhugh, Louise Harriet the Spy Flagg, Fannie Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe George, Anne Southern Sisters series Murder on A Girls' Night Out Murder on A Bad Hair Day Murder Runs in the Family Murder Makes Waves Murder Gets A Life Murder Shoots the Bull Murder Carries A Torch Murder Boogies with Elvis Gilbreth, Frank and Ernestine Cheaper by the Dozen Belles on Their Toes Gilman, Dorothy The Tightrope Walker The Clairvoyant Countess Kaleidescope Gilman is best known for Mrs. Pollifax. Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha Gregory, Phillipa The Other Boleyn Girl Grizzard, Lewis If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Hailey, Elizabeth Forsythe A Woman of Independent Means Hayden, Torey One Child Just Another Kid Herriot, James James Herriot's Dog Stories Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders Janey, Russell Miracle of the Bells Karon, Jan The Mitford series Kidder, Tracy Among Schoolchildren King, Stephen On Writing The Green Mile Kinsella, W. P. Shoeless Joe - This is the book Field of Dreams was based on. L'Engle, Madeleine A Circle of Quiet A Severed Wasp Certain Women The Summer of the Great-Grandmother A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle was my first favorite book and where my handle, Mrs. Whatsit, came from. Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Magicians Nephew The Last Battle Lindquist, Jennie D. The Golden Name Day The Little Silver House The Crystal Tree Lovelace, Maud Hart The Betsy-Tacy-Tib series Betsy-Tacy Betsy, Tacy, and Tib Betsy and Tacy go over the Big Hill Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown Heavens to Betsy Betsy In Spite of Herself Betsy was a Junior Betsy and Joe Betsy and the Great World Betsy's Wedding There is one book not about Betsy: Emily of Deep Valley Lowry, Lois The Giver McCaffrey, Anne Dragonsinger McMurtry, Larry Buffalo Girls Leaving Cheyenne Lonesome Dove Montgomery, L. M. The Blue Castle The Story Girl The Golden Road Montgomery is best known for the Anne of Green Gables books. Morley, Christopher Parnassus on Wheels The Haunted Bookshop Morris, Willie Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo My favorite author who is from my home state, Mississippi. I have been to see the grave of the Witch of Yazoo! Myrer, Anton The Last Convertible Newman, Daisy I Take Thee Serenity Portis, Charles True Grit Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game Safire, William Full Disclosure Sasson, Jean Princess Shawhan, Dorothy Lizzie Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Joy Comes in the Morning Maggie-Now Snyder, Zilpha Keatley The Egypt Game Stratton-Porter, Gene A Girl of the Limberlost Tartt, Donna The Secret History Thurber, James My Life and Hard Times Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings series The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the King My pet peeve is people who refer to The Lord of the Rings as one book. It is, in fact, three books. Now that you know this, I am sure you will never do it again, right? Vaughn, Alan Incredible Coincidence Voigt, Cynthia Homecoming Dicey's Song A Solitary Blue Walker, Alice The Color Purple Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle West, J. B. Upstairs at the White House White, Edward Lucas The Unwilling Vestal Wouk, Herman Marjorie Morningstar Short stories: Faulkner, William "A Rose for Emily" Henry, O. "After Twenty Years" Wilde, Oscar "The Happy Prince" |