“A room without books is like a body without a soul!”
– G.K. Chesterton
Reading is a romantic past time of mine. Whether they are books from my childhood, a newly read novel, or ones I’ve read countless times over the years, here is an ever growing list of books I recommend:
(Suggested additions to my ever growing reading list are always welcome! Just drop me a line!)
1. Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
2. The Little House on the Prairie Series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
4. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Beatrix Potter Stories
6. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
7. Emma, by Jane Austen
8. Persuation, by Jane Austen
9. The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde
10. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
11. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
12. 1984, by George Orwell
13. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
14. The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas
15. Eight Cousins & Rose in Bloom, by Louisa May Alcott
16. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
17. The Complete Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne
18. Paw Paw Chucks Big Ideas of the Bible, by Charles R. Swindoll
19. The Inheritance Series, by Christopher Paolini
20. The Love Comes Softly Series, by Janette Oke
21. The Trumpeter Swan, by E.B. White
22. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
23. Joan of Arc, by Mark Twain,
24. Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
25. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
26. The Princess and the Goblin, by George Macdonald
27. Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
28. The Shadow of the Bear, by Regina Doman
28. Black as Night, by Regina Doman
29. Waking Rose, by Regina Doman
30. Midnight Dancers, by Regina Doman
31. Alex O’Donnell and the Forty Cyber Theives, by Regina Doman
32. Rapunzel Let Down, by Regina Doman
33. Arms of Love & Surrender, by Carmen Marcoux (despite distasteful personal opinion towards charismatic Catholicism).
34. The Scarlett Pimpernel, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
35. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
36. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
37. Go Set A Watchman, by Harper Lee
38. The Poldark Series, by Winston Graham
39. Finding God’s Will for You, by St.Francis DeSales
40. Mirror Of True Womanhood, by Fr. Bernard O’Reilly
41. Three to Get Married, by Fulton Sheen
42. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
43. Anne of Green Gables Series, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
44. The Screwtape Letters, by C.S.Lewis
45. The Scarlett Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
46. The Poldark Series, by Winston Graham
47. The Blue Castle, by L.M.Montgomery
48. Fire of Love, by Jose Luis Olaizola
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A Rose Amid Thorns 
Love your list, what a great idea. I’d have to add the Anne of Green Gables series, as well as Emily of New Moon and sequels, all by L.M. Montgomery. I like the diversity of your list, and enjoyed many of them, from the kids books to the Hunger Games, myself. Glad for the new suggestions as well.
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