5 All-time Fave Books
This post has nothing to do with food or fitness, but it’s fun to step out of the box every now and again 😉
I have this weird book thing going on lately. I’ll start a book, finish half of it, and be done. It’s been a little while since I’ve finished an entire book, but to do so, I have to really love it. I think it’s because my days are full and at night, when I have a little time to read, I’ve been trying to study NASM note cards… or end up watching Downton Abbey instead. As far as my book slump goes, I have a remedy: just read something by Sarah Jio. Looks like I’ll have to download her latest book on the ol’ Kindle to light my fire again.
This morning, I thought I’d share my top 5 favorite books of all time. Instead of sharing synopses, here are also some little blips about why I love them, and where I was when I read each one:
1) Wicked
I first read Wicked in high school and have re-read it at least 4 times since then. Every time, I’ll notice something I didn’t realize before, and each time it’s just as magical and beautiful as the first. I’ve always had an obsession with The Wizard of Oz; I knew the entire movie by the time I was 4 and would watch it over and over again… hiding whenever the wicked witch would come onscreen. We had the taped-from-TV version, with awesome old-school commercials in there from Teddy Ruxspin, Milano cookies and McDonald’s.
In middle school, when I got really into musical theatre, I would spend a lot of time watching old musicals – Judy Garland was always my favorite. (If you haven’t seen Meet Me in St. Louis, you must.) Wizard of Oz has always had a special place in my heart , which is why I instantly picked up a copy of Wicked when it first came out. This book was a fantastic introduction to Gregory Maguire’s work, and I’ve gone on to read almost all of his books since then. Wicked is by far the best, but I also really enjoyed Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
This is another book that was rare enough for me to read more than once. I cry each time I read it and take it as a necessary reminder to enjoy everything that I have at that very moment. It’s easy to take those you love or even things you’ve been blessed with for granted, and time passes by SO quickly. It’s important to enjoy moments and people as they are, at that particular place in time.
The first time I read The Time Traveler’s Wife, I was in Valdosta and the Pilot was deployed. During deployments, you experience a complex mix of emotions. For me, the sad, missing, achy feeling in my heart is sometimes accompanied by a tinge a resentment. As much as I try to push it away, it can be unavoidable, feeling like I’ve been deserted in addition to the stress from managing everything while they’re away. (Not to mention the Murphy’s Law of deployments that everything must go wrong while the squadron is gone.) The book was a reality check for me to hang in there, and a reminder that while I didn’t get to physically see the Pilot as much as I’d like, I’m lucky to have found the other half of my heart. <— sappy but true.
3) Harry Potter
(#4 was my favorite!)
With Harry Potter, I avoided reading it until the hype had significantly died down. I randomly decided to give it a whirl and of course, fell in love. As much as I enjoyed the books, I still haven’t seen all of the movies! I’ve seen the first 4, some of the 5th, and the last one. The books were a fun little pick-me-up in the drab text books I read throughout college -like a reward- and I can’t wait to read them again with Livi when she’s older.
While this wasn’t a warm fuzzy book by any means -much of it is tragically sad- it deeply affected me. I tried to read A Thousand Splendid Suns (by the same author), but couldn’t finish it — it was too heartbreaking.
This book dramatically impacted my opinions on food science, the sources of our food, and the relationship (romance?) between the government and food industry. While it’s not in the same category as many of my other favorites (umm.. lots of fluffy fiction…), it’s a fascinating read.
What are your 5 all-time favorite books? I love when you share ideas with me.. maybe it will get me out of this “finish half and call it quits” slump 😉
Happy almost-Friday!
xoxo
Gina
***Today is steady state day per this week’s calendar. What’s your workout look like today??
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1. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
2. Outliers- Malcolm Gladwell
3. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen – Persuasion is great too!
4. This is Where I Leave You – Jonathan Tropper
5. A Dirty Job – Christopher Moore
This post is going to be great for finding new books!
jonathan tropper, love his books!
I have been looking at the book outliers for about a month now but haven’t brought myself to buy it! Was it everything you’d hoped it’d be and so much more?
