I have read HUNDREDS of books- some the dreaded assigned books for school (more than one of which I totally enjoyed) but most for pleasure, to expand my knowledge, and in the case of a rare few, to make me cry as I laugh out loud. Below is a list of some of these treasures...books I read as a child, read to my children, shared with my sister Ellen and cousin Margie (provided they were returned undamaged) and some I visit over and over...
1. "A" Is for Alibi Sue Grafton (I have read a number of her books- fairly sure I got through F and then checked in several times later in the alphabet)
2. 10th Anniversary James Patterson
3. 13 little blue envelopes Maureen Johnson (My daughter and I read this and both of us enjoyed them- can't wait to read the sequel!)
4. 1st to Die James Patterson
5. 2nd Chance James Patterson
6. 3rd Degree James Patterson
7. 4th of July James Patterson
8. 7th Heaven James Patterson
9. 8th Confession James Patterson
10. A Land Without Time John Sumser (A really good RPCV story about an Afganistan that no longer exists.)
11. A Man in Full Tom Wolfe (Horrific rape scene- the stuff of nightmares)
12. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
13. A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle
14. A Time to Kill John Grisham
15. A Tree grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith (Early NYC and how the poor survived- beautiful story)
16. A Wind in the Door Madeleine L'Engle
17. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
18. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst
19. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum
20. Along Came a Spider James Patterson
21. And The Band Played On Randy Shilts (Still makes me mad)
22. Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt (Not sure why the man had to bash his mom so and lets his father off scot free, but burning the wall a stick at a time- priceless)
23. Angels Marian Keyes
24. Anne Frank Remembered Miep Gies
25. Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl (Makes that terrible time real- hauntingly real)
26. Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery (I have read most of this series but I like this one best)
27. Antigone Sophocles (High School... clearly)
28. Anybody Out There? Marian Keyes
29. Are You There God, It’s me, Margaret Judy Blume (as close to a birds & bees talk as I ever got)
30. Bachelor Girl Roger Lea MacBride
31. Bargain for Frances Russell Hoban
32. Battleground WEB Griffin
33. Behind the Lines WEB Griffin
34. Being There Jerzy Kosinski
35. Black Ops WEB Griffin
36. Blood and Honor WEB Griffin
37. Blowback Brad Thor
38. Blubber Judy Blume
39. Brian’s Return Gary Paulsen
40. Brian’s Winter Gary Paulsen
41. Bridge of Courage Jennifer Harbury (Guatemala lit- post Peace Corps, it really broke my heart)
42. By Order of the President WEB Griffin (A great new series set in modern day)
43. By the Shores of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder
44. Call to Arms WEB Griffin
45. Cat and Mouse James Patterson (Scared me sleepless)
46. Cat in the Hat Dr. Suess
47. Charlotte’s Web E. B. White
48. Chronicles of Narnia series (7) C.S.Lewis (So so good as a series- wonderful tales)
49. Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy (Crappy)
50. City Girl Patricia Scanlan
51. City Lives Patricia Scanlan
52. Clear and Present Danger Tom Clancy
53. Close Combat WEB Griffin
54. Coming Plague Laurie Garrett (Wonderfully human examination of infectious desease and the race to understand it.)
55. Counterattack WEB Griffin
56. Covert Warriors WEB Griffin
57. Cricket in Time Square by George Selden
58. Death and Honor WEB Griffin
59. Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller (High School and again in college...Nothing else to choose from?)
