This is a must read list of books compiled from comments on this site, facebook, twitter, and other social networks. I have not included my own favorites although some of these would be on my favorites list. The list is in no particular order.
- Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
- The Shack by William P. Young
- Mark of the Lion Series by Francine Rivers
- Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Sea Wolf by Jack London
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Change & Cherish Series by Jane Kirkpatrick
- Behold the Dawn by K.M.Weiland
- My Name is Russell Fink by Mike Snyder
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
- Me and Emma by Elizabeth Flock
- A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
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On the Beach by Nevil Shute
- The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
- Davy by Edgar Pangborn
- Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens
- Chonicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
- The Firebird Trilogy (Firebird, Fusion Fire, Crown of Fire) by Kathy Tyers
- Legends of the Guardian King (The Light of Eidon, The Shadow Within, Shadow Over Kiriath, Return of the Guardian King) by Karen Hancock
- The Seven Kingdom Chronicles (The Crown of Eden, The Devil’s Mouth, The Bride of Stone) by Thomas Williams
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare
- Russka by Edward Rutherford
- Centenial by James Michener
- Hawaii by James Michener
- Shogun by James Clavell
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- Texas by James Michener
- South Pacific by James Michener
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- The Outsiders by SE Hinton
- The Husband by Dean Koontz
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Little House on the Prarie Series by Laura Ingalls Wildler
- Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- Traveller by Richard Adams
- Little Women/Men/Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
- Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens
- Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
- Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Dragon Seed by Pearl Buck
- Empire of the Sun by J.M. Ballard
- Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian
- The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- This Present Darkness by Frank E. Perretti
- From Here to Eternity by James Jones
- The Thin Red Line by James Jones
- Flight of the Phoenix by Trevor Elleson
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
- Until the Last Dog Dies by John Robinson
- When Skylarks Fall by John Robinson
- To Skin a Cat by John Robinson
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Hinds Feet In High Places by Hannah Hunnard
- Skin by Ted Decker
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Peircing the Darkness by Frank Peretti
- A Ship Possessed by Aton Gansky
- White Fang by Jack London
- The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Dahn
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- The Left Behind Series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
- Riven by Jerry B. Jenkins
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- Love Comes Softly by Janette Oake
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Prophet by Frank Peretti
- In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon
- Christy by Catherine Marshall
- A Man Called Outlaw by KM Weiland
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
Friday is Book Day on Word Sharpeners starting today. Each Friday, I will review a new book or have a list of some of my favorites. Instead of listing my top 100 favorites as some do, I’ll post a few lists based on genre that are well worth reading. So this is your list. Leave comments, and tell me what you think.
I’ve read 44 of these and plan to read many others. I was honored to see both of my books listed. 🙂
Kathleen, you’re books were recommended by two separate people.
Yeah, what a shock…and an honor…to see my name on a such a list. I owe somebody a very large cup of coffee!
Thanks, Tamera.
Mike
It’s not a shock to me.