With just one month left to go in Renay's quirky challenge, I've been browsing the master reading list to decide what three books I'm going to read. There are 632 titles on the list, and although I've read quite a few of them, there are so many that I could choose from - including a lot that are already on my to-read list!
In case you're curious, among those I've already read and liked (besides the ten I recommended myself):
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
- Tell No One by Harlan Coben
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- Pope Joan by Donna W. Cross
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
- The Kite Runner by by Khaled Hosseini
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Brainiac by Ken Jennings
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostovo
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
- Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
- Beauty by Robin McKinley
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell
- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
- Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
- The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
- The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
- Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
The three books I've decided upon for this challenge:
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
(recommended by J - and also by one of my high school English teachers very long ago, so I figure it's about time I read it) - Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
(recommended by booklogged) - The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
(recommended by Becky - and also by my daughter Jelly Bean)
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