Recommended Reading

Since I love to read, I thought I would post my book recommendations. I didn't realize there were so many.....

Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
Harry Potter,by JK Rowling
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire & Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Shatter Me,Tahereh Mafi
Divergent, Victoria Roth
Legend by Marie Lu
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card (love this series)
Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Heir Chronicles - Warrior Heir, Wizard Heir, Dragon Heir - by Cinda Williams Chima
The Narnia Chronicles, CS Lewis
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
Nomadin & NiDemon by Shawn P. Cormier
Elfshadow (Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords, Book 1)  Elaine Cunningham
Dark Tower/Gunslinger series, Stephen King

Classics:
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
Any by Jane Austen

Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough

Adult:
The Sparrow, then Children of God, by Mary Doria Russell
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
A Maiden's Grave by Jeffery Deaver
Dune, Frank Herbert
The Last Day, Glenn Kleier

Arcane Society series by Jayne Ann Krentz (paranormal thriller and romance)

The Adept Series, Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris (The Adept, Lodge of the Lynx, The Templar Treasure, Dagger Magic, Death of an Adept)


Time Travel Favorites:

Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon – best romance, time travel series

Reflections in the Nile, Shadows on the Aegean, Sunrise on the Mediterranean, Twilight in Babylon by J. Suzanne Frank (time travel, history, romance)

Her Majesty's Wizard, Christopher Stasheff (magic, time travel, romance)

Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch – time travel romance, for me she used the F word about a dozen times too many, but what the heck


A bunch I really liked, in no particular order:

Great Lion of God, Taylor Caldwell (love, love, love this book, it was like being there)

Ride the Wind, Lucia St. Clair Robson – Based on the life of Cynthia Ann Parker and her life with Indians in 1836

The Eight, Katherine Neville - mystery, a little romance and tells the story in two different time periods

Love in the Present Tense, Catherine Ryan Hyde – What a Gem!

Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen and Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran – Cleopatra’s Daughter was my favorite of the three

The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint (Grace falls in love after she dies, interesting)

Stephanie Plum Series, by Janet Evanovich
Dr. Delaware Series, by Jonathan Kellerman
Very Valentine, by Adriana Trigiani (book 1)
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (book 1)
The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Rush Home Road, by Lori Lansens
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts
Rainwater, by Sandra Brown
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Garden Spells, by Sara Addison Allen
Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by M. Shaffer
The Shack, by William P. Young
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani
The Help, Kathryn Stockett

The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next series), Jasper Fforde - fun and funny

Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot,then The Grand Tour, then The Mislaid Magician by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (magic, romance, told through letter writing, adorable)

Munch Mancini Series by Barbara Seranella (former drug user cleans up her act, is a mechanic and helps her detective friend solve crimes)

Deadman's Switch, by Barbara Seranella (about a woman with OCD)


Non-Fiction:
The Sex Lives of Cannibals, by J. Maarten Troost
Eat. Pray. Love. By Elizabeth Gilbert
The Good Women of China, By Xinran Xinran
Tattoos on the Heart, Greg Boyle
Any by Mitch Albon

 
Christian Chick-Lit:
Laura Jensen Walker - 'Getaway Girls'
Claire Everett Series, by Tracey Victoria Bateman

Eryan Mangum
Miss Match
ReMatch
MatchPoint

Sandra Byrd
Let Them Eat Cake
Bon Appetit
Piece de Resistance


Young Adult/Teen:
Dairy Queen, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Self-Help:
Are You The One For Me? Barbara DeAngelis
Relationship Rescue by Phil McGraw
Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
His Needs, Her Needs by Dr. Willard F. Harley Jr
Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Susan Elgin
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David D. Burns, MD
Forgiveness – The Greatest Healer of All – Gerald G. Jampolsky MD
Love is Letting Go of Fear, Gerald G. Jampolsky

Books I read at the beginning of my spiritual path:
In the Meantime, Iyanla Vanzant
The Four Agreements, Miguel Ruiz
Simple Abundance – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson
Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

More Spiritual Books:
Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine
Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch
Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav
The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield
The Tenth Insight, James Redfield
The Essene Gospel of Peace
The Game of Life and How to Play it – Florence Scovel Shin
The Secret Door to Success – Florence Scovel Shin
Conversations Beyond the Light – Dr. Pat Kubis & Mark Macey
Conversations with God – Neale Donald Walsch
Embraced by the Light – Betty J. Eadie
Emissary of the Light – James F. Twyman
ET 101
Many Lives, Many Masters, Brian Weiss
Mutant Message Down Under, Marla Morgan
Saved by the Light, Dannion Brinkley
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach