40 Books Worth Reading

Thursday: February 26, 2015

If you're a hobby/avid reader than this is the perfect list for you. I've spent most of my life with my nose in a book and traveled the world, multiple in some cases, by a single turn of a page. I love the formulation of language and how words can express so much more than just meanings but also emotions and actions. For some, reading may just be a chore but for others like me, it's a relaxing pass-time. Never fear, the upcoming list is not just classics or "old-fashioned" books (although classics are my favorite), but I also added in plenty of teen/young-adult fiction. So without further adieu... 
  1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 
  2. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
  3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (may not be everyone's cup of tea but I honestly adore it)
  4. The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton 
  5. Lily Dale series by Wendy Corsi Staub
  6. Promise by Eva Schloss
  7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  8. The Chosen by Chaim Potok
  9. Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
  10. Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick
  11. The Hobbit/Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  12. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
  13. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  14. Summer series by Jenny Han
  15. Silas Marner by George Eliot
  16. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  17. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  18. The Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck
  19. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
  20. The Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver, Linger, and Forever) by Maggie Stiefvater 
  21. The Girl with the White Flag by Tomiko Higa
  22. If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman
  23. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  24. Girl, Stolen and The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
  25. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  26. Evernight by Claudia Gray
  27. Sherlock Holmes by Sir Conan Doyle
  28. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  29. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
  30. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
  31. My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
  32. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 
  33. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  34. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
  35. Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick
  36. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (only John Green book I somewhat-enjoyed, just not my type of books usually)
  37. Transcendence by C.J. Omololu
  38. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
  39. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 
  40. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
What are some of your favorite books?
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Katya Podkovyroff 


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