A few of my favorite books
Aug 14th, 2005 by Accidental Thinker
I’ve had to temporarily suspend my reads in progress in favor of writing since I only have so many hours in the day, which means no new book reviews for a while (but stay tuned, my review of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell will appear in a blog near you as soon as I can make time to finish reading it). In the meantime, then, I present this list of a few of my favorite books. I can’t help it, I simply must write about reading periodically. Clearly, I’m a fan of classic children’s literature since there are so many on my list.
Children’s literature (roughly in the order I first read them):
- Little House on the Prairie
series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(C. S. Lewis)
- Little Women
(Louisa May Alcott)
- Where the Red Fern Grows
(Wilson Rawls)
- The Giving Tree
(Shel Silverstein)
- Anne of Green Gables
(L. M. Montgomery)
- Harry Potter
series (J. K. Rowling)
Fiction:
- The City of Joy (Dominique Lapierre)
- Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
- Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
- Clan of the Cave Bear series (Jean M. Auel)
- The Class (Erich Segal)
- The Stand (Stephen King)
- Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Classics:
- Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
- The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
- Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Nonfiction:
- The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Simon Singh)
- Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Eric Schlosser)
- The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 (Wladyslaw Szpilman)
This is harder than I thought. There are so many books I have loved. I almost feel guilty singling out favorites because I know there are many I am missing. This list is in no way exhaustive. These are just a few of the ones I would read over and over (and have, in some cases) for their entertainment or educational value.
Children can learn soooo much from the right books – they can be magical. Can’t they?
So true. My kids will be reading these at the appropriate ages plus
lots of others. I’m the mean mom who won’t give them a choice. I’ll of
course let them read what interests them too, but I want them to
appreciate the classics. I was a huge reader as a kid (still am when
time permits). I was never without a book.My list here is growing—I keep coming back to add more that I forgot.
Nice list. There’s a few I haven’t read that I’ll have to check out. I too really enjoy good children’s literature.
I read the Little House series when I’m not feeling well. I’m 31. I
just love those things.
Here by way of Jamie Dawn’s blog. I have enjoyed reading your posts. I enjoy your lists as well – have some agreement in all of them except your non-fiction (as I have not read any of the ones you have listed). Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Crock Pot Mom
found your site by “next blog”ging. it’s good to see a reader with some
of the same tastes as me …especially the clan of the cave bear
series. noone but my old best friend and i even know what it is.and i
also still read the little house series when i am really down in the
dumps.:)