Recommended Reading List
booklearner’s Recommended Reading List
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis
Christy, by Catherine Marshall
Anne of Green Gables Series, by L. M. Montgomery
Daddy Long Legs, by Jean Webster
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
The Half Magic Series, by Edward Eager
Little Women Series, by Louisa May Alcott
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Laddie, by Gene Stratton-Porter
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Cheaper By the Dozen, by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
Emma, by Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J. R. R. Tolkien
Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Rise to Rebellion + The Glorious Cause, by Jeff Shaara
Betsy-Tacy Series, by Maud Hart Lovelace
An Old Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott
Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace
Watership Down, by Richard Adams
Lost Horizon, by James Hilton
The Little House on the Prairie Series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
Mutiny on the Bounty, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
The Tenth Man, by Graham Greene
The Rain from God, by Mark Ammerman
“The Country of the Pointed Firs,” by Sarah Orne Jewett
“Rora,” by James Byron Huggins
“North and South,” by Elizabeth Gaskell
“The Man Who Was Thursday,” by G. K. Chesterton
“Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand
“Titus Groan,” by Mervyn Peake
“Sensible Shoes,” by Sharon Garlough Brown
“A Flickering Light,” by Jane Kirkpatrick
“Escape from Colditz,” by P. R. Reid
“The Ragamuffin Gospel,” by Brennan Manning
“The Unseen Realm,” by Michael S. Heiser
“The Aisles Have Eyes,” by Joseph Turow
“Think Before You Like,” by Guy P. Harrison
“King Solomon’s Mines,” by Henry Rider Haggard
“The Woman in White,” by Wilkie Collins
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Barb
June 24, 2014 at 2:12 am
Keola has read some of these! I will have him look at the list for others he may be interested in reading.
booklearner
June 24, 2014 at 6:25 pm
I’m afraid there’s a great many of them are ‘girlie books’ on my list, but hopefully there will be some good ones boys would be interested in!
cathy hogue
November 13, 2015 at 8:09 am
iam looking for a book that was discussed on your program about an Asian girl whos mother dies and her father attempts to sell her and she escapes out of her bedroom into the night and encounters bad people and some that help her. this is all I really remember. oh-and there may be the word snowflake in the title & the book was written by a female. If you happen to know which one iam talking about thank you if not I understand. loved the program and and will miss all of your sweet voices
booklearner
November 13, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Hi, there! I’m afraid I’m not connected to Midday Connection in any way, except that I’m a fan like you. But let’s see if I may be of some help… You may be thinking of “Snowflower and the Secret Fan,” by Lisa See. Another could possibly be, “The Good Earth,” by Pearl S. Buck. I have not read either of them, but I remember listening to the discussions as well. You also might want to try inquiring on Lori Neff’s (Midday’s program director) WordPress blog at:
http://lorineff.com/
Hope this helps!