Sunday, March 28, 2004
READ IT!
Obviously, I am a little partial to women's fiction, and keep in mind that this list only includes my favorites, so among these choices you should find at least something that is enjoyable to some extent.
Fiction by the Girls
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel
The Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk Kidd
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee
The House of the Spirits
Daughter of Fortune by Isabell Allende
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Little Altars Everywhere
The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
The Bean Trees
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
At Home in Mitford
A Light in the Window
These High Green Hills
Out to Canaan
A New Hope
In This Mountain
Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Beirut Blues by Hanan al-Shaykh
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde
The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
Nonfiction
Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner
Black, White, and Jewish by Rebecca Walker
Learning to Float by Lili Wright
Paula by Isabell Allende
The Deep Heart's Core by Michael Johnston
Lucky by Alice Sebold
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Collections of Short Stories
Waltzing the Cat by Pam Houston
Fiction by the Fellas
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Christian Nonfiction
The Book of Common Prayer by the Church of England
Welcome to the Episcopal Church by Christopher L. Webber and Frank T. Griswold, III
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Obviously, I am a little partial to women's fiction, and keep in mind that this list only includes my favorites, so among these choices you should find at least something that is enjoyable to some extent.
Fiction by the Girls
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel
The Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk Kidd
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee
The House of the Spirits
Daughter of Fortune by Isabell Allende
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Little Altars Everywhere
The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
The Bean Trees
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
At Home in Mitford
A Light in the Window
These High Green Hills
Out to Canaan
A New Hope
In This Mountain
Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Beirut Blues by Hanan al-Shaykh
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde
The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
Nonfiction
Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner
Black, White, and Jewish by Rebecca Walker
Learning to Float by Lili Wright
Paula by Isabell Allende
The Deep Heart's Core by Michael Johnston
Lucky by Alice Sebold
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Collections of Short Stories
Waltzing the Cat by Pam Houston
Fiction by the Fellas
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Christian Nonfiction
The Book of Common Prayer by the Church of England
Welcome to the Episcopal Church by Christopher L. Webber and Frank T. Griswold, III
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