60. Debt of Honor Tom Clancy
61. Deenie Judy Blume
62. Dewey Vicki Myron (A great story about a really cool cat)
63. Double Wedding Patricia Scanlan
64. Eat Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert (She may have written this just so I would find it)
65. Eleven on Top Janet Evanovich
66. Evening Class Maeve Binchy
67. Exodus by Leon Uris (Israel's fight)
68. Explosive Eighteen Janet Evanovich
69. Farmer Boy Laura Ingalls Wilder
70. Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich
71. Final Justice WEB Griffin
72. Fine Things Danielle Steele
73. Finger Lickin' Fifteen Janet Evanovich
74. Finishing Touches Patricia Scanlan
75. Firefly Lane Kristin Hannah
76. Five Days in Paris Danielle Steele
77. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood Ann Brashares
78. Forever Judy Blume (yeah, 5th grade was a little early for this one...)
79. Foul Play Janet Evanovich
80. Four to Score Janet Evanovich
81. Francesca’s Party Patricia Scanlan
82. Franny and Zooey J.D. Salinger
83. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg (A favorite from childhood, though who can remember typewriters anymore?)
84. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood Ann Brashares
85. Go Ask Alice
86. Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell (Read it in Guatemala and found out how much was left out of the movie)
87. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
88. Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Suess
89. Guatemala: Eternal Spring, Eternal Tyranny Jean Marie Simon (Heartbreaking beauty)
90. Guatemalan Journey
91. Guests of the Ayatollah Mark Bowden
92. Hamlet William Shakespeare
93. Hard Eight Janet Evanovich
So I am a HUGE Harry Potter nerd so I have read these over and over and over again...
94. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling
95. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling
96. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling
97. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling
98. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling
99. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling
100. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling
101. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
102. Hatchet Gary Paulsen
103. High Five Janet Evanovich
104. Honor Bound WEB Griffin (Love these characters and visit them often)
105. Horton hears a who Dr. Suess
106. Hot Six Janet Evanovich
107. How The Grinch stole Christmas Dr. Suess (Christmas classic)
108. I, Rigoberta Menchu Rigoberta Menchú (A look at the war on the Mayans of Guatemala in the 80's)
109. Illusions Richard Bach
110. In Danger’s Path WEB Griffin
111. In the Land of the Big Red Apple Roger Lea MacBride
112. Island of the Blue Dolphin Scott O’Dell
113. Jack & Jill James Patterson
114. Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
115. Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
116. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach
117. Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
118. Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
119. Kiss the Girls James Patterson
120. Last Chance Saloon Marian Keyes
121. Lean Mean Thirteen Janet Evanovich
122. Line of Fire WEB Griffin
123. Little Farm in the Ozarks Roger Lea MacBride
124. Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder
125. Little House on Rocky Ridge Roger Lea MacBride (The rest of Laura Ingalls Wilder's story)
126. Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder
127. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
128. Little Town in the Ozarks Roger Lea MacBride
129. Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder (I really loved this volume of the series)
130. Little Women Louise May Alcott (Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy- with Laurie, bring me joy)
131. London Bridges James Patterson
132. Love Story Erich Segal (Love means never having to say you're sorry...")
133. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married Marian Keyes (This author came over from Ireland with a visitor and went round and round. A new favorite author was discovered)
134. Macbeth William Shakespeare
135. Men in Blue WEB Griffin
136. Mirror, Mirror Patricia Scanlan (Prepare to laugh out loud)
137. Motor Mouth Janet Evanovich
138. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
139. New Dawn on Rocky Ridge Roger Lea MacBride
140. Nights of Rain and Stars Maeve Binchy
141. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
142. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
143. Oh the places you’ll go Dr. Suess
144. On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (For a college project)
145. On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder
146. On the Banks of the Bayou Roger Lea MacBride
147. On the Other Side of the Hill Roger Lea MacBride
148. Once in a Lifetime Danielle Steele
149. One for the Money Janet Evanovich (My son gets embarrassed when I laugh out loud reading this series- LOVE Stephanie Plum)
150. One Thousand White Women Jim Fergus (I was not prepared for how good this was)
151. Otherwise known as Sheila the Great Judy Blume (I love Sheila)
152. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern (SO much better than the movie- laughing out loud while crying so hard snot ran down my face- WONDERFUL)
153. Palestine: Peace not Apartheid Jimmy Carter ( a hard look at an impossible situation)
154. Patriot Games Tom Clancy
155. Portraits in Courage JFK (For HS and SO good!)
156. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (Where are the Mr. Darcy's of today?)