OMG, I love Paulo Coelho. The books are small so Gina, you should have not problem reading them. He has a lot of great books.
I am reading the Clan of the Cave Bear Series. So much research went into these books, it is amazing. They are long books. I am not sure you could get through them, but i love them. I have two more to go.
I loved reading “This is Where I Leave You”. Such a good story and so relatable!
1. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
2. Eat, Pray, Love
3. Posionwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolve
4. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
5. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
I also love Time Travel’s Wife.
great list!!!
There’s no way I could pick my top 5 of all time, but I can pick my top 5 of the past year. These are ALL cannot-stop-reading kinds of books.
1. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
3. Serena by Ron Rash
4. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
5. Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Honorable mention: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson.
Love Gillian Flynn – I read GOne Girl and Sharp Objects and am now reading Dark Places
I just finished major pettigrew’s last stand. It was beautiful!
I love:
1. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry (this was an Oprah book!)
2. Fear of Flying – Erica Jong (a classic feminist novel from the 1970s)
3. Anything by Janet Evanovich (trashy, hilarious mysteries)
4. Sex, Drugs and Coco Puffs – Chuck Klostermann (funny cultural studies essays – there is one about Saved by the Bell lol)
5. Ham on Rye – Charles Bukowski (DARK but so good!)
I love this post – I love reading what kinds of books people like!
I love Sarah Jio as well! I actually read Blackberry Winter because I saw it in one of your posts and loved it so much that I immediately downloaded Violets of March.
I love historical mystery with some romance thrown in 🙂 Next I’m going to read The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. Apparently her books are amazing!
I can’t even think of the top 5 books for me, I just love too many!
also read sarah jios the bungalow, love all her book can’t wait for the new one!
I was super late to the Harry Potter train too and I became obsessed so much later than everyone else, but obsessed none the less! I also love wicked and I cant think of my all time favorites right now but I just finished a book called Where’d You Go Bernadette? and it was amazing. It’s a very fast read and it drags you in so you probably won’t have to worry about stopping halfway!
Really enjoyed this post! Totally on board with the first three, some of my favorites too. I would highly recommend The Help, Water for Elephants, and The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo series. All page turners and excellent reads!
1. Teacher Man – Frank McCourt
2. Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
3. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
4. The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
5. The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls
This topic is making me giddy with excitement! I’m an English teacher. 🙂
I have Angela’s Ashes on my bookshelf but I still haven’t read it yet.
I absolutely LOVED Rules of Civility- I recommend it to anyone that asks for a new book to read. It really captivated me.
The Time Traveler’s Wife is one of my all time favorite books! I have read it multiple times, too, which is rare for me. In Defense of Food was amazing and I find myself bringing it up in conversation all the time – such interesting, important topics! I also love all the HP books (I ‘grew up’ with the books – started when I was 12 or so and finished in college when the last one came out). Guess we have similar taste in books 🙂 haha
I just read a wonderful book called God’s Hotel that I cannot recommend enough! It’s about an almshouse turned hospital in San Francisco that tells a beautiful story but also offers insight into the healthcare system and how it has evolved.
I don’t know if I can pick five favorites, but some of the books I’ve enjoyed most in recent years…
Tender is the Night (love love love, more than The Great Gatsby)
Wanderlust
The Night Circus
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Paris Was Ours
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Rum Diary
The Art of Racing in the Rain
This is Where I Leave You
I don’t know if you’ve read Kristin Armstrong’s Mile Markers, but it would be a great one to read in the fall when you’re training for your half marathon!
Since you mentioned Wicked, have you seen the play/musical on Broadway or off? The music Schwarz paired with the story is really amazing (I’ve seen it four times…oops!) 🙂 Definitely recommended, especially if you’re such a fan of the book.
I’ve seen it about 12 times, on and off broadway. I’m kind of obsessed
1. Gift of the Sea ~ Anne Morrow Lindberg
2. Thinking in Pictures ~ Temple Grandin
3. The Alienist ~ Caleb Carr
4. The Education of Little Tree ~ Forrest Carter
5. Motherless Daughters ~ Hope Edelman
So many favorites! But Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Stand by Stephen King, Pieces for the Left Hand by J Robert Lennon (Ultra-Short Short Stories with quirkiness), The Obsidian Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, and The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (more of a fairy tale than his usual horror).
1. Room–one of the most amazing books I’ve ever read. Pulls on your heart from the very beginning.
2. Kite Runner
3. 1000 Splendid Suns–I agree with the others–please finish it. Yes it’s heart breaking but the ending is so worth it.
4. Of Mice and Men–tender story about friendship and Steinbeck has always been a fave of mine
5. Big Girl Small–a great coming of age novel about a teenage girl who is dwarf and how she develops into herself and becomes her own person despite the obstacles she faces
Gone Girl, Defending Jacob, and Silver Linings Playbook are the last 3 I’ve read, and they are GREAT……but nothing will ever top Harry P 🙂
Great post!! I’m the same with unfinished books – i have three unfinished books by my bed and one on my desk at work. Unfortunately the Time Traveller’s Wife is one of them. Hopefully i will pick it up again soon. I love a real mix of authors and read lots. Two of my faves are Maggie O’Farrell for quirky but beautiful stories and Haruki Murakami’s surreal worlds.
Favourite book of all time though has to be The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Best. Book (and film). Ever.
I just participated in World Book Night (April 23) http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/, and the book I was chosen to give was definatly a favorite. It was Lisa Scottoline’s novel Look Again. Totally recommend it!
1 a suitable boy by vikrim seth (massive but awesome )
2 the night circus by erin morgenstern
3 her fearful symmetry by audrey niffinger
4 wolf hall by Hilary mantel
5 night watch by Terry pratchett
Amazing post i love finding books to read x
1. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I could read this book a million times and never get sick of it.
2. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. This is a looooooong book, but there’s so many intertwining story lines and the characters just jumped off the page for me.
3. The Time Travellers Wife – I cry every time. Amazing.
4. Anything by Gregory Maguire, but especially Mirror Mirror and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. This book just made me so sad. It’s such a leap from the way my life is and I loved that it made me uncomfortable. I also loved the science behind her story and the research that her life has allowed – even if the way the whole thing came to be was totally unethical.
So basically… I like my books heavy? None of those are really a light beach read, although I think there’s a time and a place for that. But I just loved being sucked into a story, and every one of those books has been the kind where you stay up until 4 in the morning to finish just one more chapter… and then mourn the book being over.
Damn, I forgot about Middlesex. So good.
Oh yeah! Loved that one too.
I’m like you- I like my books heavy too! My bookclub always jokes that if a book doesn’t make us cry at least several times most of us won’t finish!
SOOOO hard to do. . . pick just 5! I’ll shoot for ones not yet mentioned . . . .
A Fine Balance – really stuck with me ( I know this one was already mentioned but worth another!)
Handmaiden’s Tale – interesting!
The Grapes of Wrath
Madame Bovary
Turn of the Screw – weird!
I can make a list of top 5 that left an impression on me in last year or two:
1. Kite runner
2. A thousand splendid suns (Gina, this book has pretty happy end, keep reading!)
3. Tiger’s wife
4. Man and a boy (or anything from Parsons)
5. The unbearable lightness of being
The Tiger’s Wife was amazing.
1) Gone with the wind
2) Lord of the Rings
3) Anne of Green Gables
4) The Name of the Wind
5) The three musketeers
Most of them are a series of books and I love them all!
Oh boy, I don’t know if I can narrow it down to five!
Some of my favorites:
Skipping a Beat – Sarah Pekkanen
Ten Girls to Watch – Charity Shumway
Baby Proof – Emily Giffin
Time of My Life – Allison Winn Scotch
The Help – Kathryn Stockett
Bride Quarter series – Nora Roberts
Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
A Little Bit Wicked – Kristin Chenoweth
1. Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dosteyvsky
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
3. House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
4. The Selected Works of TS Spivet by Reif Larsen
5. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
This is just off the cuff- I’m an English teacher and run a book blog, so a true list would, of course, require a lot of thought and lists.
i love a prayer for owen meany!