157. Promises, Promises Patricia Scanlan (Need to read it with it's sequel)
158. Quentins Maeve Binchy
159. Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes (Sad, hard and well worth reading)
160. Rainbow Six Tom Clancy
161. Retreat, Hell! WEB Griffin
162. River of lost voices Mark Brazaitis (RPCV Guatemala stories)
163. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
164. Roses Are Red James Patterson
165. Schindler’s List Thomas Keneally
166. Searching for Everardo Jennifer Harbury
167. Secret Honor WEB Griffin
168. Secrets Danielle Steele
169. Semper Fi WEB Griffin
170. Seven Up Janet Evanovich
171. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
172. She Said Yes Misty Bernall
173. Silver Wedding Maeve Binchy
174. Sizzling Sixteen Janet Evanovich
175. Smokin' Seventeen Janet Evanovich
176. Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
177. Special Operations (Badge of Honor) WEB Griffin
178. Special Ops (Brotherhood of War) WEB Griffin
179. Stuart Little E. B. White (Sr. Patricia Graham read a chapter a week to us in 1st Grade... WONDERFUL)
180. Sue Barton: Neighborhood Nurse Helen Dore Boylston (When we decided as children to become nurses, my cousin Kathleen and I read Sue Barton over and over)
181. Sue Barton: Rural Nurse Helen Dore Boylston
182. Sue Barton: Senior Nurse Helen Dore Boylston
183. Sue Barton: Staff Nurse Helen Dore Boylston
184. Sue Barton: Student Nurse Helen Dore Boylston
185. Sue Barton: Superintendent Nurse Helen Dore Boylston
186. Sue Barton: Visiting Nurse Helen Dore Boylston
187. Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing Judy Blume (Poor Turtle...)
188. Ten Big Ones Janet Evanovich
189. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy (Read it as a Junior in HS and was surprisingly engrossed in the story)
190. The 5th Horseman James Patterson
191. The 6th Target James Patterson
192. The 9th Judgment James Patterson
193. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
194. The Adventures of Ulysses Bernard Evslin (All you could want to know about Greek/Roman gods)
195. The Assassin WEB Griffin
196. The Aviators WEB Griffin (The first book from this author that I ever read- I picked it up in the Barnes and Noble Annex in Manhattan and fell in love. )
197. The Berets WEB Griffin
198. The Big Bad Wolf James Patterson
199. The Bridge Across Forever Richard Bach (This book brought me back after a broken college romance)
200. The Brightest Star in the Sky Marian Keyes
201. The Captains WEB Griffin
202. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards Lilian Jackson Braun (I have read a bunch of these, but to pick out all of them is impossible)
203. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
204. The Christmas Box Richard Paul Evans
205. The Colonels WEB Griffin
206. The Commitments Roddy Doyle
207. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
208. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
209. The Double Agents WEB Griffin
210. The Fighting Agents WEB Griffin
211. The First Commandment Brad Thor
212. The First Four Years Laura Ingalls Wilder
213. The Generals WEB Griffin (Not my favorite- the only one I don't own, cause I won't ever read it again.)
214. The Glory Herman Wouk (The nation of Israel)
215. The Grand Finale Janet Evanovich
216. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
217. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (6) Douglas Adams (I have read all six books in the trilogy)
218. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
219. The Honor of Spies WEB Griffin
220. The Hope Herman Wouk (The dream of Israel)
221. The Hostage WEB Griffin
222. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
223. The Hunters WEB Griffin
224. The Investigators WEB Griffin
225. The Jungle Upton Sinclair (Mr. Gentile, I am still mad you spoiled Christmas dinner making me read this. Meatpacking at the turn of the last century- gross and sad and did I mention GROSS!)
226. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan ( I enjoyed this more than the Joy Luck Club)
227. The Last Heroes WEB Griffin
228. The Letter Richard Paul Evans
229. The Lieutenants WEB Griffin (Loved Ken McCoy from the very beginning)
230. The Lilac Bus Maeve Binchy
231. The Long Night of White Chickens Francisco Goldman (Guatemalan mystery)
232. The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder (The horror of the 1880-81 De Smet winter)
233. The Majors WEB Griffin
234. The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett
235. The Messiah Marjorie Holmes
236. The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka (Why do they make us read this? Why?)
237. The Moonstone Wilkie Collins (For my mystery fiction class my sophomore year in college- LOVED IT)
238. The Murderers WEB Griffin
239. The New Breed WEB Griffin
240. The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore
241. The Old Man and the Sea Earnest Hemingway
242. The Once and Future King T. H. White (Read this for school the summer I was in Ireland- great story of King Arthur)
243. The Other Side of the Story Marian Keyes
244. The Other Wise Man Henry van Dyke (A Christmas story for Easter)
245. The Outlaws WEB Griffin
246. The Outsiders S.E. Hilton (Because we are all outsiders at some point)
247. The Pearl John Steinbeck
248. The Pigman Paul Zindel (HS would not have been the same without the stories- assurance that everybody feels that was in HS)
249. The Pigman's Legacy Paul Zindel
250. The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
251. The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain
252. The Promise Danielle Steele ( Her first story)
253. The Saboteurs WEB Griffin
254. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood Ann Brashares
255. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
256. The Secret Warriors WEB Griffin
257. The Shooters WEB Griffin
258. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares (Love these teenagers)
259. The Soldier Spies WEB Griffin
260. The Spy who came in from the Cold John le Carré
261. The Spymasters WEB Griffin
262. The Story of my life: Helen Keller (Shows what is possible)
263. The Tales of Beedle the Bard J.K. Rowling
264. The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough (Read it in the back of my uncle's van on our way back from visiting Ohio)
265. The Traffickers WEB Griffin
266. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams (Still sad)
267. The Victim WEB Griffin
268. The Vigilantes WEB Griffin
269. The Wedding Letters Jason F. Wright (LOVE the idea of wedding letters)
270. The Wednesday Sisters Meg Waite Clayton (A group of moms who become writers)
271. The Witness WEB Griffin
272. Then Again, Maybe I won’t Judy Blume
273. These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder
274. Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright
275. This Charming Man Marian Keyes (He was not so charming in the end...)
276. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson (I read this and loved it... it is sad it is not all true)
277. Three to Get Deadly Janet Evanovich
278. Tiger Eyes Judy Blume
279. Timepiece Richard Paul Evans
280. To the Nines Janet Evanovich
281. Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
282. Trinity Leon Uris (Historical Fiction of Ireland becoming an independant nation)
283. Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
284. Twelve Sharp Janet Evanovich
285. Two for the Dough Janet Evanovich
286. Under Fire WEB Griffin
287. Under the Duvet Marian Keyes
288. Unfinished Conquest: A Guatemalan tragedy Victor Pererea (A hard look at Guatemalan history)
289. Victory And Honor WEB Griffin
290. Violets Are Blue James Patterson
291. Vital Signs (Three women doctors in Med School become lifelong friends)
292. Watermelon Marian Keyes (Pregnant is sometimes not pretty but always pretty funny)
293. What’s so Amazing about Grace Philip Yancy (A great book)
294. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
295. Without Remorse Tom Clancy (His best work- my favorite of his stories)
296. Woman Thou Art Loosed TD Jakes (This book was a game changer for me)
297. Zoya Danielle Steele
298. The Firm John Grisham (I read this in Guatemala- the first book of his I ever read- and could not put it down
299. Short Stories O. Henry (A Retrieved Reformation and The Gift of the Magi are favorites)
300. The Complete Sherlock Holmes: 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories (I love me some Sherlock Holmes!)
- A Study in Scarlet
- The Sign of the Four
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The Valley of Fear
And no, I have not read "The girl with" or "Twilight" or "50 shades of"... What surprised me most was that it took very little time to find these first 300... and that I still own copies of the vast majority...
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