Ohh my gosh, The Time Traveler’s Wife killed me, it was so sad!!! But I loved it!!
I don’t think I can name my top 5 favorite books, I have about 100 haha. But I love love love The Great Gatsby, On the Road, Water for Elephants, and any kind of biography; the more messed up, the better. Mackenzie Phillip’s autobiography was great!
As an English teacher, I honestly can’t rank my favorites, but I do have some that have had a serious impact on me (both personally and professionally):
The Awakening (the book that made me want to be an English teacher!)
All of the HP books
Time Traveler’s Wife
The Fault in Our Stars (the only book that’s ever made me SOB and laugh at the same time)
American Psycho (horrifying, but such an interesting study in human nature)
The Giver
Walden
Praisesong for the Widow
And more and more and more!
The Fault in Our Stars! Yes! I think that was my favorite book this year.
Thanks for your book list. Here’s my top 5 in no particular order:
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
Louis L’Amour books (I’ve read them all I think)
James Patterson books (Great mysteries, and there are tons of them)
Woven on the Wind: Women Write about Friendship in the Sagebrush West
In Defense of Food- (I agree that is a fascinating read, about industrialization, culture, government, independent thinking, etc. I could go on and on)
Time travelers wife is my number 1. Amazing. followed closely by redeeming love by francine rivers… which is The ONLY fiction book my father in law has ever finished…. It’s that good.
Oh man – redeeming love = amazing!!!!!!!! ANYTHING by francine rivers.. so good!!
Fun post! I always love it when my favourite healthy living bloggers go outside the regular a little bit 🙂 I have to agree with you on In Defense of Food & The Kite Runner – those are also two of my favourites. I also LOVE Eat,Pray,Love, The 5 People You Meet In Heaven, Tuesdays with Morrie, Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea (hilarious), and the Glass Castle. Oh, and I also have a bad habit of getting half way through books and then putting them back. Slightly shameful, but I say that life is too short to be reading books you don’t absolutely love!
also adored eat, pray, love and the 5 people you meet in heaven!
we have similar book taste… chelsea handler is amazing
I read (and own Wicked), but it took me a while to get through it. I also read Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, but I just couldn’t get into any more of his work.
1. Harry Potter
2. LOTR (to include the Hobbit)
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife (LOVE)
4.) The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (I am the Messenger is also fantastic)
5.) Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
(6. I also love Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall)
The top two are pretty much set in stone, but the other three rotate around quite a bit. I haven’t had the time to read in a while, and I need to just take some time this summer to turn off all electronics and return to the written word. The Kite Runner was fabulous, and A Thousand Splendid Suns was also amazing. Depressing, yes, but really moving. I haven’t read it in a while, but Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood always moved me to tears and laughter.
Thanks for the reminder to READ. I miss it.
Hi Gina!! I have never read the Kite Runner but I have heard nothing but amazing things- that is on my read list!
I too love reading- it is so much fun!! My Oma (grandmother) used to always say “TV gives the picture; with books, you have to create it in your mind and it makes you think and create your own picture.” So true!
Some fun reads:
1) The Hunger Games series- I LOVE this series, I read it twice the first time I read it.
2) Pride and Prejudice- NOT normally a Jane Austen fan (or a romance novel fan) but this book is truly amazing. I have probably read it over a dozen times.
3) Skipping Christmas- another one I read at least a dozen times.
4) The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin- it is a great book
5) Marley and Me- again, makes me laugh (and reminds me my dog isn’t THAT insane).
I need to read Wicked- I never have! Hope you are having a great Thursday- so jealous of your sunny warm weather btw!
Yay #4!!! HUGE Gretchin Rubin fan, here (-: Love her books so much.
Great post! I just found your blog and am loving going back to the pregnancy fitness posts – much-needed “real talk.”
I know exactly what you mean about getting halfway through books and then giving up. I think at this point, I just don’t like to waste my time on books that don’t really grab me. I tried like five times on Crime and Punishment before finally just giving up. So hard to pick five books…but I’m going to split it into two based on when I read it.
As a kid:
1. Lord of the Rings (all), J.R.R. Tolkein
2. Chronicles of Narnia (all), C.S. Lewis
2. Harry Potter (all), J.K. Rowling
3. A Wind in the Door, Madeleine L’Engle (close tie with A Wrinkle in Time!)
4. The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
As a teenager or adult:
1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
2. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula LeGuin
3. Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
4. The Once and Future King, T.H. White
5. The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
I did like a lot of the books other people mentioned. Wicked was great, and Michael Pollan’s books were also really influential in how I see food. I really enjoyed Water for Elephants, Outliers, and The Kite Runner. And something by Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility would come close to being on my list as well.
Anything by Anita Shreve-especially “The Last Time They Met” and a new favorite author is Nicole Baart. I seem to find one author I like and read all of their books. Then I wait impatiently for them to write something new 🙂
1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
2. Harry Potter- all of them
3. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
4. The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
5. Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas by James Patterson (I tear up just THINKING about the plot’s twist)
oh my goodness, my nana read the giving tree to me at least 1000 times when i was little. it was my favorite- i can’t wait to read it to liv
I just have to tell you that I LOVE that you love Harry Potter!! In Defence Of Food is totally on my list too. Thank you for sharing <3
Loved the Time Traveller’s Wife too! Lots of favourites but here are the ones that come to mind:
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (hysterical!)
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (or really anything by David Sedaris)
Don’t get too Comfortable by David Rakoff
Getting Over Jack Wagner by Elise Juska
LOVE this post but my Amazon bill is going to be a problem now with all the recommendations!
LOVE this post! I am always looking for more books to read. I cannot pick just five (I’m a heavy reader), so I’ll give you my favorites of this year… so far!
1. The Violets of March – Sarah Jio
2. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
3. Heart of the Matter – Emily Giffin
4. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
5. Divergent – Veronica Roth
Right now, I’m reading Committed now by Eat, Pray, Love author, Elizabeth Gilbert. I’m also a big HP fan! 🙂
Thanks for sharing your list, Gina! I’m also loving reading all the comments here – some great book suggestions for titles I’ve heard of but haven’t read.
Your list also directed me to my purchase of the Michael Pollan book (heard so many good things on it!) and I’m wondering if I can handle the Khaled Hosseini books (I have NO DOUBT they are as good as people say they are).
May I suggest setting up an Amazon page? (Do you have one I don’t know about?) The kick-backs are probably small but I’m going there to purchase Pollan’s book mostly because of your review here; I wouldn’t mind at all buying it from a Fitnessista amazon store 🙂
This is my list of favorites (old and new) –
1. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg – I think as a fitness instructor you would really love this book. It’s a quick read all about the psychology of our habits based on your brain’s feedback loop: Cue, Routine, Reward.
Excerpt on Slate here: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/02/an_excerpt_from_charles_duhigg_s_the_power_of_habit_.html
2. Most Talkative by Andy Cohen – This book isn’t ALL about Bravo and their reality tv, it’s a lot about Cohen’s life and it is hilarious – great summer read if you want some laughs! Very well balanced book – he talks about his early reporting career, coming out, producing shows. It’s just the right mix of funny and serious.
3. I will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi – great book on personal finance. Am I losing people? I know there’s about as many money books out there as they are diet ones, but this one really stands out from the crowd with it’s focus on defining what “rich” means and proving a house is not the best investment (runs the numbers taking inflation into account), and most importantly – automating your money. I recommend it for anyone but especially young adults, college – 35 y/o.
4. Anything by Oscar Wilde; Importance of Being Earnest for example
5. Anything by David Sedaris: Naked (fave!!), Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim (you will cry from laughing out loud)
I audio book it up – works well for the gym and on runs, plus i used to commute an hour to work so it helped the time pass quickly.
1. The Switch by Sandra Brown
2. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
3. Harry Potter Series
4. Time Travelers Wife
5. Girl with Dragon Tat series
I LOVED The Time Traveler’s Wife too!
ONLY FIVE????
1. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald — This will always be my number one. Equally nervous, excited, and scared for the movie to come out in a few weeks
2. Hamlet, Shakespeare — A play rather than a “book,” but it speaks deep into my soul, and I find another new life-changing quote to love every time I read it. My high school English teacher had us memorize the “to be or not to be” soliloquy for extra credit, and parts of it still get stuck in my head sometimes!
3. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath — As someone who has battled depression on and off for years, this makes me feel less crazy and alone. I always turn to it during the difficult times in my life.
4. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen — Anyone with a less-than-perfect family (aka anyone human) will LOVE this book. It’s the perfect blend of good literary writing and page-turning psychological conflict. I think you’d like this one, Gina!
5. The Chronicles of Narnia series — Beautiful, classic, allegorical children’s books that still bring me joy as an adult.
I love the HP series and read them back to back to back…
Some of my favorites:
1. Anything by Jennifer Cruisie – Easy reads that you don’t have to think about and will have you laughing out loud.
2. The Alex Cross series by James Patterson
3. The Hunger Games Series
4. House Rules – by Jodi Picoult – I don’t always love her books because they are always a little sad and depressing but I do like the twists she puts into her stories. This book will be well understood by anyone who is parenting a child on the autism spectrum.
5. Janet Evanovich’s “One for the Money” series. Laugh out loud funny.
Finally! I was waiting for someone to mention Jodi Picoult.
I love her books. They always make you think, and I feel like I always learn something new from reading them. Yes, they are depressing at times, but it’s very real-world.
1) To Kill a Mockingbird (seriously…most of my sayings come from this book.) -Harper Lee
2) Pride an Prejudice- Jane Austen (duh.)
3) Pygmalion-George Bernard Shaw (HILARIOUS)
4) Catherine Called Birdy (please say someone else knows this!)
5) I can’t choose! Maybe Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)? or Saving Sprite (Mark Levin)?
Oh wait… The Harbinger (Jonathan Cahn). Read it.
I would really have to agree with you on the top 3 so I guess I need to try your #4 and #5! I didn’t love the Wicked book, but absolutely love the play. On an opposite note, I loved the Time Travelers Wife book, but didn’t get the same impression from the movie.
I would also add, Hunger Games. I loved the entire series, but Mockingjay was my favorite. I am a huge fan of the Emily Giffin books and really liked Love the One You’re With. As a teen I loved A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. It was the first time that a book had made me cry!
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Wonderful!!!!!
Love this post! My faves are
1. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (all her books are amazing but this one was by far my fave)
2. Anything by Sarah Jio
3. The American Wife
🙂
1- Harry potter (ummm my dog is named Dobby)
2- if you could see me now (I just finished this and loved it)
3- the night circus (this is SO not a Joy book but I loved it)
4- season of ponies (it’s been out of print for years and when our house burned down I hunted down a copy it’s a book I read any time I need to escape reality)
5- seventeen; forgotten and homeless (I bought a copy of this for pretty much everybody when I read it)
forgot about the night circus — super fun and quirky read!
1. Catcher in the Rye
2. John (a biography of John Lennon written by his first wife, Cynthia)
3. The Book Thief
4. Their Eyes Were Watching God
5. Flowers for Algernon
And Harry Potter, of course. 🙂 And Eat Pray Love.
So hard to pick 5
1 .Amy Tan- Joy Luck Club, daughter – mom story
2. As many others- Time Travelers Wife
3. Classic! To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Memoirs of a Geisha- so interesting!
5. Talk about a book to make you think, food/factory/farming issues in our country “The Lucky Ones by Jenny Brown.She’s a founder of a farm animal sanctuary in NY
My must read list just jumped to more than 20 must try! thanks everyone